Institute of Modern Languages (Dhaka): Difference between revisions

|established = July{{start date and age|1974|7|19}}

|head = Dr. ShishirRazaul karim Faquire Bhattacharja

|former_name = Department of International Relations (1948)<br>Department of Foreign Languages (1964)

|location = [[University of Dhaka]]

|city = [[Shahbag]], [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]]

|country = [[Bangladesh]]

The '''Institute of Modern Languages''' (IML) is an institute of the [[University of Dhaka]] in [[Bangladesh]] dedicated to teaching various modern languages including [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Mandarin Chinese]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], and [[Hindi]].<ref name="IML">{{cite web|url=http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/institute_home.php?bodyid=IML|title=Institute of Modern Languages|work=du.ac.bd|access-date=2015-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218044512/http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/institute_home.php?bodyid=IML|archive-date=2015-02-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> Four levels of certificate courses are offered for each language, Bengali being the only language exclusively reserved for foreign international students. B.A Honours programs in English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese have been recently added to the curriculum, where an additional Masters program was added to the English curriculum. For junior courses, a student must obtain at least G.P.A. 2.5 in higher secondary exam. For upper certificate courses, he must pass admission test. Anyone passing DU admission test from B or D unit will be eligible to enroll for honours courses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unb.com.bd/m/category/special/romance-with-foreign-languages-dus-language-institute-draws-huge-students/8236|title = Romance with foreign languages; DU's Language Institute draws huge students}}</ref>

In 1948July 1947, the Department of [[International Relations]] was established at the [[University of Dhaka]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of International Relations |url=https://www.du.ac.bd/body/IR |website=Dhaka University}}</ref> where courses for Chinese and French were introduced the next year. The year after the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]] of 1952, German was added to the courses. In 1964 these courses were separated from International Relations, and a Department of Foreign Languages was established. Russian and Turkish were introduced in the next year, and Japanese in 1972. In 1973 Spanish was introduced to bring the total number of languages taught to six.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

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