[nibupraju]

in these days of globlisation is a foriegn language nessary for a mba student.i had some question.please help me
1.which one to learn(French,German,Spanish,russian.....)
2.how much it will cost
3.will it help at the time of placements(will it act as a positive point in resume)

please enlightin

edit: typo in title

[Francesco CATtie]

dude,
i think that learning English as a foreign language will help u the most. if u r interested in doing a job in ,say germany, then learn german. there is no point in learning german if u want to stay in India or go else where. :wink:
if u r interested in learning a language just go ahead and learn, but donot learn it for the sake of MBA.
as u said these r the days of globalisation and hence to make a global community english is enough...

[nibupraju]

but in some premier bscholls they have one or two language in there course

[Francesco CATtie]

well, if they have it then go ahead and learn dude
whatz wrong?

[Francesco CATtie]

when u r going to learn it in a b school, then why worry abt it now?

just prepare well for CAT :wink: that is all u cud do as of now. donot wastetime on languages, unless u r very interested in learning one
ATB

[pswaroop]

Hey why don't u look at Japanese; it's pretty decent though hard to get accustomed with

[pratsy]

hey.....

langs n CAT at the same time shud b a biiiiig NO!

i've started learnin japanese....but a lot of others have'nt exactly been enthu abt it.....frm what i've been told....french n german r the langs which will make ur life easier in europe....so i think ...ye shud think more in terms of where ye plan 2 move 2......n then....probly.....post CAT....join a course...wen ur doing ur MBA(i was'nt in a b-school.....so do ask others if it is possible 2 do some offcampus learnin too...)....

PS:japanese is intrestin.......so cud the others b....

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pratsha aka dmitri :P

[nivedita_r]

I thot of learning japanese too, but then wow...it kinda luked a lil tough...n wud take way to long for impatient me too get it right ..(but yea gr8 goin patsy).

I finally managed to learn sum german...n well..it was a lotta fun.

i don think learning firang lingos really help in CAT. But yea it good be of sum advantage at the PI stage...the more you know the better it is.

[nibupraju]

for me i heard that german is prefferd in europe.if german or french is there in ur cv then u have a niche over other

[shyguy]

bon jour!

comment alez vous?

Me learning french just for the heck of it ...

well ... more because dad speaks french, german amd 5 indian languages!

Learning new languages is fun ... and u can mention it as one of ur hobbies in the MBA form too!

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