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Jamb french syllabus and recommended textbooks to read

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Jamb french syllabus (Culture and civilization)

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:

i. identify the characteristic features of the culture of Francophone Africa and France greetings, dressing, food, leisure, marriage, festival, art, profession etc.

ii. compare these features with those of home country ( where possible).

iii. apply reasoning skill.

Content

Characteristics, (aspects, similarities and differences) of the educational system, socio-economic life, political organization and culture life of Francophone Africa and France, with reference (where possible) to home country i.e Nigeria.

Jamb french syllabus (Principle governing the structure and use of written french)

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:

i. identify what constitutes the basic structures of written French.

ii. use the principles governing the structure of written French to determine acceptability, e.g. to transform one form; one class to another.

iii. apply the structure to convey diverse messages.

iv. apply communicative skills.

Content

Identification of basic form classes:

(a) Nouns – simple/compound, singular/plural, masculine/feminin.

(b) Pronouns – personal, impersonal, demonstrative, possessive and relative.

(d) Adjectives- qualifying possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite (e.g. Nul), numeral (e.g. Dix) and ordinal (e.g. DixieÌ€me).

(e ) Adverbs.

– Common forms.

i. With-ment (e.g. Lentement).

ii. With preÌposition + noun (e.g. Par avion, aÌ€ cheval, en voiture, par bateau).

– Special forms (e.g. Bien, vite, mal, mieux, le mieux, pire, le pis, neÂ…que).

– Types.

– Manner (e.g. Debout, facilement).

– Purpose (e.g. Pour Infinitive, afin de + infinitive).

– Cause and consequence (e.g. Pour + infinitive perfect, aÌ€ cause de + noun).

– Concession (e.g. MalgreÌ + Noun).

– Place (e.g. Y, en, ici, laÌ€ haut, partout).

– Time (e.g. Hier, aujourdÂ’hui, avant hier, hier, apreÌ€s, demain, laveille, le matin, dans un mois).

(f) PreÌpositions.

– Simple (e.g. AÌ€, de, avec, avant, sur, dans).

– Compound (e.g. AÌ€ coÌ‚teÌ de, au milieu de).

(g) Conjunctions.

-of co-ordinatiion (e.g. Mais, ou, et, donc, car, cependant, neÂ…ni).

-of subordination (e.g. Afin que, quoique, aÌ€ condition que, pour que, parce que).

(h) Articles.

i. Definite, indefinite and partitive.

ii. Assessment of vocabulary span (words in contemporary contexts, meaning, use, opposites, synonyms).

iii. Importance of word order in:

(a) Affirmative sentences.

(b) Interrogative sentences.

(c ) Imperative sentences.

(d) Passive voice formation.

iv. Identification and application of basic processes in language structure, e.g.

(a) Conjugation – in all tense except I’impartfait du subjonctif, le passeÌ composeÌ du subjonctif et……. Le plus que parfait du subjonctif.

(b) Negation (e.g. Ne…pas,ne…plus, ne…rien, nul ne, ni…ne, ne…personne, personne…ne, aucun….ne rien ne….etc).

(c ) Agreement (e.g. Les beaux arts, il les a vues les photos).

(d) Pluralisation (e.g. As in cheval/chevaux; beau/beaux).

(e ) Derivation.

-From adj, to adv – e.g. Lent-lentement.

-From adj. To adj. E.g. Un – premier.

-From adj. To noun – e.g. Bon-bonteÌ, riche-richesse etc.

-From one degree of comparison to another (using plus…que, moins….que, aussi….que e.g. Plus grand que).

NB – special forms – (e.g. Bon, meilleur, le meilleur la meilleure, mauvais, pire, le pire).

(v) Use of French in set expressions such as in proverbs, idioms and convention structures as provided for in common speech acts:

i. Proverbs (e.g. Tel peÌ€retel fils, petit aÌ€ petit l’oiseau fait son nid).

ii. Idioms (e.g. Avoir un faim de loup, crier sur le toit, mourir de peur).

iii. Conventional stretches (e.g. EnchanteÌ, c’est dommage, formidable, stationnement interdit etc).

iv. Speech acts (e.g.Proposer, conseiller, regretter, admirer espeÌrer, interroger, reprocher, s’accorder etc).

Jamb french syllabus (Workings of french sounds)

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:

i. discriminate between French sounds.

ii. deduce meanings out of sound combinations.

iii. use the above to enhance effective communication.

iv. assess sound groupings in terms of how they are affected by such features as syllabification, liaison, e-caduc; pause, intonation, etc.

Content

(a) Sound discrimination (e.g. tout/tu), (fais/feÌe.).

(b) Letter-sound correspondence (e.g. ai-/e/, eau/o/.).

(d) Liaison (e.g. trois animaux, des enfants.).

(e ) Sense groups in reading e.g. J’ai mal aÌ€ la teÌ‚te. J’ai mal/pas aÌ€ la teÌ‚te/mais au dos/. Comment vas-tu, Carol?/Comment vas-tu demain?.

(f) Faux amis (e.g. librairie/library, rester/to rest, blesser/to bless.).

(g) Identification of sounds to determine similarity (e.g. maison/saison, dents/don, fond/fonde).

Jamb french syllabus (Written comprehension in french)

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:

i. deduce answers to questions on the content, intent and style of proposed texts.

ii. apply reasoning skills.

Content

Topics of general and emergent Interest

e.g. love, life death, politics Marriage, HIV/AIDS, Communication, child trafficking, Cultism, travel, corruption, money laundering etc.

Jamb french syllabus and recommended textbooks to read

Jamb french syllabus and recommended textbooks to read

Jamb french syllabus (Culture and civilization)

Jamb french syllabus (Principle governing the structure and use of written french)

Jamb french syllabus (Workings of french sounds)

Jamb french syllabus (Written comprehension in french)

Recommended french textbooks to read for jamb

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Jamb french syllabus and recommended textbooks to read

Jamb french syllabus (Culture and civilization)

Jamb french syllabus (Principle governing the structure and use of written french)

Jamb french syllabus (Workings of french sounds)

Jamb french syllabus (Written comprehension in french)

Recommended french textbooks to read for jamb

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