Eight out of Nine final year Lingua Franca members got job offers during Infosys's on-campus recruitment drive. Since more than 160 students got final offers, this is probably not too much to boast about. But the news reiterates Lingua Franca's belief that sound communication skills and a rounded personality play a extremely positive role when it comes to jobs and interviews.
Many students who appeared for the written round called the compulsory "Comprehensive English Language Test" extremely difficult, while Lingua Franca Members termed it "manageable". Again, our members were a confident lot during the "Behavioural Interview" Round and came out with flying colors in the end.
PS - The 9th member did not participate in the recruitment drive.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Inchoation 3.0 received with mixed enthusiasm
Inchoation 3.0, Lingua Franca's orientation programme was received with mixed enthusiasm. The participation was not as much as we had expected, mainly due to a music n dance event going on in parallel; But we sure had fun!
Apart from the stupid microphone that acted on it's own will and a final-year student (that's me!) embarrassing himself, there were some good activities.
Word games like crossword (hosted by Etika), a vocabulary based word-thambola (hosted by Avijit and Meghna), a round of dumb-charades (hosted by Shradha and Shubham), and some short movie clips were the highlight.
Some pics from the event
I must appreciate the students who came and participated in the programme. Once again, a warm welcome to freshers!
Apart from the stupid microphone that acted on it's own will and a final-year student (that's me!) embarrassing himself, there were some good activities.
Word games like crossword (hosted by Etika), a vocabulary based word-thambola (hosted by Avijit and Meghna), a round of dumb-charades (hosted by Shradha and Shubham), and some short movie clips were the highlight.
Some pics from the event
I must appreciate the students who came and participated in the programme. Once again, a warm welcome to freshers!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Welcome Freshers!
Our first event of the year, Inchoation 3.0 is on 30th of October, 2009.
All first year students across all branches are invited. We can't wait to interact with you and get to know you better. Make sure you're there for event. In case you missed the poster, here it is.
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Lingua Franca member Aces GRE!
Anubha Shukla (Final Year MT) took the GRE General Test earlier this month. She scored an astonishing 1500/1600. This, by all means is a fantastic score (many Lingua Franca alumni and members took the test in recent past and couldn't go past >1400) Her Analytical Writing Ability section score is still awaited. She aspires to pursue higher studies in the US. We congratulate her on her achievement and hope that she gets the admits of her choice!
All first year students across all branches are invited. We can't wait to interact with you and get to know you better. Make sure you're there for event. In case you missed the poster, here it is.
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Lingua Franca member Aces GRE!
Anubha Shukla (Final Year MT) took the GRE General Test earlier this month. She scored an astonishing 1500/1600. This, by all means is a fantastic score (many Lingua Franca alumni and members took the test in recent past and couldn't go past >1400) Her Analytical Writing Ability section score is still awaited. She aspires to pursue higher studies in the US. We congratulate her on her achievement and hope that she gets the admits of her choice!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Zealicon is Back!
Gear up folks! The JSSATE Annual Technical Festival, Zealicon is back!
Just to warm you up a bit, here are some pictures from last year's archives. You'll have to appreciate me; I've exhumed them out of the stygian darknesses of my laptop (:P) So rewind to Zealicon 08:
Just to warm you up a bit, here are some pictures from last year's archives. You'll have to appreciate me; I've exhumed them out of the stygian darknesses of my laptop (:P) So rewind to Zealicon 08:
Monday, February 9, 2009
Upcoming Activities
Happy New Year to all Lingua Franca members!
First of all, I would like to welcome all the first year students into Lingua Franca. I sincerely hope you enjoy your membership in the society and have a good time. As the title reads, I’ve dropped in here to talk about the upcoming events this semester.
Vocab Workshops
Ritika and Shubhangi set the ball rolling by conducting the first vocabulary workshop of the semester.. Sadly, I couldn’t make it that day. I am sure they did a wonderful job. More vocabulary workshops are lined up for the coming weeks.
Basic Grammar Workshops
Meghna has been consistent with her workshops on Basic Grammar and public speaking cum confidence building workshops. Although participation has been average, we’ve seen a loyal set of audience to these sessions.
Movie Club
After having failed to kick-start the movie club twice, we’ve decided enough is enough! Shashank and Abhishek along with some more second year fellows have been given the responsibility. We have received permission to screen movies in the seminar hall twice a month, on alternate Saturdays. Over this one semester we hope to show a series of quality English flicks. We encourage members to come up with suggestions. Yes, you heard that right! We will try to accommodate your requests. Write in your suggestions as comments to this post.
Boys’ Hostel Book Club
Vivek has been working hard on this. We have prepared an extensive list of over 200 books (both fiction and non-fiction), which has been forwarded to the Principal via the Humanities Dept. Members may note that we already have all the necessary permissions in place. Once this list is approved, the college authorities will procure the books and hand them over to Lingua Franca. Hostlers will then be able to issue these books just like they do from the library.
Other Events
We are thinking of interesting Debating formats like Parliamentary Debate, and other innovative forms of public speaking competitions. Other events like Group Discussions and Extempore are also lined up. With the Annual Fest - Zealicon also coming up in March, it looks like an exciting semester ahead.
First of all, I would like to welcome all the first year students into Lingua Franca. I sincerely hope you enjoy your membership in the society and have a good time. As the title reads, I’ve dropped in here to talk about the upcoming events this semester.
Vocab Workshops
Ritika and Shubhangi set the ball rolling by conducting the first vocabulary workshop of the semester.. Sadly, I couldn’t make it that day. I am sure they did a wonderful job. More vocabulary workshops are lined up for the coming weeks.
Basic Grammar Workshops
Meghna has been consistent with her workshops on Basic Grammar and public speaking cum confidence building workshops. Although participation has been average, we’ve seen a loyal set of audience to these sessions.
Movie Club
After having failed to kick-start the movie club twice, we’ve decided enough is enough! Shashank and Abhishek along with some more second year fellows have been given the responsibility. We have received permission to screen movies in the seminar hall twice a month, on alternate Saturdays. Over this one semester we hope to show a series of quality English flicks. We encourage members to come up with suggestions. Yes, you heard that right! We will try to accommodate your requests. Write in your suggestions as comments to this post.
Boys’ Hostel Book Club
Vivek has been working hard on this. We have prepared an extensive list of over 200 books (both fiction and non-fiction), which has been forwarded to the Principal via the Humanities Dept. Members may note that we already have all the necessary permissions in place. Once this list is approved, the college authorities will procure the books and hand them over to Lingua Franca. Hostlers will then be able to issue these books just like they do from the library.
Other Events
We are thinking of interesting Debating formats like Parliamentary Debate, and other innovative forms of public speaking competitions. Other events like Group Discussions and Extempore are also lined up. With the Annual Fest - Zealicon also coming up in March, it looks like an exciting semester ahead.
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