Foreign Languages and Literatures

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.

5 summative evaluation activities will take place during:

1-     the fourth thematic unit (20%);

2-     the sixth thematic unit (20%)

3-     the eighth thematic unit (20%)

4-     the ninth thematic unit (20%)

The summative evaluation activities will require oral and written productive and receptive language skills.

Learning Outcomes

According to the general goals set for level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), after completing this course unit, students will be able to:

- interact in simple dialogues regarding concrete subjects or those of immediate need;

- participate in very brief conversations, demonstrating practical skills to handle different speakers in basic situations of everyday life;

- write short simple notes and messages related to subjects of immediate need.

Thus, the focus will be placed on the lexical and grammar contents necessary for producing and understanding statements related to common everyday subjects, both orally and in writing.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The course is organized in 9 thematic units:

1. Personal information and description
2. House and home, environment
3. Food and drink
4. Daily life
5. Free time, entertainment
6. Travel
   1. Shopping
   2. Services
   3. Health and body care

   Grammatical syllabus:

   1. Word classes (formal and semantic aspects)

   •Verb: pres., pret., imperf. and comp. pluperf. of the indic; imperative (affirm.; neg.); impersonal infinit.; past part.;periphrases

   •Noun

   •Adjective

   •Determiner: article (def. and ind.), demonstr. and poss.

   •Quantifier

   •Pronoun: personal (subj., reflexive, ind. object, dir. obj. and with preposition), demonstrative, possessive, interrogative, indefinite

   •Adverb: proclitics

   •Preposition

   2. Syntax

   •Agreement

   •Unmarked synt. orders

   •Neg., interrog. and passive sentences (action)

   •Coord. and subord. sentences using the indic. and infinit. moods (causal; temporal; final; complement; conditional

   3. Vocabulary

   •Word formation: derivation

   •Semantic relations

   •Collocations

Head Lecturer(s)

Isabel Maria de Almeida Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Assessment is continuous and based on formative and summative activities of distinct typologies: 100.0%

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.