Foreign Language-Fundamentals of French-II

Paper Code: 
MIB 426 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

personal pronouns (indirect, direct, adverbial) : choice, order & place in the sentence; indefinite adjectives & pronouns)
Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapters 3+4 of the book
Listening and Speaking Skills activities: reprimanding; giving opinion

13.00
Unit II: 
Grammar

near future; past perfect and imperfect tenses
Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapters 3+4 of the book
Listening and Speaking Skills relating events using the past tenses

13.00
Unit III: 
Grammar

formation and usages; simple relative pronouns
Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 4 of the book
Listening and Speaking Skills activities : relating events using the past tenses

12.00
Unit IV: 
Grammar

reported speech; possessive pronouns
Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 4 of the book
Listening and Speaking Skills: reporting conversation using reported speech; allowing and prohibiting

12.00
Unit V: 
Grammar

comparatives and superlatives; simple future; recent past; present continuous
Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 4 of the book
Listening and Speaking Skills making plans; discussing & debating an issue

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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