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Centre for Foreign Languages

In the present globalized world, learning of foreign languages is becoming more and more relevant. The burgeoning businesses transcend borders and there is incessant arrival and departure of businessmen, academics, tourists across countries. All this means greater importance of learning of foreign languages. Experts in foreign languages are not only sought after by corporates, travel agencies and teaching institutions, but also by government organs like tourism department, foreign office, defence and intelligence wings.

The Centre for Foreign Languages at O.P. Jindal Global University is an excellence-based centre with the purpose of teaching foreign languages to university students in India. Doing justice to its name, JGU offers its students, through the CFL, the means to achieve a global presence, understand the world’s diversity and participate directly in the present era of globalisation. Using modern pedagogical tools to facilitate the students’ experience with the world’s major languages, we aim to build a community of learning, where students are encouraged to access not only classroom materials, but also a number of language-related events, as well as audio, video, and computer tools and a rich variety of cultural material to both acquaint themselves with the tradition and culture represented by each language. Besides, it imparts them the skills and knowledge necessary for their own career and academic goals including participation in study abroad programs, etc., all of this with the expert guidance of our experienced teachers.

Teaching pedagogy

The CFL endorses and uses pedagogical approaches geared towards the acquisition of language proficiency skills which include listening, speaking, reading, writing and understanding, in line with inter­national standards as stipulated by the European Framework of Re­ference (CEFR). Students’ specific goals related to business, academics and research are also taken into account in the material of the courses that they undertake. The CFL faculty goes all out to support their endeavours towards the achievement of their goalposts.

Our goals and activities

The CFL currently teaches language courses in French, Spanish and German at the beginner (A1, A2) level in undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes across various schools at JGU. We intend to expand such courses (by adding more languages and/or more specific skill-oriented classes) in the near future. The language lab provides basic knowledge of Russian and Arabic also in self-learning mode.

The CFL also organizes and conducts workshops, conferences, guest presentations and similar events on, or related to, the languages currently being taught. Also cultural events like film festivals, exhibitions, poetry recitations, dance and music festivals led by native speakers, etc., often in col­labora­tion with outside entities such as embassies or other government organs of countries where our target languages are spoken. Participa­tion is open not only to those enrolled in CFL language courses, but also to those interested in discov­ering more about language learning and the possibilities and opportuni­ties associated with each language and each country (student exchange programmes, business partner­ships, academic collaboration, etc).

Centre Director:

Dr Shruti Jain
Professor
Email: shruti@jgu.edu.in

Courses

Spanish:

Spanish Levels 1 to 8 (A1 to A2)

French:

French Levels 1 to 8 (A1 to A2)

German:

German Levels 1 to 8 (A1 to A2)

Russian

Faculty

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Deepika Teckchandani
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Prof. Shruti Jain
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Dr. Navreeti Sharma
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Dr. Shilpa Gupta
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Mohammad Jilani
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Prof. (Dr.) Sasi Sekhar Mallampalli
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Prof. (Dr.) Sergio Meira de Santa Cruz Oliveira
 
 

Events

Spanish
  • Collaboration with the Centro de Lenguas Modernas of the University of Granada in Spain
  • Conducted Short term (Summer/Winter) study program abroad in Spanish language, culture and literature at the University of Granada, Spain
  • On Sept. 20, 2022, a lecture by Dr. Sérgio Meira de Santa Cruz Oliveira on Spanish and the Languages of the Amazon. April 27, 2022–Hispanic Night: A cultural night, inolving various activities with Spanish students (singing, dancing, and a quiz).
  • On March 1, 2021, Interactive session: Las lenguas abren las puertas (Languages open doors) with active participation from our Spanish students was held. Keynote speaker: Esteban Cichello Hubner (author and Spanish teacher, Oxford University)
  • On Oct. 11, 2020, webinar was held on Teaching and Learning Spanish in India with Dr. Óscar Pujol Riembau (Director of Instituto Cer­vantes, New Delhi) and Pedro Serrano Navarro (Head of Studies, Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi).
  • On Oct. 5, 2020, a virtual guest lecture on Las Fiestas en España (Festivals in Spain), by Prof. Cristina Lostado (CLM University of Gra­nada, Spain), on the rich culture of festivities and religious ce­lebration in Spain and its contemporary changes.
French:
  • Online lecture: Opportunities in France
  • Collaboration with the IFI (Institut Français India / French Institute in India), July 2021 to the present.
  • Interactive online session: Virtual Choose France Tour Session, Feb. 2021.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6iEJ1uOJ4

  • French movie screenings, discussion with students held in 2021-22.
  • Online public lecture on Francophonie Day (March 2021): Fran­cophony world – Experiences and Opportunities in the French-Speaking World.
  • Online public lecture on Francophony Day, in a hybrid mode (March 2022): Come, Let’s Celebrate la Francophonie.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av74u6XKhU8
  • Online interactive session: Effective techniques to improve your French (April 2022).
  • Cultural interaction session: Travel to Nantes with Clémence (Sep. 2022).
  • French language workshop for beginners (Nov. 2022)
German:
  • Jindal German Summer/Winter School
  • Große Mittag der Studentenaufführungen
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  • First International Foreign Language Conference, organized with other CFL members (December 2019)

Self-learning Facility

The Global Languages Lab functioning at T4M85 West Side provides self-learning software for French, Spanish, German, Russian and Arabic languages. The facility is open without any charge for students and staff of JGU on all week days and timing. The following is the detail of the programs loaded on the systems:

Icon Full Title of Application For Learning
Pronounce Sanako Pronounce Pronunciation of words and phrases in English, Spanish, French and German languages
Utalk Utalk Russian and Arabic* languages
(*Available in front row machines only)

For User Manuals, please click on User Manuals
Mr. Umesh Kumar is the lab attendant posted in the Centre. For any problem, he can be contacted at ukumar@jgu.edu.in (Phone 97171 45076).

Faculty Coordinator (Global Languages Lab): Prof. Dr. Sergio Meira de Santa Cruz Oleviera, Professor.

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