Portuguese Language A2

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

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

• reading and exploration of different types of written texts
• exercises to understand / interpret written texts
• analysis of structures for developing students linguistic and pragmatic-communicative skills

• metalinguistic reflection
• theoretical presentation
• Written exercises applying the rules and contents taught.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• communicate in simple and routine expressions aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type: basic personal, daily routines, express wishes  and needs, ask for information.
• use elementary expressions and communicate with memorized phrases, groups of a few words and expressions in order to exchange of information about themselves and about other people, about what they do, about places, goods, etc..
• correctly use simple structures, while systematically making elementary mistakes.
• understand short and simple texts on familiar and routine matters of immediate relevance in an everyday language or job-related matters.
• write a series of simple expressions and sentences linked by simple connectors like 'and', 'but' and 'because'.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Verbs
- Present, pretérito perfeito simples vs. indicativ pretérito imperfeito and indicativ pretérito mais‐que‐perfeito composto.
- Past participle.
- The imperative.

2. Nouns: number and gender

3. Adjectives: number and gender

4. Determinants: articles, demonstrative and possessive

5. Pronouns: Personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, clitics, relative

6. Prepositions and prepositional phrases

7. Adverbs and adverbial phrases

8. Quantifiers

9. Coordinative conjunctions and phrases

10. Subordinating conjunctions and phrases (with indicative).

11. Syntax

Simple phrase: structure

- Syntactic Orders.

- Negative , interrogative and passive action sentences.

Complex sentence: structure

- Coordinate Sentences.

- Subordinate Sentences with indicative and infinitive.

12. Word formation: derivation; composition

Head Lecturer(s)

Sara Margarida dos Santos Feio de Sousa

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment (40%) + written exam (60%) : 100.0%

Bibliography

DICIONÁRIOS DICTIONARIES

• Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (2013). Porto: Porto Editora.
• Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001). Lisboa: Editorial Verbo.
• Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (2002-2003).  Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.

GRAMÁTICAS Grammars

• ARRUDA, Lígia (2012). Gramática de Português Língua Não Materna. Porto: Porto Editora
• COELHO, Luísa ; CASTELEIRO, João ; OLIVEIRA, Carla (2007). Gramática Aplicada. Português Língua Estrangeira. A2 e B1. Lisboa : Texto Editores.

• CUNHA, Celso; CINTRA, Lindley (1984). Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Edições João Sá da Costa.

RAPOSO, Eduardo B. Paiva et al. (orgs.) (2013), Gramática do Português. Lisboa: FCG