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Discourse Analysis

The course in discourse analysis has a broader outlook than theories in syntax, for there is more to using language and communicating successfully with others, than being able to produce correct sentences.  It is therefore designed to help students acquire the necessary skills and techniques relating to the production of coherent discourse. This course therefore introduces students to different theories of discourse, types and characteristics of discourse as well as the concepts of cohesion and coherence in discourse.  It also focuses on other issues such as, conversational maxims and implicatures, address terms and interpersonal relations in discourse argumentation and ambiguity and the role of culture in discourse.

Course Code: 
FRE 825
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

Sociolinguistics

The course is designed to introduce students to contemporary sociolinguistic concepts and their implications vis-à-vis language teaching and learning.  The course focuses specifically on the variationist (W. Labov) and interactionist (J. Gumperz) concepts in order to help students understand better language dynamics and their own linguistic context.  In this regard, students will be introduced to concepts relating to language policies and planning, linguistic norms, bilingualism, plurilingualism, diglossia and linguistic awareness in a multicultural society with particular reference to Ghana and Francophone West Africa in particular.  It will also be necessary to examine/evaluate language policies and social representations of language (e.g. English and African Languages) in some selected West African countries including Ghana.

Course Code: 
FRE 824
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

Methodology of Teaching French as a Foreign Language

This course will examine, among others, the intercultural dimension of teaching and learning of French, especially in the Ghanaian setting, textbooks for teaching French,

curriculum development and nature of speech as opposed to written language. The course, which is diachronic in approach, aims at an overview of the various theories and

their evolution in Didactics.  The critical analysis of the general theories will allow for an analysis of the Ghanaian context.

Course Code: 
FRE 823
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

General Linguistics in French

The course in Linguistics is meant to offer students a sound grounding in various linguistic concepts in structuralism, distributionalism and transformationalism.  It exposes them to new theories and methodological analysis developed by different schools of thought.  In fact, the main objective here is to help students acquire a general overview of new trends relating to language science.  It will also offer students the necessary tools and techniques for critical thinking in semantics, phonetics, structural and transformational linguistics among others.

Course Code: 
FRE 822
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

Research Methods

The course aims at exposing students to new trends in research methodology in the area of Linguistics and Language Science in general.  It introduces students to different

types of research methods such as the empirical, participatory, quantitative and qualitative procedures.  The course also focuses on data management systems, structured

and semi-structured interviews as well as computer applications and analysis. Finally, it exposes students to skills in writing research proposals and information retrieval.

Course Code: 
FRE 801
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
African Literature and Civilization (French)
French
Linguistics and Didactics in French
Degree Type: 
Master of PhilosophyDepartment of French
Programme Duration: 
2 years (Standard Entry)
About Programme: 

The rationale behind the review of the programme is to broaden the scope and afford students the opportunity to acquire an analytic overview of new trends in the various disciplines. 

It is also to make the courses more practical-oriented, thus allowing for a critical analysis of the Ghanaian context.

Entry Requirements: 

Basically practitioners in GES and professionals from non-governmental organizations as well as the private sector.  Candidates must have a good first degree, at

least a Second Class (Hons.) degree from a recognized University or an analogous institution.

 

Language Structure and Usage (Spoken)

This course develops the oral competence of students through the use of simple texts. Attention is given to the study of aspects of grammar such as parts of speech, and conjugation.

Emphasis is placed on spoken competence. Conversation and speech drills are conducted in the language laboratory.

 

Course Code: 
FRE 103
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

Introduction to Literature

This course lays a solid foundation in literature in the students. It explains elementary notions of art and the various branches of art and art forms. It then deals with literature as

an art form with its own resources, limits and justification. It further explains and discusses the three main literary genres – Prose Fiction, Poetry and Drama – their nature, differences

and similarities using illustrative examples. This will develop in the students a systematized sensitivity to literature and prepare them for more advanced literature courses.

Course Code: 
FRE 203
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

Language Structure and Usage (Fluency)

This course develops in students the fluency of expression and adequacy in their verbal reaction to basic communication situations in both the local and international contexts; implying that equal attention is given to both oral and written expressions. Areas covered include grammatical structures related to direct and indirect speech and expressions used in various oral communicative situations. 

Course Code: 
FRE 207
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

Introduction to Translation

This course introduces the students to the elementary notions of translation such as what, how and why we translate, the types or levels of translation and the qualities of a good translation. The practicum consists mainly of many exercises of translation of “units of translation” (phrases, clauses, simple individual sentences); then progressively of longer, more complex sentences, and then short passages.

Course Code: 
FRE 211
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
French

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