Islamabad, Access Summer Institute 2012 was formally initiated at National University of Modern Languages (NUML) on Wednesday amid to give a sight of developed heritage of soil and theatrical performance of classic English literature.
The Access Summer Institute 2012 is being organized with the collaboration of NUML and US Embassy in Pakistan under the English Micro Scholarship Program.
US government provided fund for two years in 85 countries of the world. In Pakistan, it’s the world’s largest program, as more than 7,000 persons including English language experts and children between the ages of 14 and 18 years, are joining free classes.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, US Embassy Public Affairs Officer Mitchell Moss said that “English is a bridge across cultures and it brings us together. English may not be the only language to help you compete and bridge cultures, Urdu, Sindhi, Pashto, French, German, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic or any language can serve these purposes. The more languages you know, the better you are positioned to succeed in life to survive gladiator’s arena the world has become.”
The purpose of the program is to take the consultants and students with highly proficient English-language practitioners and students. Presently, the program is working in more than 24 cities of Pakistan and two programs for English language teachers are proceeding in NUML.
The program in NUML was started on June 17 and would last until June 29. It was formally started on Tuesday and was joined by Public Diplomacy Officer Mike Guinan, Laura Brown, Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer Rob Raines, Information Officer Brent Beemer, Cultural Affairs Officer Nathan Edgerton and many other US officials from its Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar consulates.
Before to start the program, the students from NUML’s regional and Islamabad campuses got the audience into the world of elegant with their folk, cultural and literary performances. Arshad Ali’s all exotic Punjabi Tappa “Chala mera ji dhola”, all-time hit Saraiki song “Bismillah Karan” and a song narrating the story of “Sassi-Punu”, by Shahid Abbas, made many sentimental about the rustic and pastoral life on the bank of the River Ravi.
“Yeh Watan Tumara Hai”, a tribute to Mehdi Hassan by Irfan of Bahawalpur, Sindhi folk song by Ibrahim and the folk songs in Pashto and Balti languages made the event pleasurable. Moreover, theatrical performance on one of English literary classics “My Fair Lady”, by NUML Faisalabad campus students Ejaz Ahmed, Ateequr Rehman, Sajjad Mehmood, Noorul Aain, and Amina Hussain was a treat among treats.
Speaking at the occasion, NUML Rector Maj Gen (r) Masood Hasan esteemed the creativity of US Embassy and said that it would be great help to Pakistani English language practitioners to get approch to the latest English language teaching techniques and develop professional interaction and share their experience of teaching language, he added.
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