JAMB French Syllabus 2023/2024

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This JAMB Syllabus for French aims to prepare the candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

JAMB Syllabus for French

General Objectives | JAMB Syllabus for French

The
aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus
in French is to prepare the candidates for the Board’s examination. It
is designed to test candidates’ general ability to:
1. assess written comprehension in French;
2. apply the principles governing the structure and use of written French;
3. identify how French sounds work in speech production;
4. examine the culture of Francophone West Africa and France in relation (where possible) to home country.

DETAILED SYLLABUS

Topic 1: Written Comprehension in French

Topics
of general and emergent interest e.g. love, life, death, politics,
marriage, HIV/AIDS, communication, child trafficking, cultism, travel,
corruption, money laundering, etc.

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:
(i) deduce answers to questions on the content, intent and style of proposed texts;
(ii) apply reasoning skills.

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Topic 2: Principles Governing the Structure and Use of Written French

1. Identification of basic form classes:
   (a) Nouns: simple/compound, singular/plural, masculine/feminine.
   (b) Pronouns: personal, impersonal, demonstrative, possessive and relative.
   (c) Verbs: reflexive and non-reflexive, their moods and tenses.

(d) Adjectives: qualifying, possessive, interrogative, demonstrative,
indefinite (e.g. nul), numeral (e.g. dix) and ordinal (e.g. dixième.)
(e) Adverbs:
– common forms i) with-ment (e.g. lentement) ii) with préposition + noun (e.g. par avion, à cheval, en voiture, par bateau.)
– special forms (e.g. bien, vite, mal, mieux, le mieux, pire, le pis, ne…que.)
– types
– manner (e.g. debout, facilement.)
– purpose (e.g. pour + Infinitive, afin de + infinitive.)
– cause and consequence (e.g. pour + infinitive perfect, à cause de + noun.)
– concession (e.g. malgré + noun.)
– place (e.g. y, en, ici, là, là-haut, partout.)
– time (e.g. hier, aujourd’hui, avant hier, après, demain, la veille, le matin, dans un mois.)
(f) Prépositions:
– simple (e.g. à, de, avec, avant, sur, dans.)
– compound (e.g. à côté de, au milieu de.)
(g) Conjunctions:
– of co-ordination (e.g. mais, ou, et, donc, car, cependant, ne…ni.)
– of subordination (e.g. afin que, quoique, à condition que, pour que, parce que.)
(h) Articles:
– definite, indefinite and partitive.

1. 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

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

(a) conjugation – in all tenses except l’imparfait du subjonctif, le
passé composé du subjonctif, et… le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif.
(b) negation (e.g. ne…pas, ne…plus, ne…rien, nul ne, ne…ni..ni, 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-bonté,
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.)

1. Use
   of French in set expressions such as in proverbs, idioms and
   conventional structures as provided for in common speech acts:
   (a) proverbs (e.g. tel père tel fils, petit à petit l’oiseau fait son nid.)
   (b) idioms (e.g. avoir une faim de loup, crier sur le toit, mourir de peur.)
   (c) conventional stretches (e.g. enchanté, c’est dommage, c’est formidable, stationnement interdit, etc.)
   (d) speech acts (e.g. proposer, conseiller, regretter, admirer espérer, interroger, reprocher, s’accorder, etc.)

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:
i. identify what constitutes the basic structures of written French,

1. use the principles governing the structure of written French to
   determine acceptability, e.g. to transform one form; one class into
   another,
   iii. apply the structure to convey diverse messages.
   iv) apply communicative skills.

Topic 3: Workings of French sounds via:

(a) sound discrimination (e.g. tout/tu), (fais/fée.)
(b) letter-sound correspondence (e.g. ai-/e/, eau/o/.)
(c) syllabification (e.g. con/tente/ment.)
(d) liaison (e.g. trois animaux, des enfants.)

(e) sense groups in reading e.g. J’ai mal à la tête. J’ai mal/pas à la
tête / mais au dos/. Comment vas-tu, Carol?//Comment vastu 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.)

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.

Topic 4: Culture and Civilization

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.

Objectives

Candidates should be able to:

1. 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.

Recommended Texts

A (i) Written Language

• Ajiboye, T. (2014) Companion to French Grammar (4th Edition): Ibadan: Cleavoketa books.
• Ajiboye, T. (2012) Nouvel Horizon, Book 4, New Revised Edition, Ibadan: Bounty Press
• Byrne and Churchill (1980) A Comprehensive French Grammar.
• Hatier (1980) Le Nouveau Bescherelle: L’Art de Conjuguer, Ibadan: Spectrum Book Ltd.
• Maice, G et Merlo, G : (1998): Grammaire progressive du français ( Niveau intermediaire), Paris: Clé international.
• Mazauric,. C, et Sirejols, E(2006) : On y va! Book 3, Ibadan : Spectrun Books Ltd.
• Ojo, S. A.(2000) A Comprehensive Revision Handbook of French Grammar, Ibadan: Agoro Publishing Company.
• Any other relevant materials on French Grammar.

(ii) Oral

• Ajiboye, T. (2010) An Introduction to Practice in Oral French, Ibadan: Bounty Press.
• Leon, M. (1978) Initiation à la Prononciation du Français Standard.
• Any other materials that emphasise oral practice.

1. Culture of Francophone Countries

• Girod R and Grand-Clement, F. (1979) Comment vivent les Français, Paris: Hachette
• Mbuko, L. (2000) French Essays on Culture and Civilisation for Schools and Colleges, Ibadan: Bounty Press.
• Any other relevant materials, e.g. French newspapers, magazines, journals, and documents on Francophone life.

1. Dictionary

• Any good French/English or French dictionary.

How Much Is The UTME Syllabus/JAMB French Syllabus 2023/2024

The jamb 2023/2024 syllabus is absolutely free to download.

You don’t need to pay any money before you get it.

Even after registering for jamb 2023/2024 at the cbt center, you don’t need to pay any additional money before you get your syllabus (in the disk).

Similarly on this site, you will get the syllabus for all subjects and all departments 100% free.

How To Use Jamb Syllabus To Pass Jamb

First of all make sure you have the jamb  syllabus for all the four subjects that you want to sit for in the JAMB exam.

Also get the textbooks that are recommended by jamb to its candidates. You can find the list inside the syllabus, at the end.

Past questions are also important if you want to score high in jamb.

So how will you use the Jamb syllabus?

Check the topics in the syllabus and read them up in your textbooks.

After you are through with all the topics in the syllabus, revise the topics.

Then go to your past questions and solve the questions there year by year.

Make sure you finish all the years before the exam starts.

This is one of the reasons why you should start jamb preparation very early.