photo credit Ignus Dreyer)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\nOm Spaans by die Departement Moderne Vreemde Tale in te sluit, was 'n jarelange droom, het prof Catherine du Toit, voorsitter van Moderne Vreemde Tale aan die US, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n
\"Spaans is die tweede mees gesproke taal w\u00eareldwyd (as moedertaal), met 'n aansienlike aantal sprekers in beide Spanje en Latyns-Amerika. Dit is van kardinale belang vir studente om betrokke te raak by 'n taal wat 'n wydverspreide en groeiende invloed op die w\u00eareldverhoog het. In 'n era van globalisering is effektiewe, outentieke menslike kommunikasie uiters belangrik,\" het Du Toit ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n
Sy het ook die ekonomiese belang van die samewerking beklemtoon. \"Die Spaanssprekende w\u00eareld, veral Latyns-Amerika, is die tuiste van ontluikende ekonomie\u00eb. Vaardigheid in Spaans is 'n uitstekende vermo\u00eb vir jong gegradueerdes wat geleenthede soek in internasionale sake, handel en samewerking. Kennis van Spaans kan veral voordelig wees vir studente wat belangstel in loopbane wat verband hou met tegnologie, veral in markte waar Spaans algemeen voorkom.<\/p>\n
Die integrasie van Spaans in die akademiese aanbod sal nie net op taalvaardigheid fokus nie, maar ook op kulturele diversiteit en kontempor\u00eare literatuur, het Du Toit verduidelik. \"Hedendaagse Spaanse literatuur weerspie\u00ebl die uiteenlopende kulture en ervarings binne die Spaanssprekende w\u00eareld. Skrywers uit verskillende Spaanse lande dra by tot 'n ryk tapisserie van vertellings wat by moderne lesers aanklank vind.\"<\/p>\n
Du Toit said the presence of a Spanish lecturer will enable the Department of Modern Foreign Languages to give more momentum to the existing public programme of Spanish evening classes at SU. \u201cSpanish literature and film will also feature in our future coursework MA in Comparative Literature. If all goes well, we hope to later include Spanish in our official undergraduate curriculum, aligning with the language\u2019s global relevance, cultural diversity, and economic significance. Namate studente en kollegas by die taal betrokke raak, sal dit nie net hul kulturele en taalvaardigheid verbeter nie, maar hulle ook posisioneer vir 'n mededingende voordeel in die hedendaagse arbeidsmark,\" het Du Toit ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n
In closing, Du Toit thanked the Consul General for initiating talks with the Department about the creation of a Spanish lectureship. \u201cWe further thank Prof De Villiers for his enthusiastic encouragement and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Strategy, Global and Corporate Affairs, Prof Hester Klopper, for her support and contribution to this project. Lastly, we thank His Excellency Ambassador Raimundo Robredo Rubio for facilitating the process and for travelling to Stellenbosch for the signature of van die MOU,\" het Du Toit afgesluit.<\/p>\n
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