Portuguese Foreign Language - B2

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The online course draws mainly on an active method of teaching and learning, providing students with relevant linguistic input and with language production opportunities, both oral and written, with corrective feedback. When presenting grammatical topics, the expository method will also be used.

Assessment is continuous and based on formative and summative activities of distinct typologies (questionnaires with immediate feedback, participation in forums and wikis, file submission).

Every thematic unit will include formative activities.

Learning Outcomes

According to the general goals set for level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), upon completing this course, students should be able to: (i) interact fluently and independently with native speakers, showing a good mastery of grammar, producing clear and detailed expository statements on a broad range of subjects, from professional to topical subjects or those of personal interest, in accordance with different text types and their communicative goals (reports, complaints, narrations, letters, summaries, etc.); (ii) express and defend opinions using arguments, presenting examples, and making relevant comments. Thus, the goal is to work on the lexical and grammatical contents necessary for fluent interactions with native speakers and for producing and understanding clear and detailed expository statements on a broad range of subjects, expressing substantiated opinions and defending points of view, both orally and in writing.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Thematic units:

1.environmental education

2.formal and informal education

3.leisure in the digital world

4.automatization and job market

5.leading figures of Portuguese culture

6.social movements

7.media

 

Grammar content

1. Word classes (formal and semantic aspects)

• Verb: compound tenses of the indic.; pres., imperf., fut., pluperf. comp. subjunct., simp. and compound, gerund; periphrases with inf. / gerund

•Pronoun: pers. (contrac. of dir. and indir. obj.), poss., demonstr., interrog., indef. and relative

•Quantifier

•Adverb: special cases

•Preposition and prep. phrase

2. Syntax

•Agreement: complex structures

•Marked synt. orders

•Passive sentences with compound tenses

•Subord. sentences with the indic., infinit.and subjunct: conditional, concessive, causal, consecutive, relative, completive

•Direct and indirect speech

3. Vocabulary

•word formation: derivation; compounding

•semantic relations

•collocations

•idiomatic expressions

•adequacy of register.

Head Lecturer(s)

Isabel Maria de Almeida Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Second and third thematic unit: 30.0%
Seventh thematic unit: 30.0%
Fourth and sixth thematic unit: 40.0%

Bibliography

Para além dos materiais de formatos variados a fornecer na plataforma, será útil a consulta das seguintes obras | Besides the materials provided in the platform, the following references are suggested:

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.