This is something which everyone loves to learn, languages, simply because it gives such an in depth idea about not only the language but also the historic development of a nation. In Kolkata there is no dearth of good language institutes which offer several language courses like French Courses, German Courses and Japanese Language Courses and so on. People of Kolkata have always had a love affair with knowledge in any form and the language institutes in Kolkata do nothing but add a bit more fuel to this burning desire.
Love of knowledge apart, there is another important reason for the popularity for the foreign language courses in Kolkata. Students in Kolkata are always eager to travel to the European countries for higher education. Getting a course on any of the important foreign languages makes them more equipped to travel to the foreign countries with more confidence.
Moreover, if the students wish to take up the job of a translator for multinational or governmental agencies, for them foreign language courses are extremely useful.
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Here is a list of language institutes in Kolkata:
Goethe-Institut Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata – German Courses: Duration depends on the learner’s requirement and level.
Contact: 8, Ballygunge Circular Road
Kolkata - 700 019
Tel:+(91)-(33) 2486 6398, 2486 6424
Fax:+(91)-(33) 2486 5188
Website: http://www.goethe.de
Alliance Francaise du Bengale, Kolkata – French Courses: General, Basic, Independent and Proficient, in accordance to Common European Framework of Language References ideal for DELF and DALF Exam Preparations.
Contact: "Khaleel Munzil", 217, A.J. C. Bose Road
Kolkata - 700 017
Tel:+(91)-(33) 2281 5198, 2281 5538
Fax:+(91)-(33) 2281 5600
Website:http://www.afindia.org/
Indo-Japan Language Studies Society, Kolkata –
Japanese language Courses
Contact: 18A, Prince Gulam Mohammad Road,
1st Floor
Kolkata - 700 026
Tel:+(91)-(33) 3293 3919
Fax:+(91)-(33) 2466 9844
The University of Calcutta offers Certificate courses and Master Degree Courses on a number of languages.
Certificate Language Courses:
Chinese Certificate Course
Arabic Certificate Course
French Certificate Course
German Certificate Course
Persian Certificate Course
Master Degree Language Courses: Arabic
Persian
French
Contact: Senate House,
87 /1 College Street,
Kolkata-700 073, West Bengal
Phone: 033 2241 0071.
Website: www.caluniv.ac.in
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Ramakrishna Mission, Golpark, Kolkata – Offers Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced courses on Arabic, Chinese, English, Japanese, Parsi, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian & German Languages.
Contact: Ramakrishna Mission
Institute of Culture
Gol Park
Kolkata 700 029
Gram: INSTITUTE
Phone: 033-2464 1303 (3 lines), 2466 1235 (3 lines) & 2465 2531/32, 2463-1878 / 1879 / 1880 / 1882
Fax: 033-2464 1307
Email: rmic@vsnl.com
Website: www.sriramakrishna.org
Gorky Sadan, Kolkata: Russian Language Certificate, Diploma and Crash Courses
Contact: 3, Victoria Place.
Calcutta-700 017.
Phone- 2247-5407
Jadavpur University, Kolkata – Offers courses on French, Russian, Portuguese and German Languages
Contact: Raja S.P. Mallick Road, Jadavpur.
Calcutta -700 032
Phone- 2473-5339, 2643-5799, 2244-3619
American Information Resource Center, Kolkata – American English Language courses
Contact: 38-A, Jawaharlal Nehru Road.
Calcutta-700 071
Phone- 2288-1200/06
Fax - 91-33-22882445
British Council, Kolkata – English Language Courses, also courses on foreign languages such as French, German, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Korean, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Latin, Norwegian etc. These courses can be taken in three ways which includes A& B, Assimil and 30 foreign languages course.
Contact: Shakespeare Sarani.
Calcutta-700 071
Phone- 2282-3887/5370
Netaji Institute Of Asian Studies, Kolkata - Offers courses on Thai, Japanese & Burmese
Contact: 1, Woodburn Park.
Calcutta-700 020
Phone- 2247-3145
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