Spoken and Written Communication B2

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

One of the weekly classes is dedicated to speaking and the other to writing activities. Classes will include various exercises on the vocabulary related to the topics of the syllabus, as well as to topics taught in Structures of the Portuguese Language.

Learning Outcomes

In line with the general objectives of the CEFR, at the end of the course students should be able to:

1. Understand the main points of complex and long speech on everyday subjects; follow the main points of lectures and presentations as well as radio and television programs;

2. Interact normally with native speakers; actively participate in a long conversation about matters of general interest; express and defend opinions; make a detailed description or presentation on various subjects;

4. Read texts on various topics; quickly understand the essential points of correspondence, articles or complex instructions within their areas of interest; identify the most relevant details of a long text;

5. Write detailed, clear texts on various subjects related to their interests, either developing an argument or not; summarize information.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Thematic units and respective lexicon:

Citizenship, current events, family and school

2. Language functioning:

In addition to the operationalization and use of the grammar topics covered in Structures of the Portuguese Language, the following aspects will be developed:

a) Phonetics, prosody and orthography

• grapheme-phoneme relationship
• intonational contrast between sentences

b) Lexical Semantics: denotation, connotation, polysemy; idioms and specific vocabulary

c) Sociolinguistic and textual-pragmatic aspects

• forms of address in Portugal

• personal, spatial and temporal deixis
• basic illocutionary acts and indirect speech acts

• metadiscursive interrogative structures

• requests for repetition, confirmation and clarification

• fixed formulas used in specific contexts
• language registers

• norms and dialects

d) Textual typology:

• descriptive, narrative, expository and epistolary texts and summaries

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Carmen de Castro Duarte de Frias e Gouveia

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Written test (composition) and oral test: 40%; participation in class activities and attendance: 60%.: 100.0%

Bibliography

Acordo Ortográfico. Guia prático. Porto Editora.

ARRUDA, Lígia, Gramática de português para estrangeiros. Porto Editora, 2000.

CUNHA, Celso e Lindley CINTRA, Nova gramática do português contemporâneo, 9ª ed. ou posterior. Lisboa, Ed. João Sá da Costa (Ed. de bolso: Breve gramática do português contemporâneo).

Dicionário de língua portuguesa, 7ª ed. Porto Editora ou ed. de 2009, com Acordo Ortográfico.

Dicionário de sinónimos, 2ª ed. Porto Editora, 1989.

Dicionário de verbos, 2ª ed. Porto Editora, 1989.

HENRIQUES, Teresa Sousa e Frederico de FREITAS, Qual é a dúvida? Ed. Lidel, 2004.

Prontuário da língua portuguesa. Para escrever correctamente. Porto Editora, 2005.

VENTURA, Maria Helena e Manuela CASEIRO, Guia prático dos verbos com preposição, 2ª ed. Lisboa, Ed. Lidel.

 

Serão fornecidos materiais de apoio às aulas. /Support materials will be made available to students.