Primary emphasis is divided between conversation and composition
skills. The two phases of the course are correlated to include
the skills of reading and listening comprehension. Given in
Portuguese. Not open to native speakers.
Athena Title
Port Convers and Composit
Prerequisite
PORT 2002 or PORT 2120 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will narrate in present, past, and future personal stories, events pertaining to their community, university life and future career, as well as current events in the Portuguese-speaking world, with a focus on Brazil.
Students will produce paragraph-length narrations and descriptions.
Students will understand and produce, to some degree, main ideas and supporting details in more complex oral and written texts.
Students will navigate interpersonal communication with respect, maturity, and/or awareness of cultural differences.
Students will reflect upon how one’s social identities and roles shape one’s worldview and interactions.
Students will develop an awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of cultures and communities beyond one’s own.
Topical Outline
Specific oral and written skills development will encompass
the parameters for language learners’ performance consistent
with ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages) guidelines for the Advanced Level:
1. Functions: create with language, narrate and describe, make
inferences, and maintain a conversation.
2. Context and content: personal topics, general interest,
work-related, current events, and cultural themes.
3. Text type: development of ability to construct narrative,
descriptive, and argumentative texts.
Work on oral communication: development of oral skill through
discussion, conversation and debate; development of fluency
and ease of expression; development of aural comprehension
through listening to videos and audio recordings in Portuguese.
Work on written communication: development of sentence
structure, vocabulary, and paragraphs; use of transition words
and phrases; development of analytical ability through the
construction of coherent arguments; development of reading
comprehension through the study of cultural materials (online,
televised and print media; literary texts as well as music,
film, and other arts).
