POIA001 Practical Portuguese I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria de Fátima Baptista Nery Plch (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
POIA001/a: Tue 9:10–10:45 G31
POIA001/b: Wed 10:50–12:25 G23
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for the course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire basic language skills (grammatical structures and vocabulary). At the end of this course the student will be able to communicate in simple everyday situations (ask for basic information related to accommodation, meals, understand advertisment, commercials and short newspaper articles; fill in official forms; orientation in space)
Syllabus
  • Work sheets and other related texts are continually added to the text book (unit 1-10), which should help the students acquire the discussed subject-matter. Active student participation is expected. Each lesson consists of three areas - communication skills, lexical component on a particular topic, grammar section.
  • use of articles in Portuguese
  • personal pronouns
  • verbs SER, ESTAR, TER
  • regular and irregular verbs
  • present indicative
  • past indicativ
  • preposition
  • indefinite pronouns
  • demonstrative pronouns
  • interrogative pronouns
  • adverbs of place
Literature
    required literature
  • D.Monteiro, B.Pessoa: Guia Prátivo dos verbos portugueses, Lidel Ed. 1999
  • Jaroslava Jindrová,Mlýnková: Portugalština, LEDA-2001
    recommended literature
  • Casteleiro, J.M.: Lusofonia I, Didactica - Icalp Ed.
  • Gramática Activa I - II - LIDEL- 2002
  • Ana Tavares, Português XXI- 1,, livro do aluno e de exercícios, Lidel Ed., 2005
  • Coimbra, O.: Portugues sem Fronteiras I, Lidel Ed.
Teaching methods
The classwork has a form of seminar. There are analysed texts, grammatical structures and vocabulary. The discussed subject-matter is practised.
Assessment methods
Seminar, participation is not mandatory; credit: two mid-term tests, final credit test ( dictate, verbs, understanding a short text, a short composition, grammar section; to pass is needed at least 70%).
Language of instruction
Portuguese
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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