922-022 LaTrobe-Advanced Portuguese 2B/3B

Note

Special enrolment arrangements apply. Students must contact the Faculty of Arts office for application forms and further details. This subject is dependent on the availability of staff/lecturer and sufficient student enrolments. This subject was previously 2/3PA2: Advanced Portuguese.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

18.75

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Ms Isabel Moutinho

Prerequisites

922-021 LaTrobe-Portuguese Advanced 2A/3A or approval of the subject coordinator.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture, a 1-hour grammar and writing tutorial, and two hours of practical language classes per week

Subject Description

This subject is set at a higher level than Portuguese Advanced 2A/3A 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.

Assessment

Written exercises, a 30-minute class paper, class participation, comprehension, production and transcription exercises, a 1000-word essay and a 2-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader and reading list will be available.



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