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UNIVERSIDADE DE VORA

Departamento de Lingustica e Literaturas

Portuguese Language Syllabi

 

1) Portuguese Language (Beginner/Elementary)

 

COMPETENCES TO BE ACQUIRED:

The Course of Portuguese Language and Culture for foreign students (elementary Level) is a course of introduction to the Portuguese Language and Culture that aims to propitiate pupil the necessary knowledge to independently express, both orally and in written.

Thus, in the end of the course the pupil should:

a) understand and use basic vocabulary in specific situations of communication;

b) understand and write simple texts:  email, formal and informal letter, etc.

 

CONTENTS

A - Vocabulary areas

1. Verbal social contacts and writings with different degrees of formality: informal verbal presentation to the formal text (letter, petition, curriculum vitae)

2. Characterization of social profiles: civil state, nationality, profession, degree of kindred

3. Localization in time and space

3.1 Space localizations: countries, cities, streets

3.2 Time localizations, from the three basic axles: past, present and future

4. Description of places and people

4.1 Description of places: landscapes, houses, stores, schools, hotels

4.2 Description of people: physical and psychological traces; the clothes

5. Activities

5.1 Routine actions: feeding, work, study, purchases

5.2 Prompt events

5.3 Activities of leisure: free time, sports, culture, trips

5.4 Professional activities

6. Other thematic areas: the climate; numbers; popular holidays and traditions

 

B - Functional contents

1. To compliment and to speak to the other; to introduce him/herself and to introduce others; to make an invitation, to accept or refuse an invitation; to be thankful and to answer to a gratefulness; to inform and to inquire themselves on telephones, dwellings and email; to say farewell; to ask for/to accept excuses; to authorize and to ask for authorization; to describe and to characterize people, objects, places and environments; to agree and to disagree; to state doubt or unfamiliarity; to ask for an opinion and confirmation; to reserve lodging; to speak to the telephone; to write notes and informal letter.

2. To inquire and to give information on localization, dates, hours, atmospheric time, transports, passage, prices, forms; to ask for the bill; to make an order; to tell occurrences; to state ideas, feelings, opinions and aims; to agree and to disagree; to make suggestions; to present suggestions; to describe sensations; to formulate hypotheses; to consider alterations.

 

 

C - Grammatical contents

1. The sounds of the Portuguese and its transcription

1.1 The alphabet: phonetic practical description

1.2 From phonetics to orthography: general rules and particular cases

1.2.1 graphical signs

2. Classes of words (general morphological rules and syntactic behavior): articles and numerals; names; pronouns; adjectives; verbs; adverbs; prepositions; conjunctions

3. The sentence level

3.1 Syntactical functions

3.2 Simple phrase

3.2.1 Types of phrase: affirmation and negation; declarative, interrogative, imperative; active and passive; emphatic

3.3 Complex phrase

3.3.1 Coordination

4. punctuation

 

Activities

Exercises of application of the grammatical rules

Speaking: reading, reply to questionnaires, commentary, verbal exposition, dialogue, debate, role-play of informal and formal situations

Speaking: informal notes, comments, stories, descriptions, informal letters, formal letters, solicitations, bookings, invitations, curriculum vitae

References

ACADEMIA DAS CINCIAS DE LISBOA / FUNDAO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN (2001), Dicionrio da Lngua Portuguesa Contempornea, Academia das Cincias de Lisboa/Editorial Verbo.

AVELAR, A. et al. (1993), Lusofonia: Curso Bsico de Portugus Lngua Estrangeira, Lisboa, Lidel.

BERGSTRM, M. e N. REIS (2002), Pronturio Ortogrfico e Guia da Lngua Portuguesa, 44 edio, Lisboa, Editorial Notcias.

BUSSE, W. et al. (1994), Dicionrio Sintctico de Verbos Portugueses, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina.

CASCALHO, Maria Margareth e COUTO, Orlando, Ver, Ouvir e Falar Portugus, Lisboa, Lidel, 2000.

COIMBRA, O. (2001), Portugus sem Fronteiras 1: Livro do Aluno - Mercado Nacional, 2 ed., Lisboa, Lidel.

_____________ e I. COIMBRA (2001) Gramtica Activa 1: Mercado Nacional, 2 ed., Lisboa, Lidel.

CUNHA, C. e L. CINTRA (2001), Breve Gramtica do Portugus Contemporneo, Lisboa, Edies Joo S da Costa.

CUNHA, M. F. et al. (2004a), Bem Vindo 1 - Livro de Trabalho 2, Lisboa, Lidel.

