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Foreign Language-Fundamentals of French I [1]

Paper Code: 
MIB 326 A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The objective of this subject is to acquaint the students with the working knowledge of

the language to make use in international business.

 

10.00
Unit I: 
:

Grammar: greetings; indefinite articles; definite articles; the partitive article; two forms of the contracted article (‘a” & “de” forms)

Comprehension and paragraph writing: reading of the stories in chapter 1 of the book

Listening and Speaking Skills: activities: making acquaintances

13.00
Unit II: 
:

Grammar:  introduction to French verb system (present conjugations of the regular1st group verbs and of the irregular be, have & go verbs

Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 1 and 2of the book

Listening and Speaking Skills inviting and replying to an invitation

 

13.00
Unit III: 
:

 Grammar: verb system ( some major verbs of the regular 2nd group & the irregular  3rd group); demonstrative, qualifying& possessive adjectives; interrogation; negation;

Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 1 and 2  of the book

Listening and Speaking Skills activities : describing people; requesting & giving orders

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
:

 Grammar contracted articles (‘a” & “de” forms),  prepositions & adverbs of space and quantity; gender & number of nouns and adjectives; position of adjectives

Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter2 and  3of the book

Listening and Speaking Skills: evaluating & appreciating; thanking & congratulating

 

12.00
Unit V: 
:

Grammar: imperative mood; emphatic pronouns; pronominal verbs;

Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 2 and of the book

Listening and Speaking Skills activities: explaining; justifying; complaining;

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Le nouveau sans frontieres level- l (methode de francais – published by CLE international Paris, 1998, Indian edition.
  • Le nouveau sans frontiers – workbook vol-1
  • Four audiocassettes accompanying the written material

 

References: 
  • Larousse compact dictionary : Fre->Eng./Eng.->Fre
  • Conjugaison – Le Robert & Nathan
  • Larousse grammaire francaise
  • Grammaire collection “Le Nouvel Entrainez-Vous”, level debutant.

 

ACADEMIC YEAR: 
2017-2018 [2]

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