920-249 Advanced Portuguese 2PA-1/3PA-1

Note

This subject is dependent on the availability of staff/Leitor or sufficient student enrolments.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

At 2nd year, VCE Portuguese and at 3rd year, VCE Portuguese or Introductory Portuguese 2 P-2 or an equivalent approved standard.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The subject aims to consolidate the skills learned in Introductory Portuguese 2 P-2. The student will continue to acquire and perfect knowledge of the language through a range of activities involving language laboratory and computer aided exercises, and practical work in small groups and pairs, and through the study of Luso-Brazilian culture and society as represented in the media, in cinema, and in representative examples of Luso-Brazilian literature. Students who complete this subject should: be able to speak, write and understand Portuguese at an advanced intermediate level; and have some knowledge of informal registers and regional variants.

Assessment

Written exercises; one 30-minute class paper; class participation; comprehension, production and transcription exercises; one 1500-word essay; one 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts

A Reading Package of photocopied articles from the Department together with a reading list will be available at the beginning of the semester.