Foreign Language-Fundamentals of French I

Paper Code: 
MIB 326 A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
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.

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