Second Foreign Language (Portuguese)

2021/2022

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватель

Смирнова Ольга Викторовна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed at students acquiring basic knowledge and competences of the modern Portuguese language, including phonetics, graphics, normative grammar and vocabulary in the amount provided by the course.

Learning Objectives

• To demonstrate skills in the field, other than the major field.
• To conduct professional activities internationally.
• To report the results of the information retrieval and analysis, academic or applied research she/he has conducted: - in various genres (including reviews, policy papers, reports and publications pertaining to socio-political subject matter); - and depending on the target audience.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Able to learn and demonstrate skills in the field, other than the major field
• Student is capable of reporting the results of the information retrieval and analysis, academic or applied research she/he has conducted: - in various genres (including reviews, policy papers, reports and publications pertaining to socio-political subject matter); - and depending on the target audience
• Able to conduct professional activities internationally
• Able to conduct professional activities internationally

Course Contents

• General information about the Portuguese language and the countries speaking it. Portuguese alphabet
• The use of tanto and tão. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns.
• Portuguese phonetics (part 1). Stress in the words ending in vowels. Accent marks in Portuguese. Greetings.
• The use of negative adjectives, pronouns and adverbs.
• Meeting a new person
• Comparative and superlative adverbs.
• Portuguese phonetics (part 2). Verb "ser" (to be) and its usage with professions and nationalities.
• Describing a house. A conversation at the table.
• Gender of the Portuguese nouns (part 1). Definite articles and their plural forms. Plural form of the nouns and adjectives ending in vowels. Prepositions "a", "de" and "em" and their contractions with the definite articles.
• Unit 10 (test). Pretérito Perfeito (Past Tense) and its use. Conjugation of regular verbs in Pretérito Perfeito.
• Presenting a new person. The verb "estar" and its usage. Portuguese phonetics (part 3).
• Conjugation of irregular verbs in Pretérito Perfeito (part 1). Cardinal numbers 100–1000000000.
• Unit 1 (test). Tag questions in Portuguese.
• Unstressed personal pronouns as direct and indirect objects and their position in a sentence depending on its structure.
• Portuguese phonetics (part 4). Stress in the words ending in consonants.
• Looking for a job. Curriculum vitae.
• Personal pronouns in Portuguese. Contractions of prepositions "de" and "em" with personal pronouns. Question words (part 1).
• Unit 11 (test). Conjugation of irregular verbs in Pretérito Perfeito (part 2).
• Portuguese phonetics (part 5). Indefinite articles. Cardinal numbers 0-20. How to say your phone number in Portuguese.
• Modular Test 1.
• Feminine gender of the Portuguese adjectives. The verb "ter" (to have) and its usage. Asking about one's age.
• Contractions of unstressed personal pronouns as direct and indirect objects. Stressed personal pronouns as indirect objects.
• Alternative questions. Colours. Describing oneself and people around
• Gerund. Construction “ao+infinitivo”.
• Demonstrative pronouns and adverbs of place. Conjugation of regular verbs ending in -ar in the Present Tense.
• Portuguese cuisine. Having a dinner at a restaurant.
• Filling out a visa application form (personal information)
• Unit 12 (test). Pretérito Imperfeito and its use.
• Unit 2 (test). Revision (Units 1 and 2)
• The difference in the use of Pretérito Perfeito and Pretérito Imperfeito.
• Modular Test 1
• Sequence of tenses in Reported Speech (part 1).
• Portuguese phonetics (part 6). Stress in the words ending in -ã, -em, -im, -om, -um.
• The use of nouns indicating quantity.
• The differences between the verbs "ser" and "estar". Portuguese locatives. Description of a room (part 1).
• Money. Shopping.
• Adjectives bom (good) e mau (bad) and adverbs bem (well) и mal (badly). Gender of the Portuguese nouns (part 2). Plural form of the nouns and adjectives ending in –m.
• Unit 13 (test). Geographical use of the articles and the gender of the geografical names.
• Possessive pronouns. The verbal periphrasis "estar+a+infinitivo". The usage of the verb "estar" to describe weather, emotions and temporary states.
• Futuro simples do Indicativо and its use.
• Impersonal structure with the verb "há". Conjugation of regular verbs ending in -er in the Present Tense.
• The use of reflexive and unstressed personal pronouns with verbs in Futuro Simples do Indicativо. Conjugation of verbs in Futuro Simples do Indicativо with unstressed personal pronouns used as direct object.
