Course: Foreign Language - Portuguese

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Course title Foreign Language - Portuguese
Course code USSV/PPOR2
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Costa Jordao Ticiano, Ing.
Course content
Unit 5: 5.1 - Accentuation I 5.2 - Personal pronouns (oblíquos) 5.3 - Vocabulary: Making shops (shops, supermarkets) Measurement units Portuguese for traveling (airport, taxi, hotel, bus, etc) Brazilian recipes Religions 5.4 - Conjugation of verbs (Presente e Futuro do Subjuntivo) Unit 6: 6.1 - Accentuation II 6.2 - Conjugation of verbs (imperfeito do subjuntivo / futuro do pretérito, gerúndio) 6.3 - Prepositions 6.4 - Polite forms (poderia, gostaria, etc) 6.5 - Vocabulary: Health (Body parts, illness/sickness, medicines) Men and Women clothing, accessories Export, import (I) Popular sentences in Brazil and in Portugal Unit 7: 7.1 - Vocabulary: Export, import (II) How to describe the address Post office Traffic signals, roads, avenues, etc How to explain the direction of a place Transport means 7.2 - Demonstrative pronouns 7.3 - Indefinite pronouns 7.4 - Abbreviations 7.5 - Plural of Substantives 7.6 - Conjugation of verbs (Imperative) Unit 8: 8.1 - Vocabulary: In the restaurant In the real state company At home (rooms, appliances, furnitures, tablewares, etc) Brazilian and Portuguese history in brief, culture, regions and geography Conversation through the telephone Letters (invitation, commercial, friendship, claim, etc) 8.2 - Augmentative and Diminutive 8.3 - Conjugation of verbs (voz passiva, particípio passado) 8.4 - Adverbs

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Projection, Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
Students will be acquainted with essentials of grammar and conversation at the intermediate level. The course is recommended for students who wish to study in Portuguese speaking countries.
Students will be acquainted with essentials of grammar and conversation at the intermediate level.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Oral performance analysis, Didactic test

The assignment is granted upon completion of the following conditions: attendance at seminars and passing the final test.
Recommended literature
  • De Ponce, Maria H. O.; Burim, Silvia R. B. A.; Florissi, Susanna. Bem- vindo! A língua portuguesa no mundo da comunicacao. Sao Paulo, 2000. ISBN 978-8587343017 .
  • Sampaio, Joao; Routledge, Barbara McIntyre. Colloquial Portuguese: a complete language course. London, 1995. ISBN 978-0415121088 .


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