FRENCH GRAMMAR, COMPREHENSION & PARAGRAPH WRITING

Paper Code: 
FFR 100
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO1: Imbibe many rules of grammar

CO2: Describe & define morphology-syntax of basic French

CO3: Make use of phonology of basic French

CO4: Analyse passages, identify & choose relevant elements from a text to answer questions

CO5: Compose paragraphs

 

 

 

Interactive lectures Demonstrations

Reading & Listening exercises

Assignments

Effective questions

 

 

 

 

Class tests

Assessments

 

6.00
Unit I: 

French Grammar: Verb << to be, to call oneself,  >>, personal  pronouns (subject), interrogation ( intonation), definite and indefinite articles, gender of the nouns, adjectives depicting qualities,1st group –er ending verbs in the indicative mood.
French Comprehension and Paragraph Writing: Reading of the lessons 1--2 + comprehension passages from the lessons.
Listening and Speaking Skills in French : to make acquaintances with someone, to welcome someone, to wish, to say good bye.

6.00
Unit II: 

French Grammar: preposition before the name of the countries and the cities, interrogative adjectives, possessive adjectives, irregular adjectives.
Comprehension and Paragraph Writing: Reading of the lesson 3 + comprehension passages from the lessons.
Listening and Speaking Skills in French : to express appreciation, to take or give information about someone.

6.00
Unit III: 

French Grammar : indefinite pronouns, demonstrative adjectives, special negations, special interrogation, present tense of the verbs: faire= to make/do, voir= to see, aller = to go, sortir = to go out,connaitre = to know, venir= to come, pouvoir = can, vouloir= to want, verbs of 1st group – er ending.
French Comprehension and Paragraph Writing: Reading of the lesson 4 + comprehension passages from the lesson 4 + paragraph : my university.
Listening and Speaking Skills in French : to accept and refuse invitation.

6.00
Unit IV: 

Grammar :  interrogative adverbs, venir= to come, pouvoir = can, vouloir= to want, verbs of 1st group – er ending, articles contractes       (two forms), usage of chez, future.
Comprehension and Paragraph Writing: Reading of the lesson 5 + comprehension passages from the lesson 5 + paragraph : my friend.
Listening and Speaking Skills : to speak on the telephone.

6.00
Unit V: 

Grammar: remaining part of the possessive adjectives, exclamative adjectives, accordance of the adjectives, use of très (very) and trop (too), present tense of the indicative: acheter ( to buy), regarder ( to look), imperative form of 1st group verbs.
Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 6 + comprehension  passages on the lesson  6.
Listening and speaking skills: To ask the price of the things while shopping and bargaining.

Essential Readings: 

1)Synchronie-1(méthode de francais)
 2)CD accompanying the textbook

References: 

1)Collins mini gem bilingual dictionary
2) Robert &Nathan : conjugation of verbs
3)<<Le nouvel entrainez-vous>>  niveau debutant
4)Grammaire Larousse
5)Larousse compact dictionary

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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