• Cardinal numbers 21-100. Days of the week and dates. Food.
• Modular Test 2.
• Unit 3 (test). Portuguese phonetics (part 7).
• Conjugation of verbs in Futuro Simples do Indicativо with unstressed personal pronouns used as indirect object. Personal infinitive.
• Portuguese phonetics (part 8). Stress in the words ending in -ão, -ães, -õe, -am и -em. Plural form of the nouns ending in -ão. Feminine form of the adjectives ending in –ão.
• Holidays. Staying at a hotel.
• A test on phonetics. The usage of ter+que+infinitivo and ter+de+infinitivo.
• Unit 14 (test). Imperative mood of the regular verbs.
• The usage of the verb "haver" when talking about time. Question words (part 2). Asking "What time is it now?" in Portuguese.
• Imperative mood of the irregular verbs. Relative pronouns.
• Unit 4 (test). Expressing gratitude, apologizing, asking for permission and favor.
• Lisbon. Modes of transport. Asking for recommendations at the information desk.
• Conjugation of regular verbs ending in -ir in the Present Tense. The usage of muito and pouco.
• Unit 15 (test). Pretérito Perfeito Composto do Indicativo and its use.
• Conjugation of the verb "ir" (to go). The verbal periphrasis "ir+infinitivo" (to talk about near future). Collocations with the verb "ir".
• Conjugation of the reflexive verbs in Pretérito Perfeito Composto do Indicativo.
• Arithmetic operations. Ordinal numbers up to 10. Adverbs of time.
• Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito Composto do Indicativo and its use. Conjugation of the reflexive verbs in Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito Composto do Indicativo.
• The usage of repositions "a", "de", "em" and "para" to talk about time. Describing one's working week.
• Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito Simples do Indicativo and its use. Sequence of tenses in Reported Speech (part 2).
• Talking on the phone. Unit 5 (revision).
• At the theatre and at the cinema.
• Unit 5 (test). Conjugation of the verbs ending in -ear in the Present Tense.
• Unit 16 (test). Condicional Simples and its use.
• Conjugation of irregular verbs in the Present Tense (part 1). Preposition "por" and its usage. The verbal periphrases "começar+a+infinitivo" and "acabar+de+infinitivo".
• The use of Condicional Simples with personal and reflexive pronouns.
• Revision (Units 3-5).
• Futuro do pretérito. Sequence of tenses in Reported Speech (part 3).
• Modular test 2
• Unit 17 (test). Parts of the body. Visiting doctor.
• Seasons of the year. National holidays in Portugal and Russia. Writing a Christmas card.
• Conjunctive mood. Presente do Conjuntivo and its use.
• Unit 6 (test). Writing a letter to a friend. Portuguese addresses.
• Modo Conjuntivo in object and attributive clauses. Impersonal constructions.
• Conjugation of the verb "fazer" (to do) in the Present Tense. Collocations with the verb "fazer". Conjugation of the verb "pôr" (to put) in the Present Tense
• Presente do Conjuntivo in independent clauses. Fractions.
• The usage of todo and tudo. Ordinal numbers up to 100.
• Decimals. The use of “meio” and “metade” (a half). Percent. The use of prepositions and articles after nouns indicating quantity.
• Reflexive verbs and their conjugation in the Present Tense.
• Modular Test 3.
• Describing one's day.
• Applying for a visa, buying a plane ticket, checking in for a flight and boarding on a plane.
• An interview.
• Unit 1 (test). Presente do Conjuntivo in adverbial clauses.
• Revision (Unit 7)
• Geographical use of the articles and the gender of the geografical names (revision).
• Unit 7 (test).
• Geography of Portugal: the South and the North of the country.
• Conjugation of irregular verbs in the Present Tense (part 2).
• Unit 2 (test). Futuro do Conjuntivo and its use.
• The verbal periphrasis "haver+infinitivo". The usage of a definite article as a pronoun (when the noun is repeated).
• The use of “senão” (otherwise). Milestones of the Portuguese history.
• Comparative adjectives.
• Unit 3 (test). The difference in the use of Presente do Conjuntivo and Futuro do Conjuntivo.
• Superlative adjectives.
• The use of the verb tenses and moods after conjunctions “se” and “quando”. Absolute constructions.
• Describing people's appearance. Describing a family.
• Infinitive absolutes. Portuguese history: Dom Sebastião and Inês de Castro.
• Unit 8 (test). Asking for directions.
• Unit 4 (test). Pretérito Imperfeito do Conjuntivo and its use (part 1).
• The route to the university.
• Сausative construction “fazer com que + conjuntivo”. Construction “a + infinitive”.
• The past participle. The passive voice. Conjugation of irregular verbs in the Present Tense (part 3).
• Portuguese literature. Literary significance of José Saramago.
• My studies. Arriving late to a lesson.
• Emergencies and accidents.
• Unit 9 (test). Revision (Units 6-9).
• Unit 5 (test). Pretérito Imperfeito do Conjuntivo and its use (part 2).
• Modular Test 3
• Modular Test 4.

