This course is a continuation from Portuguese Beginners 2 and is for any student wishing to learn the language for business, travel or everyday use with approximately 40 hours of Portuguese required. Students will develop skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing. This course aims to build general basic comprehension and communication skills in beginners Portuguese and an introduction to cultural practices, with a focus on clear explanation of basic language principles.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

• Portugues XXI Livro Do Aluno 1 Nivel A1 (Lidel: 2018), ISBN: 9789897523809

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled WEA cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. We therefore suggest you purchase your textbooks closer to the time of the course commencing.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Making a reservation in a hotel
• Ordering in a coffee shop/restaurant, writing a menu
• Learning about Portuguese meals, food and drinks
• Talking about daily activities
• Talking about activities that are occurring in the moment
• Asking and telling the time, learning the days of the week, months and seasons
• Using everyday vocabulary, Describing the family
• Oral comprehension
• Present indicative of regular and irregular verbs
• The Past Tense of Portuguese Verbs
• The demonstratives – locating a noun in a space or time
• Indefinite articles, Prepositions of time, Adjectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
2. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
3. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
4. Can demonstrate the skills, language and attitudes required for further study of Portuguese.