Ms Benvinda Alves TW3 6.01

Available to Undergraguates, Postgraduates, LSE staff and outside clients. 

No previous knowledge required. It may be suitable for re-starters. Demonstrate full commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework, completion of portfolio and all assessments. Dedicate at least two hours per week for coursework, in addition to classes. Student profile: students should be able to demonstrate a successful track record of learning European languages other than English.

Course aims:

• To develop the ability to use Portuguese effectively for purposes of practical communication in familiar work and social contexts.
• To deal with a range of predictable simple language tasks using a limited range of language to meet the needs of differing but familiar situations and topics.
• To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of Portuguese.
• To bring the students to level A1/A2 of CEFR.

Communicative content:

• Asking for and giving personal information, directions and opinions.
• Describing people, objects and places.
• Talking about likes and dislikes.
• Expressing preferences,
• Talking about present actions.
• Expressing frequency.
• Describing what has happened.
• Talking about past events.
• Making comparisons.
• Talking about future plans.

Structural content: Present tense, Gender and plural of nouns and adjectives, Direct and indirect object pronouns, Reflexive pronouns, The present continuous, The gerund, Frequency adverbs, Introduction to past tenses: pretérito perfeito e imperfeito, Time expressions. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns. Introduction to future tenses.

16 hours of classes in the MT. 22 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.

This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

Study Pack provided

A grammar book will be recommended by the teacher during at the beginning of the course.

Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT, LT and ST.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.