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(Appreciation course in French language and culture)

Course Instructor: Prof. S. Parthasarathy

Venue: IIITMK, Park Centre, Technopark, Trivandrum Time: 15:15 PM to 17:00 PM everyday (except weekends and public holidays) Duration: 20 sessions of 100 minutes each Venue: IIITMK, Park Centre, Technopark, Trivandrum Intended Participants:

               Students and staff of IIITMK. Professionals, and 

students from other institutions and organisations situated in the vicinity of Technopark.

Course Overview

This course will give an overview of French language and culture. This is an informal, foundation course, and should help the participants to get oriented, and take up a more formal study of the French language and culture. It will be particularly useful for students and all those who intend taking up higher studies in France, or a career in France. At the end of this course, the participants would have obtained a brief overview of France, French language, and French culture. They should be able to understand and also make some simple sentences and expressions in French.

This course is based on a very successful course conducted earlier. The course will be spread over twenty sessions of 100 minutes each. The course will consist of highly interactive lectures, supported by printed texts and audio recordings. The entire course will be done exclusively in French. Each class will start with a short overview (10 minutes) of an important aspect of French culture/life (in English), followed by the main lecture on French language (90 minutes). The emphasis will be more on spoken French, rather than on grammar rules. Each student will be given a kit with some CDROMs and material about France.

Registration and attendance

Advanced Registration is mandatory. The total class strength will be limited to 20 only, to facilitate intense collaboration and interactivity.

The course fee will be Rs. 1000 per participant. However, participants from IIITMK will be refunded this amount at the end of the course, subject to the following “Due Diligence” policy (applicable only to IIITMK participants). Since the registered students are expected to attend ALL the twenty sessions, the “due diligence” policy imposes a penalty of Rs. 100 for each class the student misses. This penalty will be deducted from the course fee paid by the student (IIITMK participants only), and the residual amount will be refunded to the student.

About the Course Director

Prof. Parthasarathy enjoys a very long relationship with France and French language. He was initially trained at the Alliance Française of Delhi (consistently the best student), and at CAVILAM, Vichy, France. He was awarded an all-expenses-paid scholarship for studying in France. He completed his Docteur Ingénieur degree from Grenoble, France, with the rating “Excellent, highly appreciated by the jury – très honorable et les félicitations du jury). It may be interesting to note that he wrote and defended his doctoral thesis entirely in French. He then completed his post-doctoral research from INRIA, the best and perhaps the largest research centre in France for informatics and automation. He was also an Associate Professor in a famous engineering school in France. He has consulted for reputed French organisations. He has received training in translation French/English , from CIEFL, Hyderabad. He was a Director of Research with the French National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS).

Prof. Parthasarathy is currently a full-time Professor at IIITMK, Technopark, Trivandrum. Details about Prof. Parthasarathy can be found at : http://algolog.tripod.com/nupartha.htm Details about the French connections of Prof. Parthasarathy can be found at : http://algolog.tripod.com/connex.htm

Prof. Parthasarathy can be contacted by email, at : drpartha@gmail.com