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what are career opportunities in Linguistics.tell me courses for linguistics career option.
Dear Preeti,
Thanks for writing to www.careerguide.com!Nice question. Very few students opt for Linguistics as career option.
Linguistic is the scientific study of language. In recent years, there has been demand of Linguists in various sectors such as health, communication, corporates, publishing houses,media houses, research institutions, rehabilitation centres etc. Linguists can work as following:
Educational Courses:1.A bachelor's degree in Linguistics. 2. Masters degree in Linguistics.3. Certificate/ Diploma in Linguistics4. PG Diploma in Linguistics5. Advanced Diploma in Applied Linguistics6. MPhil/ PhD in Linguistics.
Most State/Central Universities offer courses in linguistic. Few known Universities are:The M S University of BarodaDelhi UniversityJawaharlal Nehru UniversityAligarh Muslim University
After doing Masters in Linguistics, you have job opportunities in Govt. Sector such as Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. Another being Institute of Hindi Language, New Delhi. In Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. Universities/ Schools/ Colleges.
A linguistic can also get job in Hospital as Communication Disorder Specialist, Speech Therapist ( a course in this is additionally required after Masters in Linguistics). One can also get job as Speech Trainer in Call centres or companies or Language Trainer in the field of Medical Transcription.
There are also opportunities in the field of Journalism, Advertising, Business and Corporate communication.
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Best Wishes for bright career,Apurva Kumar Pandya, PhD
Dear Aspirant,
Dr. Pandya has excellently elaborated the opportunities in Linguistics.
Linguistics definitely has a good scope and foreign languages are desirable these days.
Good KPO / BPO also require language experts for translation, interpretations, data conversion tasks, call centres.
Best wishes
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