ML9522: Portuguese Beginners A1 Part 2
School | Languages for All |
Department Code | MLANG |
Module Code | ML9522 |
External Subject Code | 101142 |
Number of Credits | 10 |
Level | L4 |
Language of Delivery | English |
Module Leader | |
Semester | |
Academic Year | null |
Outline Description of Module
This is a module designed for students who completed Portuguese Beginners A1 Part 1 or have completed a short introductory course in Portuguese language. This module aims to provide you with a very basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type.
This module is the second part of the preparation for CEFR A1.
On completion of the module a student should be able to
- Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
- 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.
- Interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
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How the module will be delivered
All courses on the Languages for All programme are delivered on a hybrid mode, mixing face-to-face and virtual teaching. You will be expected to actively participate in role-plays, interactive activities and group discussions. Course material is accessible on the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, Learning Central, and should be cross-platform compatible.
18 contact hours – 2 hours per week of interactive language workshops.
Skills that will be practised and developed
Intellectual Skills:
- Enhanced cognitive skills leading to innovation, creativity and problem solving.
- Critical analysis applied to discourse, texts, images and events.
- Advanced listening and reading skills: the ability to scan complex texts (including audio) for gist, to synthesise information and focus on salient points.
Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:
- Recognise familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly.
- Understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences;
- Interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech; ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
- Write in short and simple sentences.
Transferable Skills:
- Ability to learn additional languages for personal/employment reasons.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to diversity based on culture.
- Ability to navigate and mediate between more than one culture to interpret meaning and intent beyond the purely linguistic.
- Heightened literacy, textual analysis and oracy in mother tongue.
- Presentation skills.
- Ability to work cooperatively, as a member of a team or with a partner.
- Problem solving and the ability to look at things from multiple perspectives
How the module will be assessed
Written class test (30%) and course work (30%).
Oral and aural continuous assessment (40%).
Assessment Breakdown
Type | % | Title | Duration(hrs) |
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Written Assessment | 15 | Portuguese Beginners Coursework 1 | N/A |
Written Assessment | 15 | Portuguese Beginners Coursework 2 | N/A |
Oral/Aural Assessment | 20 | Portuguese Beginners Speaking Assessment | N/A |
Oral/Aural Assessment | 20 | Portuguese Beginners Listening Assessment | N/A |
Class Test | 30 | Portuguese Beginners Class Test | N/A |
Syllabus content
- Accommodation (how to answer an advert, describe objects, as well as months and seasons of the year);
- Transport (how to use public transports, taxi and buy tickets);
- Travel to Portugal (understand timetables, explain where you want to go);
Essential Reading and Resource List
Português em foco by Luisa Coelho and Carla Oliveira Lidel Level A1/A2, 2015, (Units 5- 7)
ISBN: 9789727578917
Background Reading and Resource List
Essential Portuguese Grammar - Dover Language Guides Essential Grammar (Paperback) Alexander da R. Prista
Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide by John Whitlam , 2010