Portuguese Beginners - Year 1 Short Courses
Taught mostly in (Brazilian) Portuguese, this is a course for total beginners, running once a week. Portuguese for Beginners is an introduction to the language and way of life for the purpose of practical communication. Whether you are studying for travelling, working abroad or with foreign companies or broadening your horizons, the Portuguese for Beginners course will enable you to communicate confidently, socialise and not feel out of place in the country you are visiting. Please note that the focus is on Brazilian Portuguese, although this beginner's course allows for regular references to European Portuguese.
If you missed an October enrolment and you already have some knowledge of Portuguese, you can join the Portuguese For Beginners class in Term 2 or 3 but you will need to have your level assessed. You can either do this by contacting us on 020 7040 8268 or by checking your level using our online guidelines.
Course Information
| Start Date | Start Time | Duration | Cost | Course Code | Apply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 4 October 2011 | 18:20 - 20:20 | 10 classes over 1 term | £195.00 (Module 1) | CE1837 | Apply Now |
| Tuesday 24 January 2012 | 18:20 - 20:20 | 10 classes over 1 term | £195.00 (Module 2) | CE1837 | Apply Now |
| Tuesday 1 May 2012 | 18:20 - 20:20 | 10 classes over 1 term | £195.00 (Module 3) | CE1837 | Apply Now |
| Tuesday 4 October 2011 | 18:20 - 20:20 | 30 classes over 3 terms | £500.00 (All Modules) | CE1837 | Apply Now |
Tutor Info
Joyce Vinocur has a BA in Literature and Translation (Mackenzie, Brasil, 1999) and a CELTA teacher qualification (City and Islington, 2005). She has taught both English and Portuguese in various institutions in London such as City and Islington, Rainbow Language in Business and at City University since April 2007.
Eight years experience teaching Portuguese as a foreign language includes preparing diplomats for their roles in Brazil and Africa and law firms such as linklaters and clifton chance experience in group tuition also as an ESOL tutor.
Eligibility
No prior Portuguese knowledge required.
What will I learn?
Module 1
Module 1 will cover topics including: greetings; introducing yourself and a friend or relative; telling where you live and work; say the time; talk about leisure and plans for the weekend and accept or decline and invitation for leisure and lunch; order food and drinks in a restaurant; at the hotel, booking and dealing with problems; months of the year; numbers 0-1000; eating out; housing, at the estate agent's; flat adverts; describing people (personalities) and objects; health (at the doctor's); work; clothes; requests in a shop; living in Brazil and Portugal; writing a recipe; ser; estar; prepositions (de, da, do, em, na, no etc.); regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the present simple; possessive pronouns (meu, seu, sua, nossa); demonstrative pronouns.
Module 2
Module 2 will cover topics including: talking about past events; childhood memories; family backgrounds; immigration; expressing order, desire, doubts and expectations; tourism in Brazil; ecology; cultural differences in Brazil; ir + infinitive; poder, gostar de, querer, preferir, ficar; introducing the past tense pretérito perfeito; irregular verbs in the past: ser, ir, ter, dar, estar, fazer, querer, poder; introducing the imperfect tense; introducing the conditional tense; mais, menos, tào quanto; adverbs of frequency; direct object pronouns; the future tense; the past perfect tense mais-que-perfeito composto e simples.
Module 3
In module 3 you will learn: grammar - imperfeito, futuro do preterito,
mais que perfeito; skills - describe body ailments and
understand doctor's advice, discuss art, family history and
Brazilian culture, buy clothes, choose an appropriate type of holiday.
Teaching and Assessment
Classroom activities will include: drilling, role-playing, listening comprehension, note-taking, gap-filling exercises, writing, reading comprehension, matching exercises, work on pronunciation and intonation and grammar taught in context.
Recommended Reading
Units 1-10 are covered in the textbook Avenida Brasil 1, Emma Eberlein O.F. Lima,E.P.U (ISBN 8512547006) - new edition with CD, ISBN: 978 8512 545202
Students are advised to purchase their own copy of the book, either from the University bookshop (Northampton Square) or from most major bookshops.
Career Outcome
At the end of the course students are expected to be able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. They should be able to introduce themselves, people they know and things they have. They are able to interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.