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Intermediate Portugees 3 minor

Vak
2013-2014

Admission requirements

Portuguese 2 or equivalent (contact tutor for guidance).

Description

This Portuguese language course builds on the intermediate written and oral communication skills developed over the course of Portuguese 1 and 2. Topics concerning modern Brazil are integrated into language learning through an interactive programme of language acquisition.

Course objectives

This course covers four key skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, to an intermediate level. Course-book and other additional, including authentic, materials will be used in the development of communication skills through practical written and oral exercises (individual and group-based).
European Framework for Languages:
Listening B1
Reading B2
Spoken Interaction B1
Spoken Production B1
Writing B1

Timetable

Collegerooster

Mode of instruction

  • Lecture

  • Seminar

Assessment method

Written assessments: 30mins class test 20% and 1h exam 40% of mark.
Oral assessments: 15% class presentation; 25% of mark final oral exam.

Written assessments: include linguistic exercises – eg. fill-the-gap exercises – and written comprehension or short composition.
Oral assessments includes presentation element and question/answer session.

Resit for relevant component: written exam/oral exam.

Blackboard

Blackboard wordt gebruikt het ter beschikking stellen van studiemateriaal

Reading list

  • Emma Eberlein, Novo Avenida Brasil 2/3 (São Paulo: E.P.U.). Additional materials will be supplied by Tutors.

Additional suggestions:

  • Júlia Abreu de Souza. Basiscursus Portugees van Brazilië “É isso aí”. Bussum: Coutinho, 2006. [text especially geared to Dutch speakers]

    *Isabel Coimbra and Olga M. Coimbra, Gramática Ativa 1. (Versão brasileira – Lamartine Bião Oberg) (Porto: Lidel). [very good selection of grammar exercises, with answers provided]. - Emma Eberlein O.F. Lima and Samira A. Iunes, Falar…Ler…Escrever…Português: um curso para estrangeiros (São Paulo: E.P.U.)

  • John Whitlam, Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide (Routledge, 2011) +

  • John Whitlam, Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: Workbook (Routledge, 2011) [very good practice-based grammar + accompanying workbook].

Registration

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