French through Texts (Theory)

Paper Code: 
FRN 402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Compose the essays.
  2. Appreciate French poetries.
  3. Analyse comprehension and choose relevant elements to answer questions.

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

FRN 402

French through Texts

CO25. Comprehend, analyze and answer questions on a wide variety of unseen passages

CO26. Appreciate poetry written by the greatest poets of France

Approach in teaching:

Interactive lectures; language laboratory;

 

Learning activities for the students:

Reading/Recitation competitions

Oral tests/

examinations;

Written tests/

Examination

 

 

9.00
Unit I: 

Study of  a variety of unseen articles/texts  from outside the textbooks

 

9.00
Unit II: 

a) Study of  unseen articles/texts  from outside the textbooks;

b) Study of the first two poems in the unité III of the textbook NSF-II +

1 essay : L’importance d’apprendre une langue etrangere

 

9.00
Unit III: 

a) Study of unseen articles/texts  from outside the textbooks;

 b) Study of the rest of the  poems in the unité III of the textbook NSF-II

 

9.00
Unit IV: 

a) Study of  unseen articles/texts  from outside the textbooks;

b) Study of the poems in the unité IV of the textbook NSF-II +

1 essay : ma fête favorite

 

9.00
Unit V: 

a) Study of  unseen articles/texts  from outside the textbooks;

+

1 essay : mon auteur/livre favori

 

Essential Readings: 

1) Latitudes-2 (méthode de français)

 2) Nouveau Sans Frontieres-II (for the poems)

 3) DVD accompanying the textbook Latitudes-2

 

References: 

1)Collins bilingual dictionary

 2) Robert &Nathan :conjugation of verbs

 3) Grammaire Larousse

 4)Larousse compact dictionary

 

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