Course Unit / Language Laboratory A1/A2

Language Laboratory A1/A2

Year
1
Academic year
2017-2018
Code
02032680
Subject Area
Language
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
Non Degree Course

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

  • Lecture by the teacher
  • Listening and sound recognition exercises: vowels, consonants and prosody
  • Pronunciation exercises: word, sentence and text repetition
  • Sound-letter pairing exercises
  • Peer and teacher-student interactions
  • Oral comprehension exercises
  • Spontaneous oral production exercises

Learning Outcomes

The student is expected to be able to:
•recognize suprasegmentals (stress, intonation) and the pronunciation of European Portuguese;
•produce recognizable vowels and consonants;
•recognize meaning-change through intonation;
•self-monitor speech production and make appropriate corrections;
•establish sound-letter pairings.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Vocabulary and topical syllabus
•personal information
•daily routines
•consumer services
•travelling arrangements
•health care

European Portuguese sounds
•standard consonants and vowels
•vowel hiatuses and diphthongs
•connected speech

Suprasegmentals
•word stress (verbs vs. non-verbs)
•sentence intonation

Oral and written language
•sounds and graphemes (letters of the alphabet)
•using graphic accents

Head Lecturer(s)

Sandra Marisa da Costa Chapouto

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Written and oral test : 40.0%
Continuous assessment: 60.0%

Bibliography

Materiais de apoio específicos para este curso.
Instruction materials suitable for this course.