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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Ibero-American Studies

920-246/346 Introductory Portuguese 2 P-2/3 P-2

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Alan Baxter

Prerequisite/s:

Introductory Portuguese 2 P-1/3 P-1 with an H3 pass or an approved equivalent standard.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Four hours per week: one 1-hour lecture, one 1-hour tutorial and one 2-hour practical language class

Objectives:

Students who complete this subject should:

  • be able to understand, speak and write Portuguese at an initial intermediate level; and

  • have an intermediate level mastery of grammatical structures.

Content:

This subject constitutes a more advanced level practical introduction to the Portuguese language in its Brazilian variety and to Brazilian and Portuguese culture. As in the case of 2P-1/3P-1, the student will acquire the language through a range of activities: language laboratory work, computer aided exercises, role play, pair work and through the study of Luso-Brazilian culture and society as represented in the cinema, television, radio and press of the Portuguese-speaking world.

Assessment:

Aural comprehension and transcription exercises (10%); reading performance and comprehension (10%); oral production (10%); written exercises (35%); one 1500-word essay (10%); one 2-hour written exam (25%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Tolman, J. M., Paiva, R. M., Jensen, J. B. and Parsons, N. P., Travessia - a Video-Based Textbook (volume 2), Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1988.
  • Tolman, J. M., Paiva, R. M., Jensen, J. B. and Parsons, N. P., Travessia - Manual de Laboratório (volume 2), Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1988.
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