Portuguese
Code
200103
Academic unit
NOVA Information Management School
Credits
4.0
Teacher in charge
Teaching language
Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English
Objectives
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Prerequisites
Class participation: use of the grammar and vocabulary, simulating day life situations.Homework assignments: systematize rules and practice the reading and writing.
Final exam: evaluation of reading comprehension and writing, basic grammar and vocabulary and conversation.
Subject matter
Themes and lexical contents: -Presentations
-Job
-Nationality: countries and places;
-Numbers
-Treatment formalities
-Family
-Weather
-Colours
-Time
-Meals
-Daily rotine
-House and home
-Days of the week, months, seasons of the year
-Shopping
-Education
-Services
-Free time
-Holidays
-Places
-Health
Linguistic contents:
-Fonetics
-Afirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.
-Possessiv pronous
- Definite and indefinit articles.
-Numbers.
-Agreement of the adjetive with the name.
-Feminin and plural formation.
-Verbs: Present of Indicative.
-Periphrastical conjugations:
oestar a + Infinitivo;
oir + Infinitivo ;
ohaver de + Infinitivo.
-Prepositions.
-há vs. desde.
-Personal Pronouns
-Adverbs
-Adjectives.
-Conjunctions.
-Accentuation and spelling.
Bibliography
Malcata, H.(2011). Guia Prático de Fonética Acentuação e Pontuação, Lidel.; Olga Coimbra e Isabel Coimbra, Gramática Ativa 1, 2ª ed., Lisboa, Lidel, 2000; (2007) Dicionário Ilustrado Português Língua Não Materna, Porto Editora; Helena Lemos, Praticar em Português ¿ Level Elementar, Lisboa, Lidel, 2001.; Leonete Carmo, Olá! Como está? ¿ Livro de textos, Lisboa, Lidel, 2000.
Teaching method
Writen documents, audio, images
Evaluation method
Class participation: 30%
Homework assignments: 20%
Final exam: 50%