COSD CA JANUARY 2019 SYLLABI

Course & Paper

Textbook/

Reference

Syllabus

Certificate FRN-131 (“French Grammar”)

Connexions-1

Lessons 1 to 4

(grammar)

Certificate FRN-132 (“French Comprehension & Paragraph Writing”)

Connexions-1

Lessons 1 to 4

(grammar, all stories & other texts)

+ 5 sentences on any one of these themes:

Portrait d’un(e) ami(e)

Mes goûts et mes préférences

Une visite à un restaurant

Une lettre à un(e) ami(e)

Certificate FRN-133 (“Listening & Speaking Skills in French”)

Connexions-1

Self introduction &  questions

Diploma FRN-231 (“French Grammar & Questions from the Text”)

Nouveau Sans Frontières -2

Unité- 1 for the stories (1.1 to 1.5)

& all grammar topics of certificate course, those of both the 1^st & 2^nd units of diploma

Diploma FRN-232

(“French Translation & Comprehension”)

Nouveau Sans Frontières -2

Poems of Unité- 1 (1.1 to 1.5);

translation Eng.=>Fre.=> Eng.

Diploma FRN-233

(French Comprehension & Essay)

Nouveau Sans Frontières -2

Unseen passages & a short composition of 150-200 words on “Mon pays”/ “Une excursion”)

Diploma FRN-234

 (“Listening & Speaking Skills in French”)

Nouveau Sans Frontières -2

Self introduction, reading from the textbook, questions on the stories/poems & general questions

Adv. Diploma FRN-331

(“French Translation & Comprehension”)

Unseen texts

Unseen passages

All grammar taught so far

+ Fr-Eng-Fr translation

Adv. Diploma FRN-332

(“French Grammar & History of French Literature”)

Lanson

/Castex

/Brunel

/Cazamian...

All grammar taught so far +

19^th century : the beginnings : socio-political situation & literature movement;  Romanticism;

Adv. Diploma FRN-333

(“French Literature”)

Lanson

/Castex

/Brunel

/Cazamian...

& Texts of the poems;

19^th century : the beginnings : socio-political situation & literature movement;  Romanticism;

Texts : poetry : “Le Cor”  de Vigny; “Le Vallon” de Lamartine

Adv. Diploma FRN-334

(“Listening & Speaking Skills in French”)

Questions on movements, authors & texts; general questions