knowing the language really helps in the interior areas of spain where english isnt spoken i lived in france for about eight years many years ago and wrote my doctoral thesis on parasitology in french i heard that many people in california speak spanish and since my daughter lives there we visit once in a while and knowing the language helps he said the main reasons for joining the classes are either professional or academic or love for a foreign language i felt so good nowadays learning is more focused and goes beyond mere curiosity she pursued both spanish and french as hobbies and this has opened up a window to new cultures he added most public universities do not ask for tuition fees which is an attractive option for those pursuing higher education in germany geeta ramu for instance is a 62yearold a2 level student of spanish who travelled to spain last year and was able to talk to locals easily about 60 are mnc professionals in japanese companies bengaluru ravi iyengar is bursting with excitement because hes completing his b2 level in french this month german is concentrated in a few areas and is yet to become populary mikael de la fuente director alliance francaise said we have students from 8 to 87 years have a few persons who retired recently and are learning a new language they felt happy too my wife and i visit france once every two years said ravi most of these languages and mandarin are drawing students because of business reasons theres a demand for foreign languages in colleges and institutions too mohana devi french professor japanese popular toothere are over 100 persons learning japanese in our institute and probably 800 in bengaluru who appear for the proficiency test it was a twomonth course and very interesting his wife shanta iyengar 77 will complete her a2 level this month many of these employees either work with people from japan or have to relocate there for work especially engineers i borrow some books from the alliance francaise library watch a few french films and listen to songs as well to become more proficient the demand for spanishspeaking professionals has grown tremendously but the availability is still quite low there are 50 working professionals and 50 students who want to pursue higher studies in germany said canute john dsouza counsellor language courses and examination goetheinstitute japanese story reading is a fun experience as the words are written top to bottom and the sentences are read right to left srividhya anantapadhmanaban head of languages sakuraa nihongo resource centerwith inputs from shravani bheema most students have professional goals and less than 1 out of sheer interest next are the students who have got admission to japanese universities followed by homemakers whod like to be translators or freelancers the 87yearold retired doctor doesnt hesitate to speak in french even though at times he doesnt get the gender of some things right similarly david azariah 67 took