FRENCH

Paper Code: 
BMA 103 A
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
2.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course is introduced to make the students learn modern European languages and excel in them.

Unit I: 

Grammar: Verb << to be, to call oneself, >>, personal pronouns (subject), interrogation (intonation), definite and indefinite articles, gender of the nouns, adjectives depicting qualities, 1st group –er ending verbs in the indicative mood,.
Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lessons 1--2 + comprehension passages from the lessons
Listening and speaking skills: to make acquaintances with someone, to welcome someone, to wish, to say good bye.

Unit II: 

Grammar: preposition before the name of the countries and the cities, interrogative adjectives, possessive adjectives, irregular adjectives.
Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 3 + comprehension passages from the lessons + paragraph: my family
Listening and speaking skills: to express appreciation, to take or give information about someone

Unit III: 

Grammar: indefinite pronouns, demonstrative adjectives, special negations, special interrogation, present tense of the verbs: faire= to make/do, voir= to see, aller = to go, sortir = to go out,connaitre = to know, venir= to come, pouvoir = can, vouloir= to want, verbs of 1st group – er ending,
Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 4 + comprehension passages from the lesson 4 + paragraph : my college
Listening and speaking skills: to accept and refuse invitation

Unit IV: 

Grammar: interrogative adverbs, venir= to come, pouvoir = can, vouloir= to want, verbs of 1st group – er ending, articles contractes (two forms), usage of chez, future.
Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 5 + comprehension passages from the lesson 5 + paragraph : my friend
Listening and speaking skills : to speak on the telephone

Unit V: 

Grammar: remaining part of the possessive adjectives, exclamative adjectives, accordance of the adjectives, use of très (very) and trop (too), present tense of the indicative: acheter ( to buy), regarder ( to look), imperative form of 1st group verbs
Comprehension and paragraph writing: Reading of the lesson 6 + comprehension passages on the lesson 6 + paragraph on the topics : the festivals in India, my professor etc.
Listening and speaking skills: To ask the price of the things while shopping and bargaining.

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