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