Counsellor, VC discuss collaboration on French language teaching programmes. PHOTO: aiou.edu.pk
French Embassy counsellor for cooperation and cultural affairs André de Bussy held a meeting with AIOU Vice-Chancellor Dr Shahid Siddiqui to discuss the ways to promote French language teaching programmes through distance learning or online programme, said a press release.
The counsellor appreciated the university for successfully running French language teaching programme and assured support for upgrading it through technical and academic input.
Siddiqui sought support of the embassy for developing a software for teaching French language and to collaborate with French universities.
De Bussy assured that the embassy will look into the proposals. The VC briefed the counsellor about the university’s foreign languages teaching programmes and future plans. He said the university was successfully running an online French learning programme. Short certificate courses in French language will also be introduced soon, he said.
The VC said a separate foreign languages department would soon be set up apart from a Chinese language and culture centre.
While maintaining its original character, the university will gradually move towards massive open online courses (MOOCs) to facilitate its students, particularly those living abroad. Automated educational services and digital academic contents will be made available to the students from basic literacy to PhD level, Siddiqui said.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 13th, 2016.
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