This module aims to refine your linguistic and cultural competencies acquired in Portuguese at previous levels. By fortifying productive (written and oral), receptive (aural and reading) and interpretative (translation, précis, textual analysis) skills, you will achieve capacity for graduate employment or higher degrees of specialisation. To accomplish this, you will work with a variety of oral, aural and textual materials, primarily aimed at consolidating communicational skills in the Portuguese language. You will use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes, while also fine-tuning your transferable skills.

1. Read, understand and speak Portuguese to a level comparable with C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR)
2. Express themselves fluently and spontaneously in formal contexts without much obvious searching for expressions.
3. Collect, select, evaluate and present information or interpretations of material on a specific topic for oral presentation.
4. Collect, select, evaluate and present information or interpretations of material on a specific topic in writing.
5. Mediate between source and Portuguese language by means of translating and/or interpreting across a wide range of topics.
6. Comment critically on aspects of the cultures, communities and societies where the language is used.

The module will be delivered through a range of interactive teaching sessions supplemented by online teaching and learning activities and materials – and may include, where relevant, asynchronous materials such as lecture recordings. Full details on the delivery mode of this module will be available on Learning Central at the start of the academic year – and may be, in part, determined by Welsh Government and Public Health Wales guidance.  

Independent Learning: You will be expected to spend a significant amount of time studying and participating in individual and collaborative activities outside the live sessions. Materials will be provided on Learning Central which will help you develop their expertise as independent language learners. You  will be asked to consolidate their language learning by learning vocabulary and linguistic structures, and by reading, watching and/or listening to material in the Portuguese language. You  will also be expected to prepare and complete exercises and activities online, to complete written, listening and oral tasks and to engage with tutors and peers through discussion boards and forums. Over the course of the year you will begin to acquire a repertoire of effective language learning strategies.

Language skills

• Express yourself  fluently and spontaneously in Portuguese on a wide range of topics and registers.
• Understand a wide range of longer texts and recognise nuances in meaning and use.
• Write clear, well-structured, detailed texts in Portuguese on complex subjects.
• Refine knowledge and understanding of language varieties, register, genre, nuances of meaning and language use.
• Use the Portuguese language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.
• Engage in online exchanges between several participants effectively linking your contributions to previous ones on the thread.

Intercultural awareness, understanding and competence

• Critically understand other cultures and practices other than your own.
• Articulate to others the contribution that the Lusophone cultures have made at a regional and global level.
• Appreciate and evaluate critically your own culture.

Language-related skills

• Develop awareness and understanding of your own approaches for learning the Portuguese language.
• Develop awareness and understanding of your own learning style and learning opportunities of Portuguese language.

Generic skills

• Use Portuguese language creatively and precisely for a range of purposes and audiences.
• Extract and synthesise key information from written, spoken and other sources.
• Organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and reasoned argument.
• Develop digital literacy.
• Develop problem-solving skills.
• Use Portuguese source materials appropriately.
• Write and think under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Manage your own learning.
• Effective communication, presentation and interaction.
• Ability to work creatively and flexibly with others as part of a team.
• Linguistic mediation skills.
• Make effective use of language reference materials such as grammars, standard and specialised dictionaries.

The method(s) of assessing the learning outcomes for this module are set out in the Assessment Table, which also contains the weightings of each assessment component.

Mapping of Assessments to Intended Learning Outcomes

Oral: assesses LOs 1, 2, 3 ,6

Aural Assessment: assesses 1, 6

Translation into Portuguese: 4, 5

Translation into English:  1, 5

Written exam: 1, 2, 4, 6

Reassessment

You may be required to resit one or more of the assessments in this module if you fail the module. The Examination Board will advise you which assessments you need to resit during the August resit period. Resit assessments that are not supported by extenuating circumstances will be capped at the pass mark applicable to your programme.

Revision and improvement on the students’ grammar skills at a C1 level, which will enable them to communicate in Portuguese with a near-native competence. Specific topics in this course include the complex sentence, the noun and verb clause, use of the subjunctive and the personal infinitive, the passive and reported speech amongst others.

The course will also focus on

• - Reading and Listening comprehension skills
• - Essay writing
• -Translation into English and Portuguese

A more detailed description of the topics and content covered in the classes will be provided on the coursekit.