_________________ (2004b), Bem Vindo 1/2 Anos [Cd-Audio], Lisboa, Lidel.

DIAS, Helena Brbara Marques, Exerccios e Notas Gramaticais. Curso Bsico de Portugus – Lngua Estrangeira, Lisboa, Edies Colibri, 1994.

FERNANDES, F. (1979), Dicionrio de Regimes de Substantivos e Adjetivos, Porto Alegre, Editora Globo.

_______________ (1987), Dicionrio de Verbos e Regimes, 35 edio, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Globo.

HOUAISS, A. et al. (2002) Dicionrio Houaiss da Lngua Portuguesa, Crculo de Leitores, Lisboa.

LEIRIA, I. et al. (1989), Dia-a-dia – Mtodo de Portugus, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.

LEMOS, H. (2000), Comunicar em Portugus, Lisboa, Lidel.

__________ (2001), Praticar Portugus: Nvel Elementar, Lisboa, Lidel.

MALCATA, H. (2002), A Actualidade em Portugus, Lisboa, Lidel.

MATEUS, Maria Helena Mira, Ana Maria Brito, Ins Duarte e Isabel Hub Faria. Gramtica da Lngua Portuguesa. Caminho, 1989, 3 edio (1 edio, 1971).

MATOS, M. F. (1996), Portuguesssimo: Manual de Iniciao Lngua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros, Porto, Porto Editora.

MONTEIRO, D. e PESSOA, B. (1993), Guia Prtico dos Verbos Portugueses, Lisboa, Lidel.

OLIVEIRA, C. et al. (2006), Aprender Portugus [inclui CD-udio]. Lisboa, Texto Editores.

RAMALHO, . (s/d) Dicionrio Estrutural, Estilstico e Sintctico da Lngua Portuguesa, Porto, Lello e Irmo - Editores.

RODRIGUES, F. J. e P HUMPHREYS (1993), Falar aprender – Portugus para Estrangeiros, Porto, Porto Editora.

ROSA, L. (2002), Vamos l comear! - Gramtica (Explicaes e Exerccios de gramtica para o Nvel Elementar), Lidel.

SILVA, E. e A. TAVARES (1994), Dicionrio dos Verbos Portugueses, Porto, Porto Editora.

SILVA, J. D. et al. (1990), Vamos Aprender Portugus 1: Fichas de Trabalho, 5 ed., Lisboa, Pltano Editora.

________________ (1993), Vamos aprender Portugus, 11 ed., Lisboa, Pltano.

TAMULONIS, D. M. e VIDEIRA, G. T. (1996), A Practical Guide To Colloquial Portuguese, 3 vols., Lisboa, Editorial Notcias.

Tavares, Ana (2004a), Portugus XXI. (Nvel 1), Lisboa, Lidel.

______________ (2004b) Portugus XXI [Cd-Audio], Lisboa, Lidel.

______________ (2004c) Portugus XXI: Caderno de Exerccios 1 - Mercado Internacional, Lisboa, Lidel.

 

 

 


UNIVERSIDADE DE VORA

Departamento de Lingustica e Literaturas

Portuguese Language Syllabus

 

2) Portuguese Language (Intermediate/Advanced)

COMPETENCES TO BE ACQUIRED:

- To create and develop basic communicative skills in Portuguese, allowing the pupil an integration in the Portuguese society, thus developing already acquired structures of the Portuguese language on general themes.

- To practice, both orally and in written form, new linguistic structures.

 

CONTENTS

Vocabulary areas

  1. Identification and personal characterization;
  2. Acknowledgments, rules and instructions;
  3. Shows and interviews;
  4. The meteorological time and forecasts for the future;
  5. Feeding and health;
  6. Sports

 

 

B - Functional contents

1. To compliment and to speak to the other; to introduce him/herself and to introduce others; to make an invitation, to accept or refuse an invitation; to be thankful and to answer to a gratefulness; to inform and to inquire themselves on telephones, dwellings and email; to say farewell; to ask for/to accept excuses; to authorize and to ask for authorization; to describe and to characterize people, objects, places and environments; to agree and to disagree; to state doubt or unfamiliarity; to ask for an opinion and confirmation; to reserve lodging; to speak to the telephone; to write notes and informal letter; to advise, to express opinions, to speak of passed experiences, to make forecasts for the future, to formulate doubts, to argue, to reproduce what somebody said, to compare situations.

2. To inquire and to give information on localization, dates, hours, atmospheric time, transports, passage, prices, forms; to ask for the bill; to make an order; to tell occurrences; to state ideas, feelings, opinions and aims; to agree and to disagree; to make suggestions; to present suggestions; to describe sensations; to formulate hypotheses; to consider alterations.

