PO1A001 Practical Portuguese I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/4/2. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Maria de Fátima Baptista Nery Plch (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Iva Svobodová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. Mgr. Silvie Špánková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Iva Svobodová, 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
PO1A001/01: Tue 8:00–11:40 G11, M. Baptista Nery Plch
PO1A001/02: Fri 8:00–11:40 L31, M. Baptista Nery Plch
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)
Learning outcomes
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 1-6), 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
  • Carla Oliveira, L. Coelho, M.J. Ballmann, Aprender Português 1 níveis A1/A2
  • D.Monteiro, B.Pessoa: Guia Prátivo dos verbos portugueses, Lidel Ed. 1999
    recommended literature
  • Gramática Activa I - II - LIDEL- 2002
  • Ana Tavares, Português XXI- 1,, livro do aluno e de exercícios, Lidel Ed., 2005
  • Jaroslava Jindrová,Mlýnková: Portugalština, LEDA-2001
  • Casteleiro, J.M.: Lusofonia I, Didactica - Icalp Ed.
  • 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.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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