If you are a French student preparing to take the 2024 JAMB exam, then you should have the updated JAMB Syllabus for French this year. Having this will give you an edge/advantage in the coming exam as it will serve as a guide to your study.
It’s not enough to just study, you need to study the right materials and the right topics for the said subject; in this case, french.
The JAMB French syllabus also contains objectives for each topic mentioned. These objectives are what you must know for every topic you study.
With that being said, let’s get to it.
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JAMB Syllabus for French Exam 2024/2025
#1. Culture and Civilization
Objectives
Candidates should be able to do the following:
- Identify the characteristic features of the culture of Francophone Africa and France: greetings, dressing, food, leisure, marriage, festival, art, profession etc.
- Compare these features with those of the home country (where possible).
- Apply reasoning skills.
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.
#2. Principles Governing the Structure and Use of Written French
Objectives
Candidates should be able to do the following:
- Identify what constitutes the basic structures of written French.
- Use the principles governing the structure of written French to determine acceptability, e.g. to transform one form from one class to another.
- Apply the structure to convey diverse messages.
- Apply communicative skills.
Content
- Identification of basic form classes:
- Nouns – simple/compound, singular/plural, masculine/feminine.
- Pronouns – personal, impersonal, demonstrative, possessive and relative.
- Verbs – reflexive and non-reflexive, their moods and tenses.
- Adjectives- qualifying possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite (e.g. Nul), numeral (e.g. Dix) and ordinal (e.g. Dixième).
- Adverbs.
- Common forms:
- With-ment (e.g. Lentement).
- With preposition + noun (e.g. Par avion, à 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, à cause de + noun).
- Concession (e.g. MalgreÌ + Noun).
- Place (e.g. Y, en, ici, là haut, partout).
- Time (e.g. Hier, aujourd’hui, avant hier, hier, après, demain, laveille, le matin, dans un mois).
Prepositions:
- Simple (e.g. AÌ€, de, avec, avant, sur, dans).
- Compound (e.g. AÌ€ coÌ‚teÌ de, au milieu de).
Conjunctions:
- of co-ordinatiion (e.g. Mais, ou, et, donc, car, cependant, neÂ…ni).
- of subordination (e.g. Afin que, quoique, à condition que, pour que, parce que).
Articles:
- Definite, indefinite and partitive.
- Assessment of vocabulary span (words in contemporary contexts, meaning, use, opposites, synonyms).
- Importance of word order in:
- Affirmative sentences.
- Interrogative sentences.
- Imperative sentences.
- Passive voice formation.
- Identification and application of basic processes in language structure, e.g.
- Conjugation – in all tense except IÂ’impartfait du subjonctif, le passeÌ composeÌ du subjonctif etÂ…Â…. Le plus que parfait du subjonctif.
- Negation (e.g. NeÂ…pas,neÂ…plus, neÂ…rien, nul ne, niÂ…ne, neÂ…personne, personneÂ…ne, aucunÂ….ne rien neÂ….etc).
- Agreement (e.g. Les beaux arts, il les a vues les photos).
- Pluralisation (e.g. As in cheval/chevaux; beau/beaux).
- 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 plusÂ…que, moinsÂ….que, aussiÂ….que e.g. Plus grand queue).
- NB – special forms – (e.g. Bon, meilleur, le meilleur la meilleure, mauvais, pire, le pire).
- Use of French in set expressions such as in proverbs, idioms and convention structures as provided for in common speech acts:
- Proverbs (e.g. Tel pèretel fils, petit à petit l’oiseau fait son nid).
- Idioms (e.g. Avoir un faim de loup, crier sur le toit, mourir de peur).
- Conventional stretches (e.g. EnchanteÌ, cÂ’est dommage, formidable, stationnement interdit etc).
- Speech acts (e.g.Proposer, conseiller, regretter, admirer espeÌrer, interroger, reprocher, sÂ’accorder etc).
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#3. Workings of French Sounds
Objectives
Candidates should be able to do the following:
- discriminate between French sounds.
- deduce meanings out of sound combinations.
- use the above to enhance effective communication.
- 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/.).
(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 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).
#4. Written Comprehension in French
Objectives
Candidates should be able to do the following:
- deduce answers to questions on the content, intent, and style of proposed texts.
- 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.
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JAMB Recommended Textbooks for French Exam
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: LÂ’Art de Conjuguer, Ibadan: Spectrum Book Ltd.
- Maice, G et Merlo, G : (1998): Grammaire progressive du français ( Niveau, Paris: CleÌ intermediaire) 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.
A. ii. Oral
- Ajiboye, T. (2010) An Introduction to Practice in Oral French, Ibadan: Bount Press.
- Leon, M. (1978) Initiation à la Prononciation du Français Standard.
- Any other materials that emphasise oral practice.
B. 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.
C. Dictionary
Any good French/English or French dictionary.
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In Summary
There you have it, the updated JAMB Syllabus for French Exam 2024, and the recommended textbooks you should read to help you pass the exam.
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