Institute of Modern Languages (Dhaka)

The Institute of Modern Languages (IML) is an institute of the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh dedicated to teaching various modern languages including Bengali, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi.[2] 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 unit will be eligible to enroll for honours courses.[3]

Institute of Modern Languages
Institute of Modern Languages, Dhaka University
EstablishedJuly 1974
FocusModern languages
DirectorDr. Razaul karim Faquire
Adjunct facultyRokeya Hall
Formerly calledDepartment of Foreign Languages (1964)
AddressNilkhet Road, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000
Location
University of Dhaka
,
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Coordinates23.733589°N 90.394110°E / 23.733589; 90.394110[1]
WebsiteOfficial site

History

In July 1947, the Department of International Relations was established at the University of Dhaka,[4] where courses for Chinese and French were introduced the next year. The year after the 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.

On the first of July 1974 the Institute of Modern Languages was established as an integral part of University of Dhaka, incorporating the Department of Foreign Languages of 1964 into its constitution.[2]

In recent years the number of students has been declining.[5] However the Korean language department was expanded in 2014.[6]

References
  1. "Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!". wikimapia.org.
  2. "Institute of Modern Languages". du.ac.bd. Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  3. "Romance with foreign languages; DU's Language Institute draws huge students".
  4. "Department of International Relations". Dhaka University.
  5. "Number of foreign students in decline at DU - Dhaka Tribune". dhakatribune.com.
  6. "Expanded Korean Language Department inaugurated at DU". Prothom Alo. 25 August 2014.
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