DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES

SYLLABI FOR COMMON COURSES IN FRENCH FOR

MODEL I BCom PROGRAMMES
UNDER CREDIT SEMESTER SYSTEM
(with effect from 2015 admissions)
 Aim
To provide the student the basics of a foreign language other than English having great
relevance in commercial, hospitality and tourism sectors. The acquisition of the competence
in basic skills in verbal and written French will escalates the job opportunities and bestows
international acceptance.
 Objectives
 To enable the student to acquire basic communicative skills in French to be of use to
him in the business sphere.
 To equip the student to meet the challenges of the international market.
 BOARD OF STUDIES
CHAIRMAN
NAME OFFICIAL ADDRESS
Dr Benny Mathew Associate Professor
Department of English
St Berchmans College,
Changanacherry -686101
SUBJECT EXPERTS NOMINATED BY THE COLLEGE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
NAME OFFICIAL ADDRESS
Dr A Joseph Dorairaj Faculty of English and Foreign Languages
The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University)
Gandhigram
Dindigul – 624 302
Tamil Nadu
Dr K Narayana Chandran Professor, School of Humanities
University of Hyderabad
Prof. C.R Rao Road P.O.
Central University Hyderabad - 500 046
Telangana
EXPERT NOMINATED BY THE VICE-CHANCELLOR
NAME OFFICIAL ADDRESS

Dr Siby James Associate Professor

Department of English
St Thomas College
Palai
ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE
NAME OFFICIAL ADDRESS
Dr Meena T Pillai Director, School of English and Foreign Languages
Director, Centre for Cultural Studies
Associate Professor, Institute of English
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
 MEDIA AND ALLIED AREAS

NAME OFFICIAL ADDRESS

Mr Johny Lukose Director-News
MMTV Ltd
NH Bypass Road
Aroor PO
Alappuzha 688534
Mr Sergy Antony Chairman,
Kerala Media Academy
Kakkanad
Cochin – 682030
TEACHERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT NOMINATED BY THE PRINCIPAL TO
THE BOARD OF STUDIES
TEACHERS NAME AREA OF SPECIALISATION
1. Dr Ajith Kumar M Postcolonial Literatures
2. Dr Sabu Joseph Indian Writing in English
3. Prof Josy Joseph Shakespeare, Literary Theory
4. Prof Thomas P J Literary/Cultural Theories
5. Dr Raju Sebastian English Language Teaching
6. Dr Vimal Mohan John Film Studies
 Evaluation of the Courses
1. Evaluation
The evaluation of each course shall contain two parts.
i Internal or In-Semester Assessment (ISA)
ii External or End-Semester Assessment (ESA)
Both ISA and ESA shall be carried out using indirect grading. The ISA:ESA ratio shall
be 1:4. There shall be a maximum of eighty (80) marks for external evaluation and
twenty (20) marks for internal evaluation.
1.1 In-semester assessment
There are three components for ISA, which include attendance,
assignment/seminar/viva-voce and in-semester examination. All the three components
of the internal assessment are mandatory.
Components of ISA Marks
Attendance 5
Assignment/Seminar/Viva-Voce 5
In-semester examination (2×5 = 10) 10
Total 20
Marks for attendance
% of Attendance Marks
90 and above 5
85 - 89 4
80 - 84 3
76 - 79 2
75 1
(Decimals shall be rounded off to the next higher whole number)
1.2 Assignments
Assignments shall be submitted for every course. At least one assignment for each
course shall be submitted in each semester.
1.3 In-semester examination
Every student shall undergo at least two in-semester examinations as class test as an
internal component for every course.
1.4 To ensure transparency of the evaluation process, the ISA mark awarded to the students
in each course in a semester shall be published on the notice board according to the

