Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to acquire a greater competence of the linguistic and discursive aspects of the Brazilian language, develop the ability to autonomously comprehend and produce written and oral texts, through knowledge of the grammatical structures of the language and the communicative skills in all required skills, both active and passive.

Program

The course proposes to deepen and consolidate the study of the grammatical structures of the contemporary Portuguese language, which are important elements for the second phase of the training course destined to post-literacy, expanding the comprehension of the Portuguese phonological and graphic system, as well as morphosyntactic structures; Direct and indirect object pronouns; prepositions, active and passive conjunctions of both regular and irregular verbs. Basics on mode and time syntax, the subjunctive and its conjunctions. The course also aims to stimulate student expressive and communicative creativity and the ability to analyze written text by reading and translating different text typologies; emphasis on oral and written activity, direct and indirect discourse, idiomatic and emphatic expressions. Notions on the history of the Portuguese language and Brazilian culture shall also be presented.
The didactic methodology comprises 72h during one semester, with linguistic exercises (individually or in a group), and the use of audiovisual instruments.

Examination Methods

Exams will be carried out during two different moments: the written test, which, prior to the oral test, will consist in comprehension exercises and text and grammar production. If approved in the written test, the student will take the oral test, which will consist of a text in Portuguese to read and interpret and to which the teacher can add questions regarding structures and grammatical rules, so that the student can demonstrate his/her level of interaction and communicative ability in the Portuguese language.