Portuguese Language for Beginners (U01680)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-2-U01680

This course runs for 3 hours per week throughout the year. Classes are a mixture of formal grammar lectures and seminars (Mondays at 11-12) plus two hours of written and spoken language clases with native speakers. Since it is designed to cater for students wishing to continue with Portuguese beyond 2nd year in a Modern Languages Degree, it is not simply a 'holiday' language course. Points of grammar will be covered on a weekly basis in a grammar class and these will be reinforced in small group spoken and written language classes with the intention of consolidating the student's proficiency in the 4 core skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : No previous knowledge of Portuguese is required: a pass in a modern foreign language or a classical language at SCE Higher Grade or equivalent is normally required. This course is not normally available to first year students.

? Special Arrangements for Entry : For visiting students, the course is available only with the explicit permission of the Course Organiser for Portuguese.

? Costs : No. Although students are recommended to purchase a Portuguese Grammar text, such as Hutchinson and Lloyd, Portuguese: An Essential Grammar.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 22 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
21/09/2007	10:00	11:00	Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus two language classes to be arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

General Outcomes. This course will
- Improve your ability as a linguist, making you aware of the structure of language.
- Develop and enhance general communication skills.
- Improve your skills of oral and written presentation.
- Encourage you to meet deadlines.

Specific Outcomes. This course will
- Not just teach you holiday Portuguese.
- Familiarise you with and enable you to use in writing all of the main grammatical constructions of Modern European Portuguese.
- Build up a vocabulary of 3 - 5,000 words.
- Enable you to converse in Portuguese on a variety of everyday subjects.
- Enable you to read proficiently and accurately in Portuguese.
- Enable you to translate from English into Portuguese and vice-versa post-beginners level.
- Enable you to write an essay in Portuguese using some complex forms and developing an argument.