French and English

Overview

The department of French-English with Education was set up to train highly qualified teachers by providing them within-depth knowledge and practice of French and English systems, cultures and communication functions. In addition to that the department aims at reinforcing research and entrepreneurship in the area of language learning by setting up language learning centers in the community to foster national and international communication competence and performance.

Apart from the knowledge and skills in the areas of French and English, the graduates from the department of French-English with Education are also equipped with relevant knowledge and skills in the area of Education, psychology, counseling, educational research so to mention but a few. These subjects enable them to become professional teachers at secondary school level.

Combinations

A prospective student to enroll in the first year of Bachelor’s of Education with Honors in French- English must have successfully completed secondary school level with at least 2 principal passes and having majored at least in the following cluster combinations:

-English - French - Kinyarwanda

-English - Kiswahili - Kinyarwanda

-Literature - Kinyarwanda - Kiswahili

-TTC/Languages option

-Teaching Modern Languages

-Normale Primaire,

And any other related discipline can apply for this option

Modules

Year 1

No	Module title	Credits	Semester
1	Communication Skills	10	1
2	Introduction To English language and Linguistics	20
3	Introduction à la langue Française	20
4	ICT and Research skills	10
5	Language Skills Development	15
6	Language Contrastive Studies	10
7	Introduction to Cognitive Studies	15
1	Overview of world literature	10	2
2	Panorama de la littérature française	10
3	Foundations of education	15
4	Educational orientations	15
5	Philosophical Studies and Ethics	10

Year 2

No	Module title	Credits	Semester
1	Langue Française et institutions	20	1
2	English Language Structure	15
3	Applied Linguistics	15
4	Structure de la langue francaise	15
5	Educational Policy	15
1	English Literature	15	2
2	Grammaire et expression française approfondies	20
3	Educational Evaluation	15
4	Educational Planning and technology	10
5	Language and Society	15

Year 3

No	Module title	Credits	Semester
1	Internship	100	1
2	Dissertation	20	1
1	Meaning and Use of Language	15	2
2	Sens et Usage de la langue française	15
3	English Language Teaching Methodology	15

Requirements

A certified copy of secondary studies’certificate or Results slip, certified academic transcripts for transferred from other higher learning institutions or universities in related domains (For courses to be accepted for transfer, a student must have attained more than 10 points, and credit transfer shall not exceed 50% of core courses, and Transferrable credits shall be written on his/her transcripts on completion of his/her studies at INES RUHENGERI). Furthermore, notified Equivalence for international students and for those who studied abroad, photocopy of ID or Passport, two passport photos, medical insurance must be provided for admission.

Exit and career profile

Upon completion of their studies, graduates from the Department of French-English with Education are competent and capable of teaching English and French in secondary schools and language centres. These competent and perfect bilinguals are also able to be successful in the areas of editing, interpersonal and mass communication, literary writing and criticism just to name a few.