LN818
Portuguese: Level One (Fast track)
This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Ms Benvinda Alves PEL. 6.01
Availability
Available to Undergraguates, Postgraduates, LSE staff and outside clients.
Pre-requisites
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 content
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.
Teaching
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.
Indicative reading
Study Pack provided
A grammar book will be recommended by the teacher during at the beginning of the course.
Assessment
Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT, LT and ST.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.
Key facts
Department: Language Centre
Total students 2018/19: 8
Average class size 2018/19: 8
