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32 Konrad OSTERWALDER Rector, United Nations University (UNU); United Nations Under-Secretary–General, Tokyo, Japan Mr Osterwalder was appointed as the fifth Rector of UNU on 1 September 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from ETH Zurich. He was the Rector of ETH Zurich from 1995 to 2007 and Professor in Mathematical Physics from 1977 to 2007. Before that he was on the faculty of Harvard University for seven years. He is a member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences and he holds an honorary degree from the Technical University in Helsinki. Mr Osterwalder also served as Vice-President of the Conference of Rectors of Swiss Universities, as Chair of the University Council of Darmstadt University and as President of the Conference of European Schools of Advanced Engineering Education and Research.
STATEMENT BY KONRAD OSTERWALDER, RECTOR, UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY (UNU); UNITED NATIONS UNDER SECRETARY–GENERAL Kokuren Daigaku e youkoso. Benvenuti, Bienvenue, bienvenidos, ‘ahlan wa sahalan, Shalom habah, huan ying, dabro pazhalovat’, Willkommen, and Gruetzi mitenand in my native language, which is of course just to say welcome one and all to the United Nations University and to the 2008 UNU/UNESCO International Conference on Globalization and Languages — <strong>Building</strong> on our Rich Heritage. I address you today in English, even if many languages could be spoken in this room, more I think than at any other conference we may have had here. I wish we could have provided translators for all of them, but we would have needed another hall of this size just to accommodate them. The conference participants alone speak more than forty languages. English is the only language shared by all of us, with French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Indonesian being shared by some. Thirty-four other languages are spoken by only one person. Despite this impressive diversity, it is very interesting to note that neither Chinese nor Arabic appear on the list, so even at such a gathering as this, we apparently do not cover all six official languages of the United Nations. This is my first UNU/UNESCO International Conference at which I have the pleasure of welcoming you as host so let me exercise my prerogative to share a few thoughts with you. Needless to say, I am proud to be a co-sponsor of this UNESCO/UNU International Conference on Globalization and Languages. My warmest thanks to all who have helped to make this meeting possible: the organizers, the speakers and the sponsors. LANGUAGE AND GLOBALIZATION The urge to communicate — to reach out, to connect, to instruct, to share — is primal and ancient. Our facility to communicate is probably the greatest single contributing factor to the success, such as it is, of our species. Obviously there are many ways to communicate, but language is so important, so advantageous, that even the fossil record shows that its acquisition changed the shape of our brains with astonishing rapidity 1 . Since we first became human we have sought to leave a mark, to pass on what we know. Some scholars believe that the earliest cave paintings may be instruction manuals, painted to teach the tribe and to plan for the hunt 2 . It may have been the evolution of the hyoid bone that gave us language, or the enlargement of the hypoglossal canal, or a mutation to the “forkhead box P2” gene 3 — or it may well be that we 33
Page 1 and 2: "In the galaxy of languages, every
Page 3 and 4: The “Globalization” series is d
Page 5 and 6: FOREWORD Koïchiro Matsuura, Direct
Page 7 and 8: MULTILINGUALISM, Gregory Kamwendo,
Page 9 and 10: SAFEGUARDING Herman Batibo, ENDANGE
Page 11 and 12: WORKSHOP: Moderator: Marcel Diki-Ki
Page 13 and 14: WORKSHOP: SAFEGUARDING Moderator: H
Page 15 and 16: ANNEX 276-290 PHOTO GALLERY 276-283
Page 17 and 18: The International Conference “Glo
Page 19 and 20: 20-22 Shintaro Ito, State Secretary
Page 21 and 22: STATEMENT BY SHINTARO ITO, STATE SE
Page 23 and 24: 24 Hirokazu MATSUNO Senior Vice-Min
Page 25 and 26: 26 Koïchiro MATSUURA Director-Gene
Page 27 and 28: 28 The designation by the United Na
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Page 33 and 34: all around the world including thos
Page 35 and 36: 38 LANGUAGES AND GLOBALIZATION: WHA
Page 37 and 38: 40 Vigdís FINNBOGADÓTTIR Former P
Page 39 and 40: 42 Allow me to take as an example m
Page 41 and 42: 44 Olabiyi Babalola Joseph YAÏ Cha
Page 43 and 44: 46 Our conference will address an i
Page 45 and 46: 48 Association for the Development
Page 47 and 48: 50 In conclusion, UNESCO is going t
Page 49 and 50: LANGUAGE RIGHTS: LINKING THE LOCAL
Page 51 and 52: On a human rights level, the extens
Page 53 and 54: identity value. We see this in the
Page 55 and 56: 60 Adama SAMASSÉKOU Executive Secr
Page 57 and 58: 62 How many young, and even not so
Page 59 and 60: 64 This is why it is time to move f
Page 61 and 62: 66 -a Terminology and Lexicography
Page 63 and 64: THE POLITICS OF LINGUISTIC AFFINITY
Page 65 and 66: Annex : International Organizations
Page 73 and 74: 80 MULTILINGUALISM, TRANSLATION, CO
Page 75 and 76: 82 Gregory KAMWENDO Associate Profe
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88 use of exoglossic languages or t
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90 patient may meet an expatriate d
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92 pace at which human, animal and
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94 Yoshiki MIKAMI Professor of Mana
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96 This slide is a snapshot of expe
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98 The top ten African local langua
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100 Economists always refer to the
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102 Secondly, I would like to intro
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104 Another case of printing in the
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106 This assumption is confirmed by
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108 A few sample survey results of
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110 Osahito MIYAOKA Professor of Li
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112 Language, by contrast, does not
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114 EDUCATION AND LEARNING
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116 Paulin Goupognon DJITÉ Associa
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118 In Africa, one should not be le
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120 Indeed, data in literacy, or la
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122 limited to lower primary levels
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124 In other words, health literacy
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126 may initially cost around US$50
