Mrs Benvinda Alves PEL. 6.01

No previous knowledge required. All students welcome but they should: Demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework, completion of the dossier and all assessments. Dedicate at least one hour per week for coursework in addition to classes.

Course Aim:

• To develop the ability to use Portuguese effectively for the purpose of practical communication in spoken and written discourse.
• To enable students to gain access through language to the contemporary scene and the background of Portuguese-speaking countries, their people and their cultures.
• To establish the skills, language and attitude required to promote and facilitate further study of Portuguese.
• To bring the students to level A1 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.
• Describing what has happened.
• Expressing intentions.

Structural Content:

Articles: definite and indefinite articles. Pronouns: subject and object pronouns; demonstrative; Interrogative and relative pronouns. Nouns: gender and number. Adjectives: gender and number; comparative and superlative forms. Adverbs: adverbs of time, place, manner and frequency. Prepositions: prepositions of place and time, and some other common prepositions; contracted forms. Conjunctions: most frequent conjunctions and linking elements. Verbs: indicative mood (present simple and continuous; past simple, continuous and imperfect; future simple and immediate (ir + infinitive); contrastive analysis of ser and estar; present and future subjunctive. Comprehension of simple structures and texts (spoken and written).

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.

The course teacher will advise on the relevant text book at the beginning of the course.

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