COURSES AND SYLLABI

The School of Germanic and Romance Studies (SGRS) under the Centre for Languages offers the following courses affiliated to the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi:

Certificate Courses
1. French
2. German
3. Spanish
4. Italian

Diploma and Advanced Diploma
1. French
2. German
3. Spanish

The School of Asian Studies (SAS) under the Centre for Languages offers the following courses affiliated to the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi:

Certificate Courses
1. Chinese
2. Japanese
3. Korean (From 2017-18 onwards)

The SAS offers the following courses run by St. Stephen’s College:

Certificate Courses
1. Sanskrit
2. Urdu
3. Persian

Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses
1. Chinese
2. Japanese
3. Sanskrit (only Diploma)

Syllabi
School of Germanic and Romance Studies

1. CERTIFICATE COURSES

Paper I Communicative Grammar-I 100
Functional grammar based on the text book

Paper II Text Comprehension and Written Expression 100
Comprehension of simple texts and précis-writing 40
Essays on simple topics, questions on civilisation 40
Translation of simple passages into English and simple sentences into the foreign language 20

Paper III Oral Expression 100
Reading of texts, general questions on the country and civilisation.

Prescribed Texts

French
Le Nouveau Sans Frontiers, Vol. 1, P. Dominique, J. Girardet et al, Cle International, Paris, 1989.

German
Tangram, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch, 1A, 1B & 2A, Max Hueber Verlag.

Spanish
Español sin fronteras, I, SGEL, 1997.
Nuevo Ven I, Edelsa 2004.

Italian
Balboni P. and Mezzadri M., 2000, Rete ! 1 Corso multimediale di italiano per stranieri, Libro di classe, libro di casa, cd audio, Guerra edizioni, Perugia.

2. DIPLOMA COURSES

Paper I Communicative Grammar-II 100
Functional Grammar based on the text book

Paper II Text Comprehension and Written Expression 100
Comprehension of texts on general topics 40
Essay writing and letter writing 40
Translation of passages into the foreign language and vice-versa 20

Paper III Oral Expression 100
Reading and answering questions on the text Expressing opinion and discussing issues of general interests.

Prescribed Texts

French
Le Nouveau Sans Frontieres, Vol. 2, P.Dominique, J. Girardet et al, Cle International, Paris, 1989.
Ecrire a tout le monde, R. Lichet, coll. Outils, Hachette, 1979.

German
Tangram, Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch, 2B, 3A & 3B, Max Hueber Verlag.

Spanish
Español sin fronteras II, SGEL, 1997.
Nuevo Ven 2, Edelsa 2004.