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
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.