2024

Portuguese Language A2

Name: Portuguese Language A2
Code: LLT13133O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Linguistics

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

General objectives
1.1. To develop and consolidate the ability to understand oral discourse;
1.2. To develop and consolidate the ability to understand written text;
1.3. To broaden and adapt vocabulary to different communication settings;
1.4. To practice and consolidate more complex structures of the Portuguese language;
1.5. To contact with different aspects of the Portuguese culture;
1.6. To contact with different texts (literary and non literary).

Contents

1. Grammatical Contents
— Review of some grammatical contents
— Regular and irregular verbs - Imperfect Past
— Future
— Complex verb structures: ir + infinitive; haver de + infinitive.
— Verb “haver”.
— Verb form “hᔠwith a temporal meaning – “desde”
— Personnal pronouns: direct and indirect object and its collocation.
— Past participle.
— Complex verb tenses.
— Auxiliary verbs - modals.
— Direct and Indirect speech.
— Personal pronouns with preposition.
— Adjectives and adverbs degree.
— Feminine and plural (Irregular cases)
— Accentuation rules.

2. Linguistic and Cultural contents
— Regions.
— Cities.
— Portuguese celebrities.
— Historical aspects.
— Social aspects.
— Holidays.
— Traditions.
— Legends.
— Music.
— Literature.
— Proverbs, idiomatic expressions, riddles and tongue twisters.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodologies adopted consist of teaching sessions, aimed at the theoretical exposition of course contents and at a critical approach to the language, in which students are encouraged to participate actively.
As far as continuous evaluation is concerned, the following parameters will be taken into account: attendance to class; participation and homework; an oral examination; a written exam.
Students can also choose to take a final exam: an oral examination (40%) and a written exam (60%). The minimum grade for both is 8.