Prospectus

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Portugese Module 3

Course
2017-2018

Admission requirements

Portuguese Module 2 or equivalent recommended (contact tutor for guidance).

Description

This course builds on the intermediate written and oral communication skills developed over the course of Portuguese 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 B1
Spoken Interaction B1
Spoken Production B1
Writing B1

Timetable

Timetable LAS

Mode of instruction

  • Seminar

Course Load

Total hours for the course: 140 hours

  • Seminar attendance: 42 hours (6 hours per week x 7 weeks)

  • Assignments and preparation: 42 hours (6 hours per week x 7 weeks)

  • Exam: 3 hours

  • Exam preparation: 28 hours

  • Composition: 28 hours

Assessment method

Assessment

Written assessments:

  • Written Final Exam (40%) (1-2 hours)

  • Composition (15%) (1-2 hours)

  • Assignments (20%)

Oral assessments:

  • Oral Exam (Final) (25%) (7-15 minutes)

Written exams include linguistic exercises (e.g., fill-the-gap, short answer, etc.), written comprehension, listening comprehension, and short essay.
Oral assessment consists of a question/answer session.

Weighing

Written assessments:

  • Written Final Exam (40%) (1-2 hours)

  • Composition (15%) (1-2 hours)

  • Assignments (20%)

Oral assessments:

  • Oral Exam (Final) (25%) (7-15 minutes)

Written exams include linguistic exercises (e.g., fill-the-gap, short answer, etc.), written comprehension, listening comprehension, and short essay.
Oral assessment consists of a question/answer session.

Resit

Re-sit: For relevant component

Exam review

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Blackboard

Blackboard will be used for:

  • providing study materials

Reading list

Emma Eberlein, Novo Avenida Brasil 3 (São Paulo: EPU). 2010 edition or later.
Isabel Coimbra and Olga M. Coimbra, Gramática Ativa 2. (Versão brasileira – Lamartine Bião Oberg) (Porto: Lidel). [very good selection of grammar exercises, with answers provided].

Additional materials are supplied by Tutors.

Registration

Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.

General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

Not applicable

Contact Information

For questions about the content of the course, you can contact the teacher:
A.P. Cardozo de Souza MA

Coordinator of Studies: A.C. Wapenaar MA

Administrations Office: van Wijkplaats

Remarks

Students who miss more than 3 classes can not take the exams.