Foreign Language For Business-I (French) (Functional Electives International Business)

Paper Code: 
MBI- 424
Credits: 
4.0
Contact Hours: 
40.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • The objective of this subject is to acquaint the students with the working knowledge of the foreign language to utilize in international business.
8.00

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

9.00

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

8.00

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

8.00

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

7.00

Grammar: imperative mood; emphatic pronouns; pronominal verbs;

Comprehension and paragraph writing reading of the stories in chapter 2 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: 
  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.