FRENCH-II

Paper Code: 
BMA 213 A
Credits: 
02
Periods/week: 
02
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to

  1. Learn modern European languages and excel in them.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Students will  :

CO46.       Analyze, master, and possess all the elements of the machinery of basic grammar.

 

CO47.       Classify categories of parts of speech, contrast their usages, select & apply appropriate elements/rules of language.

 

CO48.      Compose the paragraphs.

 

CO49.      Analyze comprehension and choose relevant elements to answer questions.

 

CO50.      Develop themes into texts.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

 

Assessment Strategies

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

6.00
Unit I: 

Grammar: -ir ending verbs- payer= to pay, partir= to leave, sortir= to go out, future tense, complete interrogative forms, feminine of the other adjectives, direct object pronouns, expression of time, construction of the sentence with infinitive.

Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 7-8+ comprehension passages on the lessons 7-8 + paragraph on topics such as : the sports in India, etc.

Listening and speaking skills:  to describe something, to ask for an excuse, to reserve the tickets

 
6.00
Unit II: 

Grammar: imperative form of the verbs- etre, avoir, savoir, expressions like- ilfaut, devoir + infinitive, preposition of place, indirect object pronouns,

Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lessons 9-10 + comprehension of passages from lessons 9-10 + paragraph on topics such as : the seasons in India etc.

Listening & speaking skills: To give and take orders, to express the interdiction, to take an information about the eating habits of a person, etc.

 
6.00
Unit III: 

Grammar: past tense with <avoir>, expressions of the quantity, partitive articles, adverbs, direct and indirect pronouns.Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 11 + comprehension of passages on the lesson + topics like: the food habits in India. Listening & speaking skills: To advise someone.

 

6.00
Unit IV: 

Grammar: pronoun – en, conditional sentences with, present tense of the verbs – manger, boire, offrir, prendre.Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lessons 12-13 + comprehension of passages on the lessons + topics like: the monuments in India etc. Listening & speaking skills: to explain the plan or the location of the place.

 

6.00
Unit V: 

Grammar: Past perfect tense with <avoir>/, faire, pouvoir, vouloir, remaining adverbs, interrogative words. 

Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 13 + comprehension of passages from lesson 13 +paragraphs on topics such as like: the cathedrals in Paris etc. Listening & speaking skills: to describe how you spent your weekend etc.

 
ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

  1. Synchronie-1(methode de francais)

  2. CD accompanying the textbook

REFERENCES: 

  1. Collins mini gem bilingual dictionary

  2. Robert &Nathan :conjugation of verbs

  3. niveau debutant

  4. Grammaire Larousse

  5. Larousse compact dictionary

Academic Year: 
2021-22
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