Portuguese Language Stucture - Intermediate Level B2

Teaching Methods

The course covers different thematic areas and resorts to dynamic strategies and methods based on constant interaction aiming to deepen the study of the structures of the language.

Learning Outcomes

To learn the vocabulary and grammar structures needed to communicate with fluency and spontaneity with native speakers producing clear and detailed speech on a wide range of subjects and explaining viewpoints clearly.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Verbs: Review of the tenses already learned and presentation of new tenses (compound tenses of the Indicative; Present, and Future Imperfect of the Subjunctive; simple and compound Gerund; verbal periphrases with Infinitive and Gerund.

Nouns and adjectives: review of complex cases.

Pronouns: review of pronouns already learned; personal pronouns (mesoclisis, contraction).

Quantifiers: review of qualifiers; introduction of AMBO/A/S; POUCO/A/S +DE; NUMERAL+DE

Prepositions and prepositional sentences: consolidating skills.

Sentence structure: the structure of the simple sentence; agreement (complex subject / verb); the structure of the complex sentence and connectors:

Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and phrases

Direct and indirect speech

Sociolinguistic and textual pragmatic aspects: Forms of address in Portugal; use of polite formulas.

Mechanisms of textual cohesion.

Head Lecturer(s)

Tânia Santos Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessement
There is no assessment, but attendance is registered.: 100.0%

Bibliography

DICIONÁRIOS / Dictionaries

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

Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa (2002-2003). Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.

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

 

GRAMÁTICAS / GRAMMARS

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

Bechara, Evanildo (2001). Moderna Gramática Portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Lucerna.

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.

Rio-Torto, Graça et al. (2013). Gramática Derivacional do Português. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.