Language Laboratory (A2)

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The methodologies will follow those recommended for teaching a non-native language:

 

• Theoretical exposition;
• exercises practicing the recognition of vowel sounds and consonantal sounds and its pronunciation
• Exercises in pronunciation: hearing and repetition of words, phrases and texts;
• verbal interaction between teacher and students and interaction between students
• listening comprehension exercises;
• Exercises to develop the spontaneous production.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to:
i) Pronounce in an understandable way a repertoire of phrases and simple sentences on topics which are familiar
ii) Establish the relationship between graphic and phonic units in simple sentences;

iii) understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters;

iv) Read simple and short texts in an understandable way;
v) Understand a clear and carefully articulated speech;
vi) Interact in routine situations on familiar topics and activities requiring a simple and direct exchange of information.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

• Vowel and consonantal sounds in the normative variety of Portuguese language
• Relationship between phoneme and grapheme;
• Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet;
• Glides and decreasing oral and nasal diphthongs;
• Hiatuses and rising diphthongs
• The main stress in verbs and no verbs;
• Rules for placing the accent mark;

Intonation: declarative, exclamatory, interrogative and imperative sentences.

Head Lecturer(s)

Sandra Marisa da Costa Chapouto

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment (40%) + Oral Examination (60%): 100.0%

Bibliography

• Mateus, Maria Helena Mira e Andrade, Ernesto d’ (2000) The Phonology of Portuguese. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Mateus, M. et alii (2003). Gramática da Língua Portuguesa. (5ª edição revista e aumentada). Lisboa: Editorial Caminho. (Capítulos 25. Fonologia e 26. Prosódia)
• Mateus, M. et alii (2005). Fonética e Fonologia do Português. Lisboa Universidade Aberta.
• Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001). Lisboa: Editorial Verbo, 2 vols.