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 schedule in the academic calendar published by the College. There shall not be any
chance for improvement for ISA. The course teacher and the faculty mentor shall
maintain the academic record of each student registered for the course which shall be
forwarded to the office of the Controller of Examinations through the Head of the
Department and a copy should be kept in the office of the Head of the Department for at
least two years for verification.
1.5 A student who has not secured minimum marks in internal examinations can redo the
same before the end semester examination of the semester concerned.
1.6 End-semester assessment
The end-semester examination in theory courses shall be conducted by the College.
1.7 The end-semester examinations shall be conducted at the end of each semester. There
shall be one end-semester examination of three (3) hours duration in each lecture based
course.
1.8 The question paper should be strictly on the basis of model question paper set by Board
of Studies.
1.9 A question paper may contain short answer type/annotation, short essay type questions
and long essay type questions.
Number of
Total
Section Type of Questions Questions to be Marks
Marks
answered
A Very short answer type 10 out of 10 1 10
B Short answer type 8 out of 12 2 16
C Short essay/problem solving 6 out of 9 4 24
type
D Essay type 2 out of 4 15 30
26 out of 35 - 80

1.10 Photocopies of the answer scripts of the external examination shall be made available to
the students for scrutiny as per the regulations in the examination manual.
1.11 For all courses an indirect grading system based on a ten (10) point scale according to
the percentage of marks (ISA + ESA) is used to evaluate the performance of the student
in that course. The percentage shall be rounded mathematically to the nearest whole
number.

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Percentage of
Grade Performance Grade Point
Marks
90 and above A+ Outstanding 10
80 - 89 A Excellent 9
70 - 79 B Very Good 8
60 - 69 C Good 7
50 - 59 D Satisfactory 6
40 - 49 E Adequate 5
Below 40 F Failure -

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 OUTLINE OF COMMON COURSES IN FRENCH FOR UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAMMES IN COMMERCE

Hours Total
Course Code Name of the Course Credits ISA ESA Total
/Week Hours
Semester I
French for Business
ACFC101 4 72 4 20 80 100
Communication
Semester II
French for Business
ACFC202 4 72 4 20 80 100
Communication

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 SEMESTER I

ACFC101: FRENCH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Instructional Hours: 72
Credits: 4

Aim
French pronunciation, grammar, lexical items, discourse models- oral and written

Text Book: Français. Com, Cle International, Paris, 2007.

Syllabus: The semester contains five modules describing and explaining grammar and
vocabulary concerned, underpinned by sufficient text and exercises.
Each module needs a minimum of ten hours to cover the syllabus.
The semester contains five modules describing and explaining grammar and
vocabulary concerned, underpinned by sufficient text and exercises.
L’article défini et indéfini- masculine et féminin - singulier et pluriel -les
sujets- les verbes régulier et irrégulier- interrogative –adjectifs possessif-
comparatifs et superlatifs – le pronom –nombres de 0-1000, adjectifs
possessifs

Units 1(5 chapters) and 2 (5chapters) (pages 3-40)

Reference texts:
1. ‘Le Français pour Tous’, Cyril Mathew, M.G. University, Kottayam, 2012.
2. ‘Panorama’, Jacky Grardet, Clé International, 2004.
3. ‘Bon Voyage’, Vasanthi Guptha et al; Goyal Publishers, New Delhi, 2007.
4. ‘Préparation à l’examen du DELF, Scolaire & Junior AI, Hachette 2010.

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 SEMESTER II

ACFC202: FRENCH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Instructional Hours: 72
Credits: 4

Aim
Communication skills for everyday situations as well as for business purposes.
Text Book: Français.Com, Cle International, Paris, 2007.

Syllabus The semester contains five modules describing and explaining grammar and
vocabulary concerned, underpinned by sufficient text and exercises.
Each module needs a minimum of ten hours to cover the syllabus.
L’adjectifs démonstratifs, comparatifs et superlatifs, les questions, les verbes
pronominaux –les prépositions- L’impératif présent- nombres ordinaux-il faut-
tout-les prépositions en, au, aux, il faut, il est interdire de,
Units 3 (5 chapters) and 4 (5chapters) (pages 41-72)
Reference texts:
1. ‘Le Français pour Tous’, Cyril Mathew, M.G. University, Kottayam, 2012.
2. ‘Panorama’, Jacky Grardet, Clé International, 2004.
3. ‘Bon Voyage’, Vasanthi Guptha et al; Goyal Publishers, New Delhi, 2007.
4. ‘Préparation à l’examen du DELF, Scolaire & Junior AI, Hachette 2010.