Content-based review of Portuguese grammar and systematic vocabulary and skill development. Integration of language, culture, and literature. Given in Portuguese.
Athena Title
Intermediate Portuguese
Prerequisite
PORT 1110 or PORT 1002 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will engage in conversations, improvise in more complex topics, and provide solutions to simple social incidents, even if with some hesitance, in a way you can be understood by a sympathetic speaker.
Students will narrate events; express needs, wants and uncertainty through subjunctive; confirm and clarify information; and express opinions about your own life, the Lusophone world, and current events.
Students will engage in conversations, improvise in more complex topics, and provide solutions to simple social incidents, even if with some hesitance, in a way you can be understood by a sympathetic speaker.
Students will demonstrate geographical, historical, and cultural knowledge of Portugal, and compare it with your native culture, in particular, regarding fado, Arabic influence, soccer and famous historical and artistic figures.
Topical Outline
What is language?
Communication in a second language.
Popular beliefs and belief systems.
Myths, Legends, and Children's Stories.
Television, film and society.
