Portuguese Language Stucture - Initiation Level A1

Teaching Methods

The course covers different thematic areas and resorts to dynamic strategies of a methodology based on ongoing interaction which will be developed in sessions aimed at deepening the  study of the structure of the language (focus on form).

Learning Outcomes

To learn the vocabulary and grammar structures to use in familiar everyday oral and written communication.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Thematic units:

• personal description;

• everyday life;

• goods and services;

• getting directions and travel;

• health.

 

Lexicogrammatical content:

• noun:
 number and gender
• determinative:
- article (defined and undefined), demonstrative and possessive
• pronoun:

- Personal (subject, reflex and with a preposition), demonstrative, possessive and interrogative
• adjective:

number, gender and grade

• verb:

- Indicative mood: present and simple past
- The imperative
- Periphrastic constructions
• adverb
• preposition
• conjunction:
- coordinative

Head Lecturer(s)

Isabel Teresa Morais Fuzeta de Campos Gil

Maria Carmen de Castro Duarte de Frias e Gouveia

Assessment Methods

Assessement
No assessment. Attendance is mandatory.: 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 e dicionários: Grammars and dictionairies

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

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

Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001). Lisboa: Editorial Verbo.