Portuguese – Elementary Level – Part of Q1

Language

Portugeese
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Prerequisites

This course is given to absolute beginners: students of all faculties who have registered the course in their program of studies, members of the personnel of the UCL, free students (from the UCL or not) who have never studied the Portuguese language or have not reached an A2 level.

Main themes

The object of this course is to develop the communicative competence in general Portuguese (European or Brazilian) and to make students sensitive to the culture of the Portuguese-speaking countries, specially Portugal and Brazil.
The communicative contexts and the subjects are related to the everyday life: leisure, travel, home, invitations, family and friends, studies, future projects, etc.

Content

The elements of the code (grammar and vocabulary) are built-in in significant contexts, grouped according to functional contents (to give and ask personal data, to speak about the usual actions, to speak about the spare time and tastes, to describe a city, to suggest activities, etc), and later they are practiced through written exercises (following the structural method), as well as through oral exercises requiring the development of an integral communicative competence (drills, role-plays, interviews, conversation in little groups).
The didactic materials are very heterogeneous: songs, plays, videos, advertisements, real or adapted texts created with a teaching goal, etc.

Teaching methods

The course is centered on communication and uses a method halfway between the communicative and the notion-functional one. An A1-A2 level book is used.

Evaluation methods

Various marks make up the final assessment:

• 3 written tests throughout the year: 45%
• a written exam (35%) and an oral exam (20%) at the end of the 2nd semester
• september:
  • written exam (65%)
  • and an oral exam (35%)

Other information

The teacher is available during reception hours and can be contacted by mail.
A list of Web sites and other didactic materials to support the autonomous training are given during the course.

Online resources

Besides a course book, complementary learning material will be available in Moodle UCLouvain. The teacher will also advise links to different complementary websites (extra exercises, dictionary, verbs conjugation etc.).

Bibliography

• PASSAPORTE PARA PORTUGUÊS 1 - Níveis A1/A2 (livre+cahier+CD+Compreensão oral). Lisboa, LIDEL;
• « Bescherelle » des verbes portugais et brésiliens.

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