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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Week 1 Introductory lesson. Revision. Welcome activities. Introducing each other. Polite phrases. Revision of past tenses. Personal and impersonal infinitive. Week 2 Past participle: regular and irregular. Television programme. Cinema. Theatre performance. Portuguese musical genre of fado. Week 3 Past perfect tense. Words derived by preposition. Talking about actions preceding other events in the past. Expressing an opinion. Week 4 Future simple tense. Weather. Weather forecast. Natural disasters. Revision of verb forms covered so far. Week 5 Future simple tense. Phrase Será que. Superstitions. Horoscope. Asking questions and expressing doubts. Predicting the future. Week 6 Conditional mood. Conditional vs. imperfect. In a restaurant. Healthy and balanced eating. Week 7 Indirect speech. Food pyramid. Vegetarian diet. Analysing information from graphs and charts. Week 8 Mid-term test. Week 9. Past tense compound. Stress. Sport and health. Expressing events that started in the past and are still continuing. Week 10 Past tense compound. Sport disciplines. Extreme sports. Newspaper articles. Revision of verb forms covered so far. Week 11 Invariant reflexive pronouns que, quem, onde. At the doctor's. Medical disciplines. State of health. Week 12 Position of personal pronouns. The health care system in Portugal. Alternative medicine. Telephoning: making an appointment to see a doctor. Week 13. Final test.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Individual study, Students' self-study
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 35 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - distinguish between the present simple tense, the present continuous tense and the periphrastic future tense - distinguish between the past simple tense forms of regular and irregular verbs - identify the forms of the imperfect - distinguish between different ways of expressing the present, future and past - identify the forms of the personal infinitive - communicate and describe facts related to personal as well as professional life - discuss everyday activities, leisure, personal and professional life |
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| - describe events taking place at present and in the near future - express an event that happened in the past - describe repeated events in the past - describe facts about personal and professional life - react correctly during basic social interactions (courtesy phrases) - summarise and analyse the information obtained by listening to a simple text in personal or working life - find relevant information in a short text about personal or working life |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - describe events taking place at present and in the near future - express an event that happened in the past - describe repeated events in the past - describe facts about personal and professional life - react correctly during basic social interactions (courtesy phrases) - summarise or analyse the information obtained by listening to a simple text in personal or working life - find relevant information in a short text about personal or working life - understand some Portuguese customs and cultural practices - list activities and habits related to healthy lifestyles and sporting activities |
| Skills |
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| - correctly use the grammatical forms of verbs (present, past, future tense and present conditional mood) in their speech - transform direct speech into indirect speech - express an opinion using argumentation - analyse information from a graph - describe events that began in the past and continue in the present - discuss the culture of Portugal - discuss healthy living, sport, and stress - summarise or analyse information obtained by listening to a simple text about personal and working life or about culture, geography or sport - find relevant information in a short text about personal and working life, culture, geography, social life or sport. |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
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| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
| Individual study |
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| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Test |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Dicionário Prático Ilustrado. Lello, Porto, 1985.
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Havlíková, Marie - Alves, Carlos. Portugalština pro samouky. LEDA, Praha, 2008.
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Tavares, Ana. Portugues XXI, vol.2. .
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