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10 Month Diploma Course in Language Training Programme by Central Institute of Language Training, Mysuru [July 2024-April 2025]: Register by April 10

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Mar 27, 2024
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Registrations are invited for 10 Month Diploma Course in Language Training Programme by Central Institute of Language Training, Mysuru. The last date of registration is April 10, 2024.

About the Institute

The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is an Indian research and teaching institute based in Mysuru, part of the Language Bureau of the Ministry of Education. It was founded on 17 July 1969.

Course Details

Applications are invited for admission to 10-month Diploma in Language Training programme in any one of the Modern Indian Languages viz. Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu at the Seven Regional Language Centres situated at Mysuru, Bhubaneswar, Pune, Patiala, Solan, Lucknow and Guwahati.

10-Month Diploma in Language Training Programme is a full time Diploma course includes Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Course(s) for 14, 12 and 12 weeks respectively, with two weeks of language environment tour. There is 5.5 hours of instruction on each working day; thus the entire programme consists 1085 hours of effective language instruction to the trainees. Periodical tests and final examination are conducted at the end of each term. In the first stage of 14 weeks, all four skills, viz., listening, speaking, reading and writing are expected to be mastered by the trainees.

The basic course has more emphasis on the spoken language so that at its end, the trainees can use the language for day-to-day purposes, converse with a native speaker of that language on matters of day-to-day requirements and start reading and writing. They can also read and understand newspaper captions. After the second stage of the Intermediate course, the trainees can read and write simple texts and operate with all complex sentence patterns in the language effectively as a tool of communication and write compositions in the language. They can read newspapers and simple books at the end of this stage.

All the trainees are required to go a two-week language environment tour. This provides an intensive natural language environment for improvement of speaking, listening and understanding skills and direct interaction with the people and their social customs, beliefs and culture. During all these courses various devices are used for teaching, such as graded lessons on sentence patterns, various kinds of drills and pattern practices, laboratory exercises, audio-visual aids, conversation patterns, narration, comprehension practices, role-play, environmental learning, individual guidance, socio-cultural study of the State.

Eligibility

In-service teachers, prospective teachers, research scholars and general public may submit their applications to the Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages Manasagangotri, Mysuru-570006 on or before the date mentioned above.

How to Apply?

Application may be filled and submitted either online or Offline at https://apply.ciil.org under the “Diploma Application” section. Applicant who applies Online has to send the hard copy of the application also and if applicant wants to submit application through Offline may download the Application from website and submit by post to the Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangothri, Mysuru-570 006 without fail before the due date. Application fee may be remitted either through QR code or through a nationalised Bank Demand Draft.