 

C - Grammatical contents

  1. Past (Imperfect) and Past Perfect Simple
  2. Personal infinitive and Impersonal Infinitive;
  3. Past Participle (regular and irregular);
  4. Compound Past (more-that-perfect);
  5. Derived words;
  6. Imperfect future;
  7. Connectives;
  8. Reported Speech.
  9. Passive voice

Activities

Exercises of application of grammatical rules

Speaking: reading, reply the questionnaires, commentary, verbal exposition, dialogue, debate, dramatizao of informal and formal situations

Speaking: reply the questionnaires, informal notes, comments, stories, descriptions, informal letters, formal letters, solicitations, bookings, invitation, argumentative speech, plain text, curriculum vitae

 

References

ACADEMIA DAS CINCIAS DE LISBOA / FUNDAO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN (2001), Dicionrio da Lngua Portuguesa Contempornea, Academia das Cincias de Lisboa/Editorial Verbo.

AVELAR, A. et al. (1993), Lusofonia: Curso Bsico de Portugus Lngua Estrangeira, Lisboa, Lidel.

BERGSTRM, M. e N. REIS (2002), Pronturio Ortogrfico e Guia da Lngua Portuguesa, 44 edio, Lisboa, Editorial Notcias.

BUSSE, W. et al. (1994), Dicionrio Sintctico de Verbos Portugueses, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina.

COIMBRA, O. (2001), Portugus sem Fronteiras 2: Livro do Aluno - Mercado Nacional, 2 ed., Lisboa, Lidel.

_____________ e I. COIMBRA (2001) Gramtica Activa 1: Mercado Nacional, 2 ed., Lisboa, Lidel.

CUNHA, C. e L. CINTRA (2001), Breve Gramtica do Portugus Contemporneo, Lisboa, Edies Joo S da Costa.

CUNHA, M. F. et al. (2004a), Bem Vindo 1 - Livro de Trabalho 2, Lisboa, Lidel.

_________________ (2004b), Bem Vindo 1/2 Anos [Cd-Audio], Lisboa, Lidel.

FERNANDES, F. (1979), Dicionrio de Regimes de Substantivos e Adjetivos, Porto Alegre, Editora Globo.

_______________ (1987), Dicionrio de Verbos e Regimes, 35 edio, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Globo.

HOUAISS, A. et al. (2002) Dicionrio Houaiss da Lngua Portuguesa, Crculo de Leitores, Lisboa.

LEIRIA, I. et al. (1989), Dia-a-dia – Mtodo de Portugus, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.

LEMOS, H. (2000), Comunicar em Portugus, Lisboa, Lidel.

__________ (2001), Praticar Portugus: Nvel Elementar, Lisboa, Lidel.

MALCATA, H. (2002), A Actualidade em Portugus, Lisboa, Lidel.

MATOS, M. F. (1996), Portuguesssimo: Manual de Iniciao Lngua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros, Porto, Porto Editora.

MONTEIRO, D. e PESSOA, B. (1993), Guia Prtico dos Verbos Portugueses, Lisboa, Lidel.

OLIVEIRA, C. et al. (2006), Aprender Portugus [inclui CD-udio]. Lisboa, Texto Editores.

RAMALHO, . (s/d) Dicionrio Estrutural, Estilstico e Sintctico da Lngua Portuguesa, Porto, Lello e Irmo - Editores.

RODRIGUES, F. J. e P HUMPHREYS (1993), Falar aprender – Portugus para Estrangeiros, Porto, Porto Editora.

ROSA, L. (2002), Vamos l comear! - Gramtica (Explicaes e Exerccios de gramtica para o Nvel Elementar), Lidel.

SILVA, E. e A. TAVARES (1994), Dicionrio dos Verbos Portugueses, Porto, Porto Editora.

SILVA, J. D. et al. (1990), Vamos Aprender Portugus 2: Fichas de Trabalho, 5 ed., Lisboa, Pltano Editora.

________________ (1993), Vamos aprender Portugus, 11 ed., Lisboa, Pltano.

TAMULONIS, D. M. e VIDEIRA, G. T. (1996), A Practical Guide To Colloquial Portuguese, 3 vols., Lisboa, Editorial Notcias.

Tavares, Ana (2004a), Portugus XXI. (Nvel 2), Lisboa, Lidel.

______________ (2004b) Portugus XXI [CD-Audio], Lisboa, Lidel.

______________ (2004c) Portugus XXI: Caderno de Exerccios 2 - Mercado Internacional, Lisboa, Lidel.