French

Hey mate, you will study a range of courses during your undergraduate studies, including the certificate programme itself. Priority enrolment in RLFR courses will be given to students with French majors and certificates. Other students might enrol in French-focused courses from other departments. By April 1 of your junior year, you must submit your final application for the diploma. The application deadline will be communicated to you. You must complete a new Statement of Concentration form even if you already applied for a French certificate programme. For further information you can visit official website of mumbai university and go through the help desk.

Certificate course in French is a 1-year duration full-time certification course that imparts the basic knowledge on French language, its grammar, vocabulary etc. The course teaches the students how to read French words and sentences, so that they can easily improve their reading and writing skills in French. The interested candidates who have completed 10+2 level or any other equivalent examination from any recognised education board with minimum 50% aggregate marks are eligible for applying to this course. Admission to this certification course will be done on the basis of merit list or entrance exam and Personal Interview round. Most of the colleges offering this certification course in French language in India grant admission to the students based on their marks obtained in the higher secondary examination. However, some top-most colleges arrange their own entrance exam to select the eligible candidates for this course. The course fee for this certification course may vary from one college to another. However, the average course fee charged by the reputed colleges in India ranges between INR 5,000 to 70,000. After completing this course successfully, the students may have plenty of prospective career opportunities. They can be hired as a French Translator, French Writer, French Teacher, Customer Support Office, Subject Matter Specialist, Marketing Executive, Tour Manager and more.

In Maharashtra's HSC board, French is one of the elective languages. The question paper pattern of French is as follows:
1. The total score of the question paper is 100 marks.
2. Question 1 is divided into two parts, Part A and Part B.
3. There are 25 fill-in-the blank type questions in Part 1 A.
4. Question 1 B contains 25 phrase-based questions.
5. Question 2 consists of four parts, each with five to ten different types of questions.
6. For instance, Part A contains four grammar-based questions where you have to fill in a paragraph with the correct grammar words.
7. Question 3 also consists of four subparts based on vocabulary.
8. There is one reading comprehension-based question in the French paper.
9. Usually question 5 consists of either translation-based or writing-based questions. There is one English-to-French translation and one French-to-English translation.
10. Each question is allotted around 20 marks, which are further subdivided into parts. You can download a sample paper at the official website of the Maharashtra Board.