Admission requirements
Portuguese 1 or equivalent (contact tutor for guidance).
Description
This Portuguese language course builds on the written and oral communication skills developed in Portuguese 1. Moreover, whilst developing language skills, the course aims at familiarizing students further with elements of Brazilian culture, through the use of authentic materials.
Course objectives
This course covers four key skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, to an intermediate level. Course-book and 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 A2
Reading A2
Spoken Interaction A2
Spoken Production A2
Writing A2
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Assessment method
Written assessments: 30mins class test 20%; 1h exam 40% of mark.
Oral assessment: 40% of mark.
Written assessments: include linguistic exercises – eg. fill-the-gap exercises – and written comprehension or short composition.
Oral assessment includes presentation element and question/answer session.
Resit for relevant component: written exam/oral.
Blackboard
Blackboard wordt gebruikt het ter beschikking stellen van studiemateriaal
Reading list
- Emma Eberlein, Novo Avenida Brasil 1/2 (São Paulo: E.P.U.). Additional materials 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
Aanmelden als student via uSis
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