The objective of this subject is to acquaint the students with the working knowledge of
the language to make use in international business.
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
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
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
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
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;
Teaching material/books:
1) Le nouveau sans frontiers level- l (methode de francais – published by CLE international Paris, 1998, Indian edition.
2) Le nouveau sans frontiers – workbook vol-1
3)Four audiocassettes accompanying the written material
1)Larousse compact dictionary : Fre->Eng./Eng.->Fre
2) Conjugaison – Le Robert & Nathan
3) Larousse grammaire francaise
4) Grammaire collection “Le Nouvel Entrainez-Vous”, level debutant.