Learning foreign languages important in globalised world,says Dr Kang

Punjab Agricultural University club Litteraire Francais on Thursday organised a seminar on French language,literature and culture in the Students Home Auditorium at the PAU.

Punjab Agricultural University club Litteraire Francais on Thursday organised a seminar on French language,literature and culture in the Students Home Auditorium at the PAU. The chief guest at the event was PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang who is also the chief patron of the club.

In his remarks,Dr Kang said that he had deep interest in languages,right from the time he was a student and that he obtained proficiency in French under the Education Testing Service ( ETS) programme. Dr Kang said that continuous practice was vital for learning any foreign language.

He added that one should try to learn as many languages as one could,as this gave one knowledge about various societies of the world. The world is shrinking by the day,said Dr Kang,adding that this made learning languages all the more important.

Dr Neeta D Kang,who was also present on the occasion,said that it was important to communicate in the language of the land and that learning of foreign languages was imperative to interact with people of different nationalities.

Monique Kalsi,who studied medicine in France for four years,shared her thoughts on Journey of an Indian teenager to France. Her lecture provided the backgrounder about the lives of the people in France. Her oration of French was appreciated by the participants.

Harpreet Kaur,a French Language teacher of the PAU,deliberated on Jean De La Fontaine – A Great French Fablist. In her lecture,she narrated fables wherein animals were used as metaphors. Dr JS Bains,former emeritus professor of PAU,spoke on commonly used words and expressions in French.

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