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FRENCH-II (THEORY)
Course Objectives: This course will enable the students to
1. Learn modern European languages and excel in them.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course 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 |
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
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.
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.
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
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.
- Latitudes-I (méthode de français)
- DVD accompanying the textbook
SUGGESTED READINGS:
• Collins mini gem bilingual Dictionary
• Robert &Nathan: conjugation of verbs
• Grammaire Larousse
• Larousse compact dictionary
• Le nouvel entrainez-vous- Niveau débutant
E-RESOURCES
•https://kupdf.net/download/latitudes-1-methode-de-francais_590481bcdc0d60504f959ed6_pdf
•https://www.afomaha.org/latitudes-1
