Unit name | Beginners Portuguese for Visiting Students |
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Unit code | UWLP10033 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Ms. Madalena Pires |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is only available to study abroad students
This unit provides a general introduction to the target language. It is intended:
Students will:
1. be able to communicate orally and in writing at a basic level with a degree of accuracy and fluency.
2. be able to work at a simple level with authentic material and retrieve necessary information.
3. have acquired knowledge and awareness of the general social and cultural background of the target language
4. be able to understand and interpret simple written texts at a basic level
5. be able to respond to simple written texts at a basic level
Overall, students will attain a level comparable to A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
This unit will be taught online only in 2021-22. Learners will be involved in a variety of synchronous activities, mostly interactive with maximum use of the target language, but with attention devoted also to explaining the fundamentals of the target language’s structures. These activities will be supported and amplified by asynchronous e-learning opportunities and self-directed exercises.
3 weekly hours. The communicative approach will be used; learners will be involved in a variety of interactive and stimulating activities with maximum use of the target language. This will be supported by e learning opportunities; a Blackboard site, wikis, blogs and use of self-study facilities.