Second Foreign Language (Portuguese)

2020/2021

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

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 conduct professional activities internationally
• 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

Course Contents

• The use of tanto and tão. Indefinite adjectives and pronouns.
• The use of negative adjectives, pronouns and adverbs.
• Comparative and superlative adverbs.
• Describing a house. A conversation at the table.
• Unit 10 (test). Pretérito Perfeito (Past Tense) and its use. Conjugation of regular verbs in Pretérito Perfeito.
• Conjugation of irregular verbs in Pretérito Perfeito (part 1). Cardinal numbers 100–1000000000.
• Unstressed personal pronouns as direct and indirect objects and their position in a sentence depending on its structure.
• Looking for a job. Curriculum vitae.
• Unit 11 (test). Conjugation of irregular verbs in Pretérito Perfeito (part 2).
• Modular Test 1.
• Contractions of unstressed personal pronouns as direct and indirect objects. Stressed personal pronouns as indirect objects.
• Gerund. Construction “ao+infinitivo”.
• Portuguese cuisine. Having a dinner at a restaurant.
• Unit 12 (test). Pretérito Imperfeito and its use.
• The difference in the use of Pretérito Perfeito and Pretérito Imperfeito.
• Sequence of tenses in Reported Speech (part 1).
• The use of nouns indicating quantity.
• Money. Shopping.
• Unit 13 (test). Geographical use of the articles and the gender of the geografical names.
• Futuro simples do Indicativо and its use.
• 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.
• Modular Test 2.
• Conjugation of verbs in Futuro Simples do Indicativо with unstressed personal pronouns used as indirect object. Personal infinitive.
• Holidays. Staying at a hotel.
• Unit 14 (test). Imperative mood of the regular verbs.
• Imperative mood of the irregular verbs. Relative pronouns.
• Lisbon. Modes of transport. Asking for recommendations at the information desk.
• Unit 15 (test). Pretérito Perfeito Composto do Indicativo and its use.
• Conjugation of the reflexive verbs in Pretérito Perfeito Composto do Indicativo.
• Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito Composto do Indicativo and its use. Conjugation of the reflexive verbs in Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito Composto do Indicativo.
• Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito Simples do Indicativo and its use. Sequence of tenses in Reported Speech (part 2).
• At the theatre and at the cinema.
• Unit 16 (test). Condicional Simples and its use.
• The use of Condicional Simples with personal and reflexive pronouns.
• Futuro do pretérito. Sequence of tenses in Reported Speech (part 3).
• Unit 17 (test). Parts of the body. Visiting doctor.
• Conjunctive mood. Presente do Conjuntivo and its use.
• Modo Conjuntivo in object and attributive clauses. Impersonal constructions.
• Presente do Conjuntivo in independent clauses. Fractions.
• Decimals. The use of “meio” and “metade” (a half). Percent. The use of prepositions and articles after nouns indicating quantity.
• Modular Test 3.
• Applying for a visa, buying a plane ticket, checking in for a flight and boarding on a plane.
• Unit 1 (test). Presente do Conjuntivo in adverbial clauses.
• Geographical use of the articles and the gender of the geografical names (revision).
• Geography of Portugal: the South and the North of the country.
• Unit 2 (test). Futuro do Conjuntivo and its use.
• The use of “senão” (otherwise). Milestones of the Portuguese history.
• Unit 3 (test). The difference in the use of Presente do Conjuntivo and Futuro do Conjuntivo.
• The use of the verb tenses and moods after conjunctions “se” and “quando”. Absolute constructions.
• Infinitive absolutes. Portuguese history: Dom Sebastião and Inês de Castro.
• Unit 4 (test). Pretérito Imperfeito do Conjuntivo and its use (part 1).
• Сausative construction “fazer com que + conjuntivo”. Construction “a + infinitive”.
• Portuguese literature. Literary significance of José Saramago.
• Emergencies and accidents.
• Unit 5 (test). Pretérito Imperfeito do Conjuntivo and its use (part 2).
• 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
  The exam is conducted orally (a survey based on the course materials).

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (4 module)
  0.36 * Class participation + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.24 * Modular tests

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• 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

Recommended Additional 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
• 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
• García Benito, A. B. ed., & Ogando González, I. ed. (2019). Tecnologias para o português ; Actas del V Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Extremeña de Estudios Portugueses y de la Lusofonía (SEEPLU) Cáceres, 9-10 de noviembre de 2017. Spain, Europe: Universidad de Extremadura, Servicio de Publicaciones. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.ECD81BC8
• 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
• Os exames oficiais de proficiência em português do Brasil e de Portugal. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.362CA168
• Parafraseamento automático de registo informal em registo formal na Língua Portuguesa ; Automated paraphrasing of portuguese Informal into formal language. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.33538E62
• Political decision-making in the Portuguese New State (1933-9) : the dictator, the council of ministers and the inner-circle. (2019). Portugal, Europe: Columbia University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F1125E9B
• Português Como Língua Estrangeira (Ple): Formação Docente E Construção De Expedientes Didático-Metodológicos. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.CCCD16E9
• Question of dominance: the portuguese language in two contexts, while dominant and non-dominant language. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.68A7FC6C
• Sampaio, J., & McIntyre, B. (2014). Colloquial Portuguese : A Complete Language Course (Vol. 2nd ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=869856
• Sousa, M. C. M. dos S. (2014). Basic Portuguese : A Grammar and Workbook. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=905832
• Tait, N. de O., & Lexus (Firm). (2006). Portuguese (Vol. Updated ed). London: Penguin Random House LLC. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=319925
• Tait, N. de O., & Lexus (Firm). (2011). Portuguese (Vol. Updated ed). London: Rough Guides. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=396397
• The Portuguese “Blue Shirts” and Salazar’s “New State.” (2019). Portugal, Europe: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.FCC6BF37
• Variação linguística dos pronomes pessoais de terceira pessoa no português falado no Brasil e na Madeira. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.58F5259F
• Zancanaro, A., & Domingues, M. J. C. de S. (2018). Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) for Teaching Portuguese for Foreigners: A Case Study. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 19(2), 4–20. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1175522