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Introduction to Portuguese

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In this course, you will get to know Porto better in the company of a fun group of students and learn to communicate in Portuguese in basic everyday situations. Sign up!
  • Duration: 4 months
  • Effort: 32 hours
  • Pace: ~8 hours/month
  • Languages: Portuguese
  • 863 already enrolled!
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What you will learn

  • provide basic knowledge of the Portuguese language in basic everyday communication situations;
  • offer basic linguistic and pragmatic contents;
  • present some aspects of Portuguese culture;
  • promote opportunities for integration and cultural exchange.

Description

In this course, you will get to know Porto better in the company of a fun group of students and learn to communicate in Portuguese in basic everyday situations, based on the presentation of language contents and guided practice.

At the end of this course, you will be able to: introduce yourself and others; ask questions and give answers about personal details (nationality, place where you live, languages spoken, profession); establish social contacts using appropriate forms of greeting, presentation and farewell; communicate in a simple way to satisfy basic communicative needs in everyday life (including going to a café and a restaurant, buying tickets, shopping, asking for information, moving around the city...); pronounce, in an isolated way, most of the sounds of the Portuguese language, and, in context, to say words, sentences and small texts; learn a basic repertoire of vocabulary related to everyday life; use elementary language structures.

Prerequisites

All those who want to learn to communicate and interact in European Portuguese in basic everyday situations. No prior knowledge of Portuguese is required.

Assessment and certification

Each participant who successfully completes the course is given a certificate. To be successful, you must do the final quiz of each learning unit, a total of 8, and obtain a score of 50% or more in each one.

Course plan

Unit 1. Introduce yourself and present someone
Unit 2. Making choices and indicate a location
Unit 3. Buying a subway ticket and going to the café
Unit 4. Going shopping and asking for directions
Unit 5. Going to a restaurant
Unit 6. Leisure time activities
Unit 7. Buying gifts and making invitations
Unit 8. Having a picnic and saying goodbye

Course team

Ana Isabel Fernandes

Categories

Teacher Portuguese as a foreign language

João Veloso

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Linguistics professor

Fátima Silva

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Linguistics professor

Organizations

Universidade do Porto

Curso financiado por

License

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