A continuation of Elementary Portuguese. Teaches conversation, fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, reading, and writing.
Athena Title
Elementary Portuguese
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in PORT 1110
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will give and solicit information on how to do/make things, reach a destination, and on routines, ongoing activities, plans, and previous experiences about yourself and others.
Students will ask questions and negotiate meaning on a variety of topics in a way you can be understood by a native speaker used to dealing with second language learners.
Students will demonstrate geographical and cultural knowledge of Brazil, and compare it with their native culture, in particular regarding Carnaval, Semana Santa, and Festas Juninas.
Students will apply colloquial, formal, and professional Portuguese to the appropriate context and interlocutor.
Topical Outline
Language issues: compound verb tenses, subjunctive tenses, prepositions, flexible infinitives. Contrastive cultural topics, concepts of time, family, social situations, numbers, cultural comparisons of family, and school in all verb tenses. Short readings on cultural topics.
