SELCS

Advanced Portuguese


Course code: SPAN4010
Course unit value: 1.0 cu

This course provides students with advanced oral and written Portuguese language skills.

Contact hours will be divided between lectures and interactive seminars and will cover: grammar lectures; oral and essay-writing skills; translation and comprehension or Portuguese literary/political/cultural texts.  Students will be expected to complete independent learning and coursework.

Assessment: one unseen written exam (50%), coursework (30%), oral exam (20%)

Tutor: Prof Stephen Hart, Ms Joana Ramalho

Set texts and introductory readings

Books:

  • Tavares, Ana, Português XXI 2 (segundo o novo acordo ortográfico) – Livro do Aluno, Lisbon: Lidel, 2011.
  • Tavares, Ana, Português XXI 2 (segundo o novo acordo ortográfico) – Caderno de Exercícios, Lisbon: Lidel, 2011.
  • Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Contos Exemplares, 1962.
  • Machado de Assis, Papéis Avulsos, 1882.

Films:

  • Canção de Lisboa (José Cottinelli Telmo, 1933)
  • Central do Brasil (Walter Salles, 1998)

SUGGESTED TEXTS:

  • Português-Inglês, Porto Editora
  • Inglês-Português, Porto Editora
  • Língua Portuguesa, Porto Editora