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128 REFERENCES Agence France Presse
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130 Probyn, M. (2001) Teachers’ v
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132 Ajit MOHANTY Professor of Psych
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134 nant language and leads to poor
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136 most of the marginalized lingui
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138 exclusive to them; 54 languages
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140 54.51% and 45.20%, respectively
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142 Table 4. Enrolment in Higher an
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144 the tribal people, their commun
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146 MLE IN INDIA: SOME CONCLUDING O
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THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE
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We are developing a flexible descri
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CONTESTING THE DEFAULT: THE IMPACT
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In one Grade 7 class, the PROPELCA
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Citizens of poor countries who oper
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MULTILINGUALITY, LANGUAGE AND 'A LA
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FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: MOTHER-TON
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dents' poor performance and low ach
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While preparing for this project, w
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socio-economic requirements for imp
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methodology with different activiti
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172 SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED LANGUAG
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174 Herman BATIBO Professor of Afri
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176 THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE ATTITUDES
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178 What was remarkable is that the
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180 REFERENCES ACALAN (Academy of L
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NAMING AND RENAMING IN THE PROCESS
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nous people of the Americas were in
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and use indigenous language to prod
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important contribution to indigenou
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Like Jakaltek Maya, most indigenous
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It is then important to emphasize s
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196 Anthony JUKES Research Associat
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198 DOCUMENTATION PROJECTS The emer
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200 An annotated recording such as
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202 munities can differ in many way
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204 Figure 4: Watching themselves C
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206 Nicolas OSTLER Chairman, Founda
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208 majority - which have remained
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210 The global trend of concern for
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212 Hannah VARI-BOGIRI Lecturer, Sc
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214 Policy discrimination is anothe
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216 preserve languages. As they bel
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218 STANDARD-SETTING INSTRUMENTS
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220 Sonia PARAYRE Co-Secretary of t
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222 We will see, in the course of t
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224 Monitoring takes place in three
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226 PERSISTING PROBLEMS : IMPLEMENT
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228 challenges still lie ahead of u
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THE ROLE OF STANDARD-SETTING INSTRU
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Identity, both personal and social,
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The law has not proved to be anti-d
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The linguistic, or rather socio-lin
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CHANGING THE LANGUAGE OF INDUSTRY:
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than a loss of pride and prestige,
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speak only English to reduce the fe
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with their policies and procedures,
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munities to protect native language
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NOTES 1. EEOC v. Kidman, et al, d/b
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252 WORKSHOP: MULTILINGUALISM, TRAN
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WORKSHOP REPORT ON MULTILINGUALISM,
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NOTES 1. African Academy of Languag
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261-263 REPORT Moderator: Gabriele
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262 • Ongoing research is necessa
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264 WORKSHOP: SAFEGUARDING ENDANGER
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WORKSHOP REPORT ON SAFEGUARDING END
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270 WORKSHOP: STANDARD-SETTING INST
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WORKSHOP REPORT ON STANDARD-SETTING
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• what legislation exists to prot
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Konrad Osterwalder, Rector, United
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Stephen May, Professor and Chair of
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Barbara Trudell, Africa Area Academ
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Speakers and panelists from the 200
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DAY 1 WEDNESDAY, 27 AUGUST 2008 MAS
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15:00-16:45 PANEL SESSION 2: Educat
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11:30-13:00 Parallel Workshops Stru
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The costs of losing linguistic dive
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