Thu. Mar 28th, 2024

Big words like Polyglot or multilingual shall not scare you, why not try learning French, Spanish, Chinese or even German for that matter.

In this era of globalization, it’s necessary for the countries and its people to cooperate and grow together. The one might see the rise, the other might lag behind. It’s important to have a mutual understanding as well as financial (economical), cultural, political relationship with the other nations, distant or close. With the advancement in the transport facilities, there’s no land like unreachable.  With all these, comes an important factor, language. Language is a key to knowing, understanding and synthesising things. It’s important to be familiar with the language of the country you want to deal with or want to go to.

Learning of any foreign language helps one develop more positive attitudes towards the new varieties of lives and cultures.

Also it enhances one’s analytical skills , adding to that it makes an employee more valuable in the marketplace. The one who knows more languages, is to be linguistically rich and has to be more preferred. The study of a foreign tongue improves the knowledge of one’s own native language.

The study of foreign languages teaches and encourages one to respect things outside their domains. It fosters an understanding of the interrelation of language and human nature. Foreign languages expand one’s view of the world, liberalize one’s experiences, and make one more flexible and tolerant.

Foreign language study enhances one’s opportunities in government, business, medicine, law, technology, military, industry, marketing, etc.

A second language improves your skills and grades in math and English and on the SAT and GRE.

Foreign language study is simply part of a very basic liberal education: to “educate” is to lead out, to lead out of confinement and narrowness and darkness.

New research published on the New York Times shows that being bilingual actually makes you smarter!

Also if you’re someone who wishes to study abroad, it’s almost a mandatory thing to have more languages known. Or even if you wish to travel round the globe, learn, explore and live, you would want to learn these languages, which might feel alien to you in the beginning though.

These are a few important Universities that provide a full time program in foreign languages.

Check these and choose as per your requirements and eligibility.

JNU, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Delhi University
Banaras Hindu University
Jamia Millia Islamia
Osmania University, Hyderabad
University of Mumbai

Along with these there are a few Universities like Delhi University that provide one year Diploma courses in foreign languages. See what suits you, and figure out, which language shall be apt for you, and what course?

By ruby

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