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The Centre for Foreign Languages at Pondicherry University have officially released a new notification on August 6, 2026. This update is very important for all students who is taking admission or waiting for their second semester classes to begin. According to this notice, the classes for all Second Semester Certificate Courses are starting official from this week. Many students was waiting for this update since many days because the first semester was already completed a few weeks ago.
Here is key details that university have mentioned in the notification:
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The second semester classes is officially starting without any further delay.
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All enrolled students needs to join the offline classes immediately from this week itself.
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The notification apply to all foreign language certificate programs running in the campus.
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Students who did not clear previous dues must submit their fee slip at department office.
What is written in the official notice -
In the official notice, the department head clear stated that all enrolled students must join the classes on time. The university have shared that timing of the classes will remain same like the previous semester. But this time, students needs to be more regular because attendance rules are going to be very strict.
The notice highlights these key points for all students:
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Attendance requirement is minimum 75 percent for sitting in final exam.
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Evening class timings will continue from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM on scheduled days.
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No late entry will be permitted once teacher start the main lecture in hall.
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If any student miss too many classes in the start, they might get problem during final evaluation time.
Details about the foreign language courses -
Pondicherry University offers many popular foreign languages under this certificate program like French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic. Many students join these courses every year because learning a new language help a lot in getting good job nowadays. The syllabus for this second semester is going to be little bit harder than the first semester.
Students will be learning following important topics in second semester:
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Advanced grammar rules and complex sentence structures.
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Everyday conversation skills and simple speaking practice in class.
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Basic letter writing work and paragraph writing exercises.
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Audio listening practice and small oral test in between to check weekly progress.
Important instructions regarding class timetable and campus entries -
All students who is studying in these courses should check their class timetable carefully on the notice board or university website. The classes is usually scheduled in the evening time so that normal regular degree students can also attend without missing their main subject classes.
The administration have laid down these strict safety and entry rules:
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Students must bring their official university identity card every single day.
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Entry slip or fee receipt copy must be shown at the main gate if identity card is under process.
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Security guards at main gate will not allow any external person inside without proper pass.
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Parking of vehicles should be done only in designated student parking area near building.
What students should do right now -
Now since the classes is starting immediately, all students should take action quickly so that they does not fall behind in studies. It is better to clear all doubts today itself so that your studies does not get affected later in the semester.
Students should follow these immediate steps right now:
- Contact your respective language teachers and confirm your section details today.
- Join the official WhatsApp groups or email lists created by class coordinator.
- Collect the updated syllabus copy and book recommendations from department library.
- Visit the Centre for Foreign Languages office during working hours if you have any timetable clash.
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