Structures of Portuguese Language A1

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

A & B. Communicative situations and related vocabulary

1. (Teacher+Students) Reading, analysis and interpretation (and vocabulary expansion) of short texts representative of communicative situations.

2. (Students) Use of vocabulary in specific contexts.

3. (Students) Individual, pair or group production of short texts.

 

C. Linguistic structures and grammar
1. (Teacher) Presentation and exemplification of linguistic structures – form(s) and uses

2. (Students) Recognition and use of linguistic structures in context

3. (Students) Production of new contexts of use

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students should have acquired skills and competences corresponding to level A1 (basic user) as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

A. Overall communicative skills

Ability to participate in basic everyday communicative situations, understanding and producing simple sentences in order to meet specific needs (cf. syllabus - A).

 

B. Vocabulary areas

Ability to recognize, understand and appropriately use the vocabulary and expressions related to the communicative situations studied (cf. syllabus - B).

 

C. Language structures and grammar

Ability to identify and accurately apply the basic linguistic structures and the grammar rules required to communicate in the situations addressed in class (cf. syllabus - C).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The following topics will be addressed in close connection with the abovementioned objectives:
A.Communication situations
Self introduction,personal data
Greetings and thanks
Description,location of people and objects
Time (days,months,hours)
Directions
Health
Opinions
Commerce
Description of activities (present and past)
Narration of past events
B.Vocabulary areas
Personal data
Everyday life:objects,activities
Health
Commerce
Leisure
C.Linguistic structures,grammar
Nouns, adjectives-gender,number;degree
Adverbs
Nominal phrase
Determiners and pronouns.Articles,pronouns(personal,possessive,demonstrative,indefinite),quantifiers
Prepositions
Ser and Estar
Verbal inflection:indicative-present,present perfect,past continuous;periphrases–auxiliaries“estar(a)”,“ir”,“costumar”,“continuar(a)”; imperative; present subjunctive;regular and irregular verbal inflection
The sentence
Partial interrogative sentence
Coordination(E,MAS,OU,PORTANTO),subordination(PORQUE)

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Isabel de Azevedo Guerra

Assessment Methods

Assessement
a) Participation, assignments (in class and homework) and tests (2 to 4): 60% b) Final comprehensive exam: 40%: 100.0%

Bibliography

Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as Línguas: Aprendizagem, Ensino, Avaliação http://www.dgidc.min-edu.pt/ensinobasico/index.php?s=directorio&pid=88

http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/fichaspraticas/formulario/quadro_niveiscomuns.html

 

Dicionários de Português (variável)

Manuais e cadernos de exercícios disponíveis no mercado (variável)

Gramáticas (variável)

 

Portuguese Dictionaries (variable)
Manuals and workbooks available on the market (variable)
Grammars (variable)