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

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 specialist staff and funding, and sufficient student enrolments.

H3 or better in 922-021 LaTrobe-Portuguese Advanced 2A/3A or approval of the subject coordinator.

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 sociohistorical 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.

Oral/aural work including one 30 minute listening test (in class) (10%) and one 10 minute oral presentation in class (15%); written work including five short grammar tests (10%), one 1500 word essay (15%), critique of another student's oral presentation (10%) and one composition (written in class) (10%); and one 1.5 hour final exam (30%). Third year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second year students. Students must pass the end of semester written test in order to pass the subject.