Institute of Modern Languages
- Institute of Modern Languages
Institute of Modern Languages (IML) is an institute of Dhaka University dedicated to teaching various languages including Bengali, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Urdu and Hindi.
History
In 1948, the Department of International Relations were established with Dhaka University, 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 Modem Languages was established as an integral part of Dhaka University, incorporating the Department of Foreign Languages of 1964 into its constitution.
References
* [http://www.univdhaka.edu/department/index.php?bodyid=IML Institute of Modern Languages on Dhaka University Official Website]
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