Assessment Elements

• Modular tests
  Modular test as a form of the ongoing assessment, which is carried out once per modular and includes reading task (2-4 module: 30 minutes), listening task (2-4 module: 10 minutes) and writing task (2-4 module: 35 minutes). The total duration of the modular test is 80 minutes.
• Class participation
  It includes ongoing assessment of the 4 following aspects: Reading (A reading task consists of a text and the following questions. The assessment duration is approximately 20 minutes.) Listening (Listening as a form of the ongoing assessment is recommended to take place at least once per topic. The listening task includes listening to an audio recording or watching a video recording and completing the following task. Duration of the audio recording is approximately 10 minutes, the total assessment duration is no more than 15 minutes) Speaking (Speaking includes answers to the questions of the examiner, a dialogue between students based on a card (duration 2-3 minutes, at least 3 times per modular), a detailed answer to the question (duration of the answer is up to 2 minutes, at least three questions).) Writing (The student submits writing tasks (informal letters)).
• Final exam
  Экзамен проводится в устной форме (опрос по материалам курса). Экзамен проводится на платформе Zoom (https://zoom.us/). К экзамену необходимо подключиться согласно расписанию ответов, высланному преподавателем на корпоративные почты студентов накануне экзамена. Компьютер студента должен удовлетворять требованиям: наличие рабочей камеры и микрофона, поддержка Zoom. Для участия в экзамене студент обязан: поставить на аватар свою фотографию, явиться на экзамен согласно точному расписанию, при ответе включить камеру и микрофон. Во время экзамена студентам запрещено: выключать камеру, пользоваться конспектами и подсказками. Кратковременным нарушением связи во время экзамена считается нарушение связи менее минуты. Долговременным нарушением связи во время экзамена считается нарушение от 1 минуты. При долговременном нарушении связи студент не может продолжить участие в экзамене.
• Modular tests
• Class participation
• Final exam
• Modular tests
• Class participation
• Final exam

Interim Assessment

• 2020/2021 4th module
  0.4 * Final exam + 0.24 * Modular tests + 0.36 * Class participation
• 2021/2022 4th module
  0.4 * Final exam + 0.24 * Modular tests + 0.36 * Class participation

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Recommended Core Bibliography

• Ackerlind, S. R., & Jones-Kellogg, R. (2011). Portuguese : A Reference Manual (Vol. 1st ed). Austin: University of Texas Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=405314
• Azevedo, M. M. (2005). Portuguese : A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=129311
• Hutchinson, A. P., Lloyd, J., & Sousa, M. C. M. dos S. (2019). Portuguese : An Essential Grammar (Vol. Third edition). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1776170

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Algunas características lingüísticas diferenciadoras del portugués de Portugal y el portugués de Brasil. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.28D53D6D
• Aspetos da sintaxe do português popular falado no Funchal. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B6FB44B3
• Burridge, J. T. (2009). Portuguese. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=524069
• Cranmer, D. J. (2019). The Portuguese Figaro. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrca&AN=rcaap.com.unl.10362.58555
• Denise Coronha Lima. (2015). Power Portuguese. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Jaguatirica. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2124155
• Ellis, M. (2015). Portuguese Slanguage (Vol. Digital edition 1.0). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=966138
• Ensinar português/LE na Universitat de Barcelona. Ensinar português/LE em Portugal. (2019). Portugal, Europe: Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.10939B3C
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• Keller, K. (2013). Portuguese For Dummies (Vol. 2nd ed). New York: For Dummies. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=531634
• López, J. (2019). Toyotomi Hideyoshi y Europa: contactos entre el gobierno japonés y los portugueses y castellanos en el Japón de finales del siglo XVI. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edstdx&AN=edstdx.10803.667523
• Moita-Lopes, L. P. (2015). Global Portuguese : Linguistic Ideologies in Late Modernity. New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=928900
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