LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMME

The primary mandate of the Nigeria French Language Village is the mandatory French Language Immersion Programme (LIP) for 300 Level undergraduates of French in Nigerian Universities. All courses of the Language Immersion Programme are compulsory, as they have been designed within the context of NUC prescriptions in its Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standard for the Bachelor of Arts in French.

At the end of the programme, students should be able to:

Ø  Understand and speak French fluently

Ø  Read and write French

Ø  Translate from French into English and vice-versa

Ø  Have an in-depth knowledge of literature, culture and civilization of Francophone countries

Ø  Compare history, literature and civilization of Nigeria with those in France.

University Language Immersion Programme covers two (2) semesters (or a semester in a situation where students are pursuing a combined honour Degree). The first semester is from January to middle of April while the second semester is from May to end of July.

At the beginning of every session, students sit for the placement test.

The test serves as yardstick for grouping them according to their level of competence and performance in French, to establish their entering behavior.