Laboratory A1

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The course will follow the methodologies in use within the teaching of a non-native language: • Theoretical explanation; • Exercises for improving pronunciation and recognition of vowel sounds and consonantal sounds; • Exercises to recognize the correspondence between sound and spelling; • Exercises in pronunciation: hearing and repetition of words, phrases and short texts; • Verbal teacher-student interaction and inter pares interaction

• Exercises for improving listening skills; • Exercises for improving spontaneous production.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to: i) Pronounce in an understandable way a limited repertoire of simple phrases and sentences;

ii) Establish the relationship between graphic and phonic units in very basic texts and to which students are already familiar with

iii) Understand the main ideas and relevant information in short texts and posts on topics students already know; iv) Read simple and short texts understandably, even though at a slow pace; v) Understand a very clear, paused and carefully articulated speech; vi) Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is willing to help.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

 

Vowel and consonantal sounds in standard Portuguese;

•Relationship between phoneme and grapheme;

•The use of International Phonetic Alphabet;

•Class of  vowel sounds.

•Class of consonant sounds. Voiced and voiceless consonants.

• 'Glides' and decreasing oral and nasal diphthongs;

• The main stress in verbs and no verbs;

• Rules for placing the accent mark;

• Intonation: declarative, interrogative and exclamatory sentences.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carla Sofia da Silva Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment (40%) + Exam at the course’s end (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.