Portuguese 3 (Autumn)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MLAC3105 | Modern Languages and Cultures | 3 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- MLAC3105
- School
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module is designed to enhance and reinforce the language skills developed during the year abroad. A number of key areas will be targeted. These include in particular essay writing and oral presentations. Students will be expected to conduct discussion in written and spoken Portuguese at a high level of sophistication in terms of sentence structure, vocabulary and intellectual debate.
Target Students
For registration by Exchange students ONLY with a good knowledge of Portuguese.
Classes
- Two 1-hour seminars each week for 13 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies operates an attendance policy. The details of this policy can be found in the student handbook on Workspace and in module handbooks.
Assessment
- 20% Assignment: 1 x 500 word report
- 20% Inclass Exam 1 (Written): 1 x in class grammar test
- 60% Inclass Exam 2 (Written): 1 x in class language test, December
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This course aims to build on the language competence achieved during the year abroad. There will be an emphasis on developing a more sophisticated register of vocabulary, more complex sentence structure and more developed intellectual argument in spoken and written Portuguese.Learning Outcomes
- Students will read and comprehend a variety of texts in Portuguese from newspaper and magazine articles, as well as complex current affairs texts in Portuguese, examining a range of socio-political and cultural issues;
- They will follow Portuguese spoken at authentic speed, both of these skills covering a wide range of registers, as well as local and national linguistic variation (A1, D2).
- Students will offer detailed analysis of journalistic texts from a variety of Brazilian and Portuguese media sources (B3).
- Students will communicate effectively in oral and written Portuguese to a high level of grammatical accuracy, lexical variation and idiomatic appropriateness.
- They will engage in and respond to written and oral situations constructing a well-researched and reasoned argument (C1, C2, C3).
- They will demonstrate effective oral and written communication in Portuguese (D1).
Conveners
- Mr Jose De Souza
Last updated 07/01/2025.