Spoken and Written Comunication A1

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

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

- Application of learned matters in simulated situations of use.

- verbal interaction between teacher and students and interaction between students

- role playing;

- Production of written texts with a teacher supervision

 

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the unit, students should have an adequate knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical structures to understand the main ideas of texts in a clear and standardized language as well as use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type; can write short and clear texts, applying the acquired lexical and grammatical knowledge. The student must be able to continue to the A2 level.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Thematic units: (the same as in Portuguese - vocabulary strengthening and sentence constructions)

• personal description;

• everyday life;

• commerce and services;

• orientation and travel;

• health.

Lexicogrammatical content:

• verb:

the indicative mood: simple imperfect;

the periphrastic construction (estar a ...).

Textual genres:

• Portrait

• Informal Letter

• Narrating experiences

• Dialogues

Head Lecturer(s)

Sara Alexandra Pinto Pratas

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment (40%) + Exam at the end (60%) : 100.0%

Bibliography

Manuais: Text books

Oliveira, Carla (2010) Aprender Português 1: curso inicial de língua portuguesa para estrangeiros. Lisboa: Texto Editores.

Tavares, Ana (2011 ). Português XXI: nível 1. Lisboa: Lidel.

Gramáticas: Grammars

Arruda, Lígia (2012). Gramática de Português Língua Não Materna. Porto: Porto Editora.

Coimbra, Isabel & Olga Mata Coimbra (2011) Gramática Ativa. Lisboa: Lidel.