54944 - Portuguese Language II

Learning outcomes

The student will know the elementar and basical elements of the portuguese language and culture, and will be able to understand simple written texts and produce oral conversation.

Course contents

Using some useful texts the student will learn and study to know how to use it, in some of this specific themes:

 - personal presentation;

- how to introduce someone;

- personal day life description, own family and town;

- lets go to the doctor! (kind of doctor, deseases, medicines);

- food (menus, ingredients, recipies);

- free time, hobbies, sports;

- future projects of personal aims;

- expressions of joy, sadness, opinions, critics;

- shooping;

- travels and hollidays;

- how the weather like;

- several kind of commerce (caracteristics, what to buy and how to pay).

 

Also with some several exercises written and verbal, the gramatical structures to study are the following ones: 

- names and adjectives number and type;

- the feminine form;

- thle plural form;

- the articles;

- the adverbs;

- the interrogative pronouns;

- the indefiny pronouns;

- the demonstrative pronouns;

- the possessive pronouns;

- the personal pronouns;

- the numbers;

- the verbal forms: Presente, Pretérito Perfeito Simples, Pretérito Perfeito Composto, Imperfeito, Futuro;

- the Past Participle regular, irregular and dubble;

- the Infinitif Personal and Impersonal;

- the Imperative form: affermative and negative;

- the Past Participle regular, irregular and double form;

- the Conditional form;

- the Gerundio form;

- the phrasel verbs;

- the prepositions.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Obbligatory reading: 

- Coimbra, Olga Matos e Leite, Isabel Coimbra, Novo Português Sem Fronteiras 1, Lidel, Lisboa, Julho 2009, com 2 cd. ISBN 978-972-757-530-5

- Coimbra, Olga Matos e Leite, Isabel Coimbra, Gramática Activa I, Lidel, Lisboa.

- Block of copies made by the teacher.

- small dictionary portuguese - italian.

Bibliography for individual study: 

- Malcata, Hermínia, Guia Prático de Fonética, Acentuação e Pontuação, ed. Lidel, 2008, com cd.

-  Dicionário Porto Editora

- Mea, Giuseppe, Dizionario Portoghese-Italiano / Italiano-Portoghese, Zanichelli/Porto Editora,(2 vols. bilingue)

Other recommended reading:

- Lanciani, Giulia e Tavani, Giuseppe, Grammatica Portoghese, CEA, Milano, 1993

- Abreu, Maria Helena e Murteira, Rita Benamor, Grammatica del Portoghese Moderno, Zanichelli, Bologna, 1994

- Cunha, Celso e Cintra, Lindley, Gramática do Português Contemporâneo, ed.  Sá da Costa, Lisboa, 1985

- Ventura, Helena – Caseiro, Manuela, Guia prático de verbos com preposições, ed. Lidel, Lisboa.

Teaching methods

Personal lessons, several exercises in class and as homework.

Assessment methods

Final written and oral examination.

The final written examination will be composed by one text with comprehension questions; several grammatical esercices to fill, change or multiple choise; one composition.

The oral examination will be composed by a personal presentation and interview in portuguese with the teacher.

Teaching tools

Cd rom

Dvd

Cassettes

Film video

Office hours

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