Admission requirements
This course is only available for students in the BA International Studies.
Description
This is a language course for beginners and has a communicative approach. Attention will be paid to the use of the language on the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Grammar and language structures are taught around a schedule centred on practical/concrete situations, such as speaking about oneself, getting to know people, finding one’s way round town, communicating present and past situations, etc.
Course objectives
This course is the first in a series of three language acquisition courses within the International Studies programme. The final objective of this course series is to reach an intermediate level of proficiency in Portuguese, aimed at communication with people in Portuguese-speaking countries throughout the world, in everyday social situations and also professionally.
Target level for Portuguese 1 in terms of the Common European Framework:
Listening A2
Reading A2
Speaken A1/A2
Writing A1/A2
Timetable
The timetable is available on the BA International Studies website.
Mode of instruction
Three two hour tutorials every week
Attending lectures and tutorials is compulsory. If you are not able to attend a lecture or a tutorial, please inform the tutor of the course. Being absent without notification can result in a lower grade or exclusion from the final exam or essay.
Using the material previously provided by the tutor, students are required to study the grammar and vocabulary before the tutorials, where they will practice speaking and listening in a series of interactive activities.
Course Load
Three tutorials of two hours each per week.
Total course load: 280 hours (10 EC)
Attending classes: 72 hours (6 h per week over 12 weeks)
Preparing classes, exams and extra activities: 208 hours
Assessment method
Written assessments:
Written Exam 1 (15%) (1-2 hours)
Written Exam 2 (Mid-term) (20%) (1-2 hours)
Written Exam 3 (15%) (1-2 hours)
Written Exam 4 (Final) (20%) (1-2 hours)
Assignments (10%) (1-2 hours)
Oral assessments:
Oral Exam (Final) (20%) (7-15 minutes)
Written exams include linguistic exercises, written comprehension, listening comprehension, and short essay.
Oral assessment consists of a question/answer session.
The resit will be a written exam of two hours, and will test if the students have reached the end level of this semester. This exam consists of the following components:
Reading and writing;
Written dialogue;
Vocabulary and grammar.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used. For tutorial groups: please enroll in blackboard after your enrolment in uSis
Students are requested to register on Blackboard for this course.
Reading list
Emma Eberlein O-F Lima and others, Novo Avenida Brasil 1 (E.P.U.)
Isabel Coimbra and Olga M. Coimbra, Gramática Ativa 1. (Brazilian or European version – according to the area of studies elected by the student)
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
T.E. Vailati MA, email t.e.vailati@hum.leidenuniv.nl:mailto:t.e.vailati@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
Attending lectures and tutorials is compulsory. Minimum 70% attendance required. When failing to attend the minimum of attendance required, students must complete an extra assignment in order to sit for final exams.
Passing this course is an additional requirement for a positive Study Recommendation at the end of the year.