COURSE SPECIFICATION
Course code
Course title
Department
Credit unit
Level (UG)
Course Coordinator
Official phone number and email
address
FRE 105
INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH GRAMMAR
LANGUAGES/LING/LITT.STUD/VIS
ARTS(French)
2
100
………………………
Office Hours
Other staff (if applicable)
Mr Louis OKORO
Official phone number and email 08031519493 dolouis2002@yahoo.com
address
Office Hours
Lecture Time
Lecture Venue
Tutorial Time
Tutorial Venue
N/A
For academic year
2014/2015
Contact hours for the semester
LECTURES- 24 hours
Assessment
MID SEMESTER EXAM- 20%
COURSEWORK- 10%
EXAM70%
This course is to be taken as part of the B.A FRENCH
following programmes:
COURSE AIMS- ALIGNMENT WITH FUNAI’S VISION, MISSION AND PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE
The course is designed for students beginning French or have limited knowledge of French language. It
aims to enhance knowledge and mastery of the French grammar: grammatical structures, and sentence
patterns.
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Having completed this course the student is expected to:
Understand and use Parts of speech, 1er, 2ème et 3ème groupes de verbes; personal pronouns,
conjugation in the indicative and Passé compose of some regular and irregular verbs.
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
The teacher will combine regular explanations with videos and texts recorded by native speakers to
enable the students have a practical guide. Every grammatical rule given by the teacher should be
explained to the understanding of the students.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Lecture/seminar programme
FUNAI
WEEK
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
22
23
Topic for class work
Tasks for private study
Lecturer
Les parties du discours : généralités
Le nom ou substantive: genres des
noms animes le déterminantdéfinitions
Les
différents
catégories
de
déterminants : l’article, le possessif,
etc
L’adjectif, le pronom
Types/categories de pronoms
Le Verbe
Mid –Semester Test
Students are encouraged to make use
of the internet for further reading as
examples abound
…/ Mr Louis
OKORO
La conjugaison: les modes, les
temps,, la concordance du temps
L’adverbe, la préposition
L’adjectif, la conjonction
La conjugaison des verbes du 1er
groupe
Conjugaison des verbes du 2eme
groupe
La conjugaison des verbes du 3eme
groupe
Revision
Revision
The teacher will consult those
teaching FRE 101/103 to enable him
explain in detail to the students the
conjugation of the verbs which the
students met in the texts used in the
afore-mentioned courses.
Exams
Exams
Mid–Semester Test
………/ Mr
Louis OKORO
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Core reading list
This course is in part based around notions and/or material that can be found in the core text(s) listed
below. It is therefore likely that you will use, or refer to, in your lecture/seminar sessions the notions
and/or material in the books listed here. You will likely be directed to study aspects of these texts in your
out-of-classroom time, that is, in your private study.
Le Nouveau Bescherelle, 1990
MAUGER G. (….), Cours de Langue et de civilisation française
CHIMA D.C (…), Manuel de français fondamental
Supplementary reading
ADEOJO S. (2012), Practical French forAnglophone learners,Ibadan.AgoroPublicity company
CONTINIOUS ASSESSMENT
The Intended Learning Outcomes are assessed through:
Assessment
Mid semester Exams
Coursework (Assignment)
Semester Exams
Weight
20%
10%
70%
Deliverables - important dates
Ensure that you make a careful note of when the assessment tasks are due in for this course. Try not to leave
working on these tasks until the last minute – this is stressful for you and tends to lead to poor quality work.
Remember that you have several assessments (for different courses) due the same week and you will need to plan
for this.
Assessment
Mid semester exam-
Due date
FUNAI WEEK 10
To be held at the regular
class time and venue
Coursework
Semester Exam
TO BE DETERMINED BY
COURSE
COORDINATOR
FUNAI WEEK 22-23
Feedback & Result
14 working days after the
assessment
14 working days after the
assessment
Feedback on your work
The university is committed to providing you with written feedback for all assessed coursework within 14 working
days from the submission date. You will get feedback on your performance on a feedback form which will be
returned to you. If you do not receive feedback within this time, then you should first contact the course leader. If it
proves necessary, you should then contact the Head of Department.
Submitted coursework, including your final year project, will not be returned to you. This is true for all
coursework, in all courses and at all levels, and does not apply to only this course. We must keep the original copy
of all coursework to provide the external examiners with a complete record of your work.
Late coursework
It is the University policy to accept and grade all late items of coursework (up to the published latest date for
submission). There is no such thing as 'an extension'. You cannot negotiate new deadlines, and you do not need to
get agreement about handing in your work late from the course leader or any other member of staff. Late
coursework submissions are, however, subject to penalties (capping) that determine the maximum grade that you
can achieve depending upon how late the work is. The current penalty scale can be found below:
The following caps to be uniformly applied, in the absence of relevant mitigating circumstances accepted by the
BoE:
Up to 1 working day late
Up to 2 working days late
Up to 5 working days late
Up to 10 working days late
Up to 15 working days late
More than 15 working days late
Mark capped at 90%
Mark capped at 80%;
Mark capped at 70%;
Mark capped at 60%;
Mark capped at 50%;
Mark capped at 0%.
A working day is here defined as Monday to Friday at any time of year, with the exception of Nigeria national
holidays. Students with mitigating circumstances can apply to have penalties removed via submission of the
appropriate form and evidence within 7 days of the submission deadline. How to do this can be found in the
University Assessment Policy and Procedure.
Planning your time
i.
Students are expected to attend all classes including seminars and laboratory sessions for each
course. It is mandatory for students to have a minimum attendance of 75% in this course to be eligible
to take the final semester examination.
ii.
Note: Instructors are not required to provide mid semester test make-up.