920-274 Advanced Portuguese 2PA-2/3PA-2

Note

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

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Introductory Portuguese 2 PA-1/3 PA-1 or an equivalent approved standard.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject is set at a higher level than its predecessor and aims at consolidating spoken and written skills by placing a greater emphasis on the socio-historical and cultural context of the Portuguese language in its Brazilian, Portuguese, African and Asian varieties. A wide range of materials will be studied, drawn from cinema, the media, representative writings on Luso-Brazilian history and society, and representative examples of literature from the Portuguese-speaking countries. Students who complete this subject should: be able to speak, read and understand Portuguese at an advanced level, in different registers and regional variants; and have a good broad knowledge of the key grammatical structures of Portuguese.

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.