Oral and Written Communication-Initiation Level A1

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Dynamic and interactive activities in pairs or groups will be developed often by simulating everyday situations, focusing on the communicative needs of students.

These will include tasks covering 4 different fields: (i) listening; (ii) speaking; (iii) reading; (iv) writing.

Students will have contact with several social fields, different situations, types of written and oral texts, speech acts, subjects, and concepts that will be necessary for using language in basic communicative activities, in accordance with level A1.

Learning Outcomes

The goal of this course unit is to develop communication skills in Portuguese at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).

According to the general goals set for level A1 of the CEFRL, after completing this course unit, students should be able to interact in a simple way and with the help of the listener, focusing on concrete subjects of their lives, using very common vocabulary and expressions for predictable communicative situations in everyday life.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Focusing on the subject fields described in the syllabus of the course unit “Portuguese Language Structures” ,the syllabus will address:

 

A.         Types of texts (oral and written):

descriptions; notices and adverts; injunctions (complemented with images); informal letters/e-mails; dialogues.

 

B. Communicative acts:

•          greeting someone; ending a conversation

•          describing people, animals, and objects

•          asking/requesting something

•          making and accepting/declining invitations

•          congratulating or thanking someone

•          apologising

•          describing daily routines

•          expressing desire/will/intention

•          expressing obligation, necessity, permission, and prohibition (deontic modality: “ter de”; “dever”)

•          asking for information/clarification

•          expressing physical sensations

•          being polite using the correct expressions for each particular circumstance

Head Lecturer(s)

Sandra Marisa da Costa Chapouto

Joana Isabel Sampaio Ribeiro Parreira Cortez Smyth

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Mini Tests: 100.0%

Bibliography

Em cada edição poderá vir a ser adotado um manual e/ou poderão ser disponibilizados materiais aos alunos.

Outro material (gramáticas e dicionários):

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

COELHO, Luísa; João CASTELEIRO; Carla OLIVEIRA (2007). Gramática Aplicada. Português Língua Estrangeira. A1, A2 e B1. Lisboa : Texto Editores.

COIMBRA, Isabel; Olga Mata COIMBRA (2011) Gramática Ativa 1. Lisboa: Lidel.

Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Col. Dicionários Editora. Porto Editora.

Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2018. Disponível na Internet: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa.