Learn a Foreign Language

By Our Special Correspondent

Multilingualism has become more than just ‘important’. Adding a foreign language to your resume has lot of edge. It is nothing but an additional qualification that makes you most preferred. Knowing a foreign language other than your native language has evolved to be extremely beneficial. Whether viewed from the financial or social aspect, being able to communicate in a foreign language helps to make ‘real’ connection with people and provides a better understanding of your language.

Learning foreign languages adds strength to the bio data apart from enhancing the outlook of the candidates. Here are some of the best places in the country to study foreign languages.

EFLU

This university with Hyderabad as its headquarters has regional centers at Lucknow and Shillong.

Contacts: The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad – 500 605; Ph: 040-27098131, Web: www.efluniversity.ac.in

Moti Mahal Campus, 2, Rana Pratap Marg Luchnow -226 001; Ph: 0522-2216073 NEHRU Permanent Complex, Umshing – Mawkynroh, Shillong – 793022; Ph: 0364-2231648

The university has 11 schools and 38 departments and they include English as a Second Language (ESL) Studies, Materials Development, Testing and Evaluation, Training Development and Education, Phonetics and Spoken English, Linguistics and Contemporary English, Literature of Commonwealth countries, American and Caribbean Literatures, Literary theory and Criticism, English Language Teaching, Linguistics and Phonetics, Literatures in English, Distance Education in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Journalism and Mass Communication, Film Studies, and Visual Communication, Arts, Aesthetics and Comparative Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Social Exclusion Studies, Hindi and India Studies, Translation Studies, Arabic Language and Linguistics.

Foreign languages

Research programme: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Advanced diploma: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Five-year integrated MA course in Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Two-year MA course in Arabic and French

PG diploma in the Teaching of Arabic

Diploma Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Certificate of proficiency: Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Luck now centre: Five-year integrated MA English, two-year MA English, PG diploma in the Teaching of English, M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Linguistics and Phonetics), part-time courses in French and German.

Shillong centre: five-year integrated MA English and MCJ, two-year MA English, PG Diploma in the Teaching of English, M.Phil. and Ph.D. (English language education), part-time courses in German

University of Delhi

Ph.D.: German, Hispanic, Linguistics, Persian

M.Phil.: Arabic, Bulgarian language, French, German, Hispanic Italian, Linguistics Persian, Russian

MA: Arabic, French, German, Hispanic, Italian, Linguistics Persian

BA: (Hons): French, German, Persian, Spanish, Zongha, Arabic

Diploma / certificate/others: advanced diploma: applied linguistics, Bulgarian/Croatian / Czech / French / German / Hungarian / Italian / Modern / Persian / Polish / Russian / Serbian / Slovak languages

Contact: 011-27667853;

Website: www.du.ac.in

BHU Varanasi

Ph.D: Different departments

MA: Arabic, Chinese, French, German,, Persian, Russian, Nepali, Pali, linguistics

One-year PG Diploma in Japanese Studies

BA (Hons): Arabic, Persian, Pali, Nepali, Chinese, German, French, Russian, linguistics

Undergraduate diploma (two years): Arabic, Chinese, French Studies, German Studies, Nepali, Persian, Russian, Sinhalese

(There may be differences in the programmes during certain academic years)

Website: www.bhu.ac.in

University of Madras

The Department of French and other Foreign Languages, Chepauk, Chennai – 600005 offers the following courses:

M.Phil: French

MA: French

Diploma/ certificate: French, German, Italian, Spanish

Phone: 044-2539 9424;

Website: www.unom.ac.in

Osmania University

M.Phil: Arabic, French

MA: Arabic, French, Persian

PG Diploma: Translation in Arabic, Applied linguistics Junior Diploma: French, German, Russian, Arabic, Persian (Admission after Plus Two)

Senior Diploma: French, German, Russian, (Admission after Junior Diploma with at least 50 per cent marks or a Bachelor’s degree in the second class)

Advanced Diploma: French, German, Russian (admission after Senior Diploma with at least 50 per cent marks)

e-mail: resgistrar@osmania.ac.in;

Website: www.osmania.ac.in

Jamia Millia Islamia

Ph.D. : Arabic, Persian

MA: Arabic, Persian

BA (Hons): Arabic, Persian

Advanced Diploma: Modern Arabic Language and Translation, Modern Persian, Turkemenian, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian

Diploma: Modern Arabic, Modern Persian, Turkemenian, Turkish, Pashto, Kazhaki, Uzbek, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian

Certificate: Modern Arabic, Modern Persian, Turkemenian, Turkish, Pashto, Kazhaki, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian

Phone: 011-26981717

Website: http://www.jmi.ac.in

University of Mumbai

Ph.D.: Arabic, French, Persian

MA: Arabic, French, Persian

BA: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Pali, Persian, Portuguese, Russian,

Advanced Diploma: Arabic, German, Russian

Diploma: Arabic, French, German, Pali, Persian, Russian

Certificate: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Persian, Polish, Russian

Website: www.mu.ac.in