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Taalvaardigheid Portugees 3 (minor gevorderden)

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2018-2019

Admission requirements

Portuguese 2 or equivalent. Contact tutor.

Description

This Portuguese language course builds on the intermediate written and oral communication skills developed over the course of Portuguese 2. Topics concerning modern Brazil are inte-grated into language learning through an interactive programme of language acquisition.

Course objectives

This course covers four key skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, to an interme-diate level. Course-book and other additional, including authentic, materials will be used in the development of communication skills through practical written and oral exercises (indi-vidual and group-based).
European Framework for Languages: A2+

Timetable

Timetable LAS

Mode of instruction

  • Seminar

Course load

Total workload 5 ECTS x 28 hours = 140 hours.

  • Attending lectures: 4 hours per week, 6weeks: 24 hours

  • Assessment: 3 hours

  • Studying Literature: 68 hours

  • Preparation for testing: 45 hours

Assessment method

Assessment

Written assessments: written assignment 15%;
Weekly assignments: 20%
Final exam 40% (tests include linguistic exercises – eg. fill-the-gap exercises – and written comprehension or short composition).
Oral assessment: 25% of mark (short presentation and question/answer session).

The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.

Weighing

Written assessments: written assignment 15%;
Weekly assignments: 20%
Final exam 40% (tests include linguistic exercises – eg. fill-the-gap exercises – and written comprehension or short composition).
Oral assessment: 25% of mark (short presentation and question/answer session).

The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.

Resit

Resit for relevant component: written exam/oral.

Exam review

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Blackboard

Blackboard will be used for:

  • providing study materials

Reading list

Emma Eberlein, Novo Avenida Brasil 3 (São Paulo: EPU). 2010 edition or later.
Isabel Coimbra and Olga M. Coimbra, Gramática Ativa 2 (Versão brasileira – Lamartine Bião Oberg) (Porto: Lidel). [very good selection of grammar exercises, with answers provided].

Additional materials are supplied by Tutors.

Registration

Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.

General information about uSis is available in Engels and Nederlands

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

Registration Studeren à la carte

Registration Contractonderwijs

Contact

For questions about the content of the course, you can contact the teacher:
A.P. Cardozo de Souza MA

Administrations Office: van Wijkplaats

Remarks

Minimum 80% attendance required. Students who do not meet this requirement will not take the exams.