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 922-021 LaTrobe-2/3PA1:Advanced Portuguese

Note

Formerly available as 920-249/349. Students who have completed 920-249/349 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This subject is dependent on the availability of staff/Lecturer and sufficient student enrolments.

Credit Points

18.75

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Alan Baxter

Prerequisites

At Second Year, VCE Portuguese and at Third Year, VCE Portuguese or 922-033 LaTrobe-2/3P2:Introductory Portuguese or an equivalent approved standard.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture, a 1-hour grammar and writing tutorial and a 2-hour practical language class per week

Subject Description

The subject aims to consolidate the skills acquired in VCE Portuguese or 922-033 LaTrobe-2/3P2:Introductory Portuguese. Students will continue to acquire and perfect knowledge of the language through a range of activities involving language laboratory and computer aided exercises, 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

A 30-minute classpaper, written exercises, class participation, comprehension, production and transcription exercises, an essay of 1500 words, and a 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader and reading list will be available.



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