Language Specialist

Hi,
It is a very good idea to learn a foreign language, as it gives you an edge and importantly it also makes your resume look good, hence helping you in getting recruited. However, in order for it to make a substantial difference, you need to study the language properly from a good institute. As far as which language to study is concerned, German, French, and Spanish are all good. German is a good choice, especially for fields that are technically related. Spanish and French are very widely spoken languages, hence slightly more opportunities to put them to practical use given that you are interested in the travel industry. Japanese is also an excellent option but requires you to learn the script as well, therefore, do remember that the difficulty level to learn this language is higher.

For students who aim to pursue a foreign language course in India, here are the top foreign language institutes:
1) Jawaharlal Nehru University (School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies) - The school provides graduate, post graduate and research programmes for a variety of languages: French, German, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Persian and Arabic.
2) Delhi University - A number of colleges under Delhi University offer certificate courses for various foreign languages. Apart from that, the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies offers a three years undergraduate programme for languages such as French, German, Italian and Spanish along with postgraduate courses in French, German, Hispanic and Italian Studies.
3) EFLU Hyderabad - The branch in Hyderabad offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programmed in languages like English, Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish, Italian, Chinese and Korean.
4) Banaras Hindu University (Department of Foreign Languages) - At BHU, the Department of Foreign Languages conducts teaching programmes in seven major languages of Asia and Europe-Chinese, Japanese, Sinhalese, Russian, Italian, Spanish and Polish.
5) Jamia Millia Islamia University - Jamia Millia Islamia University has courses for several languages such as French, Russian, Italian and Portuguese. The students can choose through various course types-Certificate course, Diploma course and Advanced Diploma course.
6) Pune University (Department of Foreign Languages) - It offers courses in French, German, Russian, Japanese and Spanish at various levels.

Learning additional language that too a foreign language is always a good decision as it enhance the profile and career prospects.
The advantages of learning foreign language are:
- You have a wider social network.
- It gives you a chance to understand an entirely new culture.
- It helps you in reading and understanding the literature and enhance your knowledge.
After learning a foreign language you will be able to get a job as an interpreter easily apart from job a s translator, as now a days there are many colleges and schools in India which offers foreign language course to its students, so you can work as foreign language teacher in these institutes.
Now a days as there are many multinational companies operating in India, so you have good scope of job in these companies as well.
You may consider learning:
- French.
- German.
- Chinese.
- Japanese.
Please browse through the link mentioned below to get detailed information regarding various institutes in India offering foreign languages learning classes.
Link: https://arts.shiksha.com/language-learning-courses-in-india-categorypage-9-34-1-0-0-1-1-2-0-none-1-0

Russian is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. As per an announcement in 2013, Russian was found to be the second most-used language on the internet after English.
Russian is spoken in over 26 countries in the world.
The greatest scope for Russian in India is in Travel and Tourism. Goa and Kerala are the main destinations for Russian tourists. India will need more Russian workforce in the coming years to attract tourists from Russian-speaking countries.
Besides, after learning Russian, you can provide coaching classes to students or adults who are heading to Russia for study, travel or work purpose.
French is the official language of many international organizations such as UN, WTO, NATO, ISO, ISA, Interpol, FIFA and a lot more. Also, French is the official language of over 40 countries.
Other than that it is the most frequently used language on the internet and the most famous among Indians. French is simpler to learn for Indians because of the fact that 50% of English words have their origin in French.