22.02.2012 21:38 Videos
Video: Belarusian-language dictation session held in Minsk
A dictation session was held in the head office of the Francisak Skaryna Belarusian Language Society (BLS) in Minsk on February 21 in the framework of the fifth Belarusian-language dictation campaign.
"We think that the mother tongue is the foundation that allows a person to create himself as a personality and achieve success in his life," Alena Anisim, first deputy chair of the BLS, said in an interview with BelaPAN. "It's difficult to do so without knowledge of the mother tongue as the person loses his ties with the family and ancestors."
"A dictation does not require much effort. When it involves many people, they see that they are not alone in their love of the native language. By doing this they display their willingness to see and hear the Belarusian language."
"The idea of writing dictations is one of the great means to promote the mother tongue and bring together like-minded people, compatriots," said Leanid Akalovich, a priest of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. "The language unites, connects us, encourages us to defend the homeland. I notice that young people are attracted by Belarusian and want to learn it as they sense through their roots how old it is."
"Not caring about the language means destroying the people. That's why every kind of effort to promote and defend the language is useful for the nation. We have an ancient language and it must live with us, be part of the family of all languages of the world and we must defend this God-given wealth."
Anatol, one of the people who wrote the dictation, said that he had read about the event on a social network. "I love our language, respect our history," the young man said. "I am surrounded mostly by Russian speakers and I see no point in talking to them in Belarusian. But of course I would like to speak the mother tongue in day-to-day life."
Belarusian-language dictation campaigns have been held annually since 2008 on the initiative of the Belarusian Language Society.
"We think that the mother tongue is the foundation that allows a person to create himself as a personality and achieve success in his life," Alena Anisim, first deputy chair of the BLS, said in an interview with BelaPAN. "It's difficult to do so without knowledge of the mother tongue as the person loses his ties with the family and ancestors."
"A dictation does not require much effort. When it involves many people, they see that they are not alone in their love of the native language. By doing this they display their willingness to see and hear the Belarusian language."
"The idea of writing dictations is one of the great means to promote the mother tongue and bring together like-minded people, compatriots," said Leanid Akalovich, a priest of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. "The language unites, connects us, encourages us to defend the homeland. I notice that young people are attracted by Belarusian and want to learn it as they sense through their roots how old it is."
"Not caring about the language means destroying the people. That's why every kind of effort to promote and defend the language is useful for the nation. We have an ancient language and it must live with us, be part of the family of all languages of the world and we must defend this God-given wealth."
Anatol, one of the people who wrote the dictation, said that he had read about the event on a social network. "I love our language, respect our history," the young man said. "I am surrounded mostly by Russian speakers and I see no point in talking to them in Belarusian. But of course I would like to speak the mother tongue in day-to-day life."
Belarusian-language dictation campaigns have been held annually since 2008 on the initiative of the Belarusian Language Society.
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