fre 421 course title : advanced studies in

NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
COURSE CODE : FRE 421
COURSE TITLE : ADVANCED STUDIES IN FRENCH
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES III

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FRE 421
ADVANCED STUDIES IN FRENCH LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
III
Course Team M. Z. A. Abudu (Course Developer/Writer) –
Ibrahim Babangida University,Lapai
J.O.K Alabi (Course Editor) – Nigeria French
Language Village, Badagry
Ms. Lucy Jummai Jibrin (Course Coordinator) –
NOUN
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
COURSE
GUIDE

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Published by
National Open University of Nigeria
Printed 2014
ISBN: 978-058-234-7
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CONTENTS PAGE
Introduction …………………………………………… iv
What you will Learn in this Course …………………… iv
Course Aims………………………………………….… iv
Course Objectives…………………………………….... v
Working through this Course ……………………….… vi
Course Materials ………………………………………. vi
Study Units…………………………………………….. vi
Textbooks and References.………………………….…. vii
Assessment File………………………………………… vii
Assessments………………………………………….…. viii
Tutor-Marked Assignments …………………………… viii
Final Examination and Grading........................................ viii
Course Marking Scheme................................................... viii
Course Overview............................................................... ix
How to Get the Most from this Course............................. ix
Facilitators/Tutors and Tutorials………………………. ix
Summary……………………………………………….. x

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INTRODUCTION
This course is a two- credit unit, one- semester course taken in the 4th
year of B.A. (Hons.) degree in French Studies.
As you have already attained a sufficient level of competence in French
language which enables you to understand some examples and
explanation in simple French language, thus this course is intended to
make you acquire more profound knowledge on the system/the function
of French language by improving the quality of your acquired linguistic
content.
This course is very essential-as grammar deals with the system and the
function of the structural aspect of any given language; thus, this course
will help you to know how to better express yourself in a satisfactory
manner.
It also intends to equip you to know how to use spoken expressions for
immediate and direct communication with a number of limited persons
and also use written expressions for distance communication (letter,
sending short messages through SMS or internet in a more adequate
manner).
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS COURSE
The overall aim of FRE 421- Advance Studies in French Language
Structures III is to equip you with necessary mechanism of French
Language Structures to enable you improve on the quality of your
linguistic contents in order to be able to communicate orally or in
written form with a number of limited people. You will learn to analyse
simple sentence structures and to identify words to be used in context
and relate them to other verbs to construct adequate sentences of the
French language.
COURSE AIMS
This course intends to provide you with comprehensive basic techniques
of French language structures that will enable you to produce adequate
sentences in both oral and written aspects, bearing in mind the
communicative factors of grammatical categories. It also aims at
bringing you to communicate fluently with the Anglophone learners of
French language as well as the native speakers of French language.