100 Level Courses

• Course Code: 01:810:101
• Semester(s) Offered: Fall
• Credits: 4

Not open to students who have had two or more years of secondary school Portuguese. Speaking, reading, and writing; oral, aural, and written exercises.

(no prerequisites)

Course learning goals:

• This is an introductory course for students with no previous study of Portuguese. The course is designed to introduce the basics of the language through readings in a variety of fields
• The main purpose of the course is to assist students in the beginner level of Portuguese, emphasizing basic language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• The course introduces students to the Brazilian culture through a variety of mediums such as readings, movies, music, and videos
• Engage in interactive activities, participate in group projects to practice greetings, vocabulary and grammar structures
• Acquire a basic level vocabulary in the targeted language

Texts:

• Ponto de Encontro-w/Brazil.Acctiv+Access
  Edition: 2nd Publisher: Pearson ISBN: 9780205915897
• Essential Portuguese Grammar
  By Prista ISBN: 9780486216508
• Oxford New Portuguese Dictionary
  By Oxford ISBN: 9780425222447
• (Required texts may vary)

Evaluation:

• Preparation, participation and attendance: 20%
• Quizzes: 15%
• Ponto de Encontro (lab manual /homework):15%
• Project/Oral Presentation :10%
• Midterm written exam: 15%
• Final written exam: 25%

Grading System:

A: 92-100 B+: 87-91 B: 82-86 C+:77-81 C: 70-76 D:60-69 F:59 and below

• Course Code: 01:810:102
• Semester(s) Offered: Fall
• Credits: 4

Not open to students who have had two or more years of secondary school Portuguese. Speaking, reading, and writing; oral, aural, and written exercises.

Prerequisite: 810:101 (or consultation with advisor)

Course learning goals:

• Continuing proficiency- based course, which develops communicative abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in culturally authentic contexts
• Express the following language functions: Greetings, description of people, animals and domestic space and habits.
• Demonstrate the skills to communicate through phone and e-mail, request information, ask for assistance, give and receive directions.
• Express ideas clearly when narrating daily routines at a basic level
• Write simple texts using the tenses learned up to this stage.
• Know about cultures and customs of Portuguese-speaking countries
• Communicate at elementary level in Portuguese in a variety of contexts such as simple ideas about family, study, work, daily routines, leisure activities, houses, furniture, chores, and health

Texts:

• Ponto de Encontro-w/Brazil.Acctiv+Access
  Edition: 2nd Publisher: Pearson ISBN: 9780205915897
• Essential Portuguese Grammar
  By Prista ISBN: 9780486216508
• Oxford New Portuguese Dictionary
  By Oxford ISBN: 9780425222447
• (Required texts may vary)

Evaluation:

• Preparation, participation and attendance: 20%
• Quizzes: 5%
• Ponto de Encontro (lab manual /homework): 15%
• Project/Oral Presentation (2 in total): 20%
• Written Assignment: 10%
• Midterm written exam: 14%
• Final written exam: 16%

Grading System:

A: 92-100 B+: 87-91 B: 82-86 C+:77-81 C: 70-76 D:60-69 F:59 and below

• Course Code: 01:810:130
• Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
• Credits: 4
• SAS Core Certified: AHq

Not open to students who have had two or more years of secondary school Portuguese. Speaking, reading, and writing; oral, aural, and written exercises.

Prerequisite: 810:101 (or consultation with advisor). Fulfills Core requirement: AH  and Specific Core goals: Q 

Course learning goals:

• The course focuses on all four language skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking.
• To improve speaking and listening skills necessary for everyday living and for classroom, academic, and cultural situations.
• Introduce students to Brazil’s society and its cultural and social characteristics
• Promote the development of students' communicative competence in the target language
• Develop students’ intercultural understanding and social conscience of problems that affect this cultural complex.
• Gain knowledge and understanding of Luso-Brazilian cultures.
• Participate in a community of language learners and in a multilingual world
• Practice of specific areas of grammar, linguistic structures and the reading of short stories with composition and class discussions.

Texts*:

• Emma Eberlein O. F. Lima and Samira A. Lunes. Falar…Ler…Escrever… Português – Um curso para Estrangeiros . São Paulo, EPU, 1999 (textbook and workbook).
• Alexander da R. Prista. Essential Portuguese Grammar
• Preto-Rodas. Crónicas Brasileiras. University Press of Florida.

*Texts may change
** Materials added by the Professor

• Portuguese-English dictionary: michaelis.uol.com.br
• Brazilian Portuguese dictionary:
• Portuguese verb conjugations: conjuga-me.net

Evaluation:

• Participation/attendance/homework – 20%
• Mid-term and final exams – 40%
• Quiz - written – 15%
• Oral presentation 10%
• Compositions– 15%

Grading System:

A: 90-100 B+: 85-89 B: 80-84 C+: 75-79 C: 70-4 D: 60-65 D+: 66-69 F: 59 and below

• Course Code: 01:810:135
• Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
• Credits: 4
• SAS Core Certified: AHq

Prerequites: Permission of department. Fulfills Core requirement: AH and Specific Core goals: Q .

Course learning goals:

• The course focuses on all four language skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking, with increasing emphasis on speaking.
• It concentrates on aspects of the Portuguese language as pronunciation, vocabulary, idioms, and grammatical structures particular to Portuguese, developing some basic communicative skills.
• Students should also be able to engage in everyday conversation with native speakers and read simple texts, both fiction and non-fiction, with relative ease. The class is conducted in Portuguese.
• use Portuguese to communicate simple ideas about self, family, study, work, daily routines, leisure activities, houses, furniture, chores, and health.
• interact with authentic Portuguese texts on a variety of simple subjects.
• Introduce students to Brazil’s society and its cultural and social characteristics
• Promote the development of students' communicative competence in the target language
• Develop students’ intercultural understanding and social conscience of problems that affect this cultural complex.
• Participate in a community of language learners and in a multilingual world
• Practice of specific areas of grammar, linguistic structures and the reading of short stories with composition and class discussions.

Texts*:

• Emma Eberlein O. F. Lima and Samira A. Lunes. Falar…Ler…Escrever… Português – Um curso para Estrangeiros . São Paulo, EPU, 1999 (textbook and workbook).
• Alexander da R. Prista. Essential Portuguese Grammar
• Preto-Rodas. Crónicas Brasileiras. University Press of Florida.

*Texts may change

** Materials added by the Professor

• Portuguese-English dictionary: michaelis.uol.com.br
• Brazilian Portuguese dictionary: aulete.uol.com.br
• Portuguese verb conjugations: conjuga-me.net

Evaluation:

• Participation/attendance/homework – 20%
• Mid-term and final exams – 40%
• Quizzes - written – 15%
• Oral presentation 10%
• Compositions– 15%

Grading System:

A: 90-100 B+: 85-89 B: 80-84 C+: 75-79 C: 70-74 D: 60-65 D+: 66-69 F: 59 and below