Thursday, November 13, 2014

Foreign Languages: Courses | Career /Job Opportunities | Scope

In India, Foreign language courses are in high command to the worldwide job scenario. To accommodate to the domestic and international requirement for the people knowing foreign languages, many popular Indian and foreign association are providing well designed courses for different foreign languages such as Chinese ,German, Korean,  Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, and among others. 


Learning a foreign language can offer double advantage; you can learn a new language to make your resume more powerful and more attractive or you can learn a foreign language to develop a particular career as a foreign language professional, guide, interpreter, technical translators, decoders and freelance writer, Teacher in highly esteemed school and colleges.

Number of employment prospect is available for those people who have firm level of proficiency in a foreign language in different industries such as tourism, travel, hotel administration, teaching, publishing, mass communication, international association, embassies and more. Foreign language expert can earn a good salary depending upon certain feature like level of expertise, experience, location and the type of organization.

Top Institutes in India offering foreign language courses
  • ·                     School of Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • ·                     University of Delhi, New Delhi
  • ·                     Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jawaharlal Nehru Academy of Languages, New Delhi
  • ·                     Japanese Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi
  • ·                     Ram Krishna Mission, Kolkata
  • ·                     Alliance Francasie, located in 15 cities of India
  • ·                     Rajasthan University, Jaipur
  • ·                     Max Mueller Bhavan in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Chennai
  • ·                     Pune University, Pune
  • ·                     Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad
  • ·                     Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai
  • ·                     Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Job Opportunities

Educational skill and proficiency in foreign languages opens the gate for career in sectors such as tourism, entertainment, public dealings and mass communication, international organizations, publishing, explanation and conversion, etc.

Moreover, different multinational companies need candidates possessing tremendous verbal communication in French, Russian, Chinese, German, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, etc. several latest possibilities such as online content writers, technical translators or decoders too have move toward up in a big method.
International association such as the United Nations Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization and several Indian national association like Ministry of External Affairs, Reserve Bank of India ,etc too need proficient who have concentration in foreign languages.

Career in Foreign Language
As the world becomes more and more a global village, career opportunities are opening up like never before, and not just in numbers but also in the types of jobs possible


Translator
Many corporations need translators who can help in identifying their communication with their counterparts. There is also several translation organization which provide work for personnel having good knowledge of a foreign language. A person can work free-lance after gaining a few years’ experience. 

Interpreter:
With the establishment of new equipment like teleconferencing and video-conferencing, it is now probable to hold meeting and meetings between personnel from India and their counterparts in other countries without having to actually travel between the two countries. Almost always, such meetings require a person with the knowledge of not just the language but also of the manners and etiquette

BPO (Business processing out sourcing)
Recent accumulation to the requirements in industry several BPOs MNC Corporations have come up in India. Jobs could involve speaking skills or data processing. 

Teaching:
At present the number of learners in India is about 5000 per year. Several educational organization having regular exchanges with foreign countries require advanced language teachers for students and professionals. The job prospect in this field across the country is in large number.

UPSC: 
Students who have completed MA in French, German or Russian can appear for UPSC with French/German/Russian as their most important subject and make a occupation in the Indian Administrative Service or the Foreign Service


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