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INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA

CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES

AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY

(CLCD)

The Centre for Languages and Cultural Diplomacy able to comprehend basic conversation using common
(CLCD), continues to offer language courses – German phrases.
Bahasa Melayu, English, German and Arabic. They
also introduced two programmes on cultural
diplomacy to provide participants with a better
understanding of cross-cultural elements, geared
towards tolerance and moderation. The programmes
conducted by the Centre are rooted in the primary
objective of helping participants to broaden their
personal horizons in languages and cultures and to
succeed in the global community.

German Language Course for Diploma in Diplomacy
2021 German Language Course

The general objective of the course is to equip the
participants with sufficient German language proficiency
to fulfill the basic requirements while socialising or
working in any German-speaking environment.

The German language course for the DiD was conducted
in two cohorts. Cohort 1 was held from 5 January
to 7 May 2021 with four participants. Cohort 2 was
conducted from 2 June to 21 October 2021, also
with four participants. Each cohort was held for five
months, equivalent to a total of 100 hours each. All the
participants successfully completed the course and
exceeded the passing mark in the final examination.

At the end of the course, the participants were able to
acquire basic German language skills and able to read
and understand short and simple texts. They were also
Instructor and participants of German Language Course

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