Reading and Writing for Portuguese Descendants

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Teaching Methods:

Reading and hearing texts, doing different kinds of exercises.

Writing texts, individual correction by a teacher and rewriting.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

- understand simple texts about familiar subjects

- locate specific information in different text types

- write simple and coherent texts on subjects of their interest

- describe events, express feelings and wishes, for example in personal letters

- understand and use the grammatical structures needed for the above aims

- understand and use vocabulary related to the topics of the course

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Language structure and use: forms of address; verb conjugation; use of tenses and modes; verb and sentence structure; use of articles; use of prepositions, pronouns; use of conjunctions and other connectives; aspects of spelling and punctuation.

Course topics: Personal and biographical data; Everyday life; Contacts; Getting to Know Portugal.

Text types: advertisement, letter, song, CV, e-mail, interview, newspaper article, information text

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Writing texts: 50.0%
Task accomplishment: 50.0%

Bibliography

Alongside course materials, which will be produced for this specific target audience, students who want other resources can also use:

a) Dictionaries, especially bilingual dictionaries (Portuguese and the language spoken in the country)

b) Grammar and exercise books, for instance:

-Lemos, Helena (2013): Dialogar em Português A1/A2. Lisboa: Lidel.

c) Online resources such as:

- Priberam dictionary: http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/

- Michaelis dictionaries: http://michaelis.uol.com.br/

Para além dos materiais a disponibilizar para o curso, concebidos tendo em vista as características do público-alvo, os alunos que queiram complementar os seus conhecimentos poderão também recorrer a outros materiais:

a) Dicionários, sobretudo bilingues, de Português e da língua do país de residência

b) Gramáticas e livros de exercícios, por exemplo:

-Lemos, Helena (2013): Dialogar em Português A1/A2. Lisboa: Lidel.

c) Recursos em linha, por exemplo:

- dicionário Priberam: http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/

- dicionários Michaelis: http://michaelis.uol.com.br/