A continuation of Accelerated Elementary Portuguese. Teaches
conversation, grammar, pronunciation, reading, and writing at
intermediate level to students dedicated to intensive foreign
language study.
Athena Title
Accelerated Intermediate Port
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in PORT 2002
Prerequisite
PORT 1110 or PORT 1002
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will narrate events in the past in detail and adequate sequence; make conjectures and informed predictions about the future; and describe what has been happening in your life, a community, or the world, and express hypotheses and reactions.
Students will engage in social interactions with ease in various time frames, sometimes even when there is an unexpected complication, in a way you can be understood by a sympathetic speaker.
Students will present information in an organized manner, navigating through colloquial, professional, and academic registers to deliver sociopragmatic-adequate speeches and texts.
Students will demonstrate cultural knowledge of the Lusophone world, and compare it to your native culture, regarding language variation/prejudice, immigration, colonization, and current sociopolitical issues.
Topical Outline
Pronunciation - Rhythm, consonants, vowels, dipthongs stress
and intonation
Online personal portfolio - Students design a glossary of terms
and expressions related to their personal, academic, and
professional interests
Readings and Culture - Time and personal hobbies, rituals and
customs, work, food, the environment, society, technology and
science
Language - Communication in a second language; popular beliefs
and belief systems; myths, legends, and children's stories;
television, film, and society
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture
Institutional Competencies
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Social Awareness & Responsibility
The capacity to understand the interdependence of people, communities, and self in a global society.
