The Portuguese player, with more than 240 million speakers It is the sixth most widely spoken mother tongue and ranks among the 10 most widely spoken languages in the world. The ability to speak, write and read Portuguese is a skill that could be put to use in a wide range of professional fields. This is because Portuguese is one of the official languages of the European Union and the MERCOSUR, a trade alliance of countries from Latin America which includes Brazil. This illustrates the great advantage that a Portuguese speaker has access to more opportunities, particularly in the business and professional spheres. This advanced Portuguese course will equip students with advanced knowledge of Portuguese, enabling them to cope with all everyday tasks in the Portuguese language.
Intensive Portuguese Course B2. Official CEFR Level
Languages
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
The main aim of this course is for students to acquire the knowledge they need to survive in Portugal. It explains how to shop in shops and eat out at at home, reading newspapers, or watching television; a wide range of situations relating to the everyday life, sending postcards or letters. They will learn terms relating to work or study and will also enjoy their free time.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. STRUCTURE OF THE TOURISM MARKET
1. Let’s get to know each other!
2. Let’s meet Luíza and Diogo.
3. Grammar: Imperfect tense.
4. Grammar: Imperfect tense.
5. Listening comprehension.
6. Orality.
7. Talking about the past. Put the sentences in the correct order and find out what Carlos’s life was like.
8. Listening comprehension. Famous people from Portugal.
9. Grammar appendix. Imperfect tense.
TEACHING UNIT 2. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY LAUNDRIES?
1. Do you know of any laundrettes?
2. Grammar: Personal infinitive
3. Complete
4. Listening comprehension.
5. Phonetics.
6. Grammar appendix.
TEACHING UNIT 3. DID YOU WATCH THE FILM ON TELEVISION YESTERDAY??
1. Did you watch the film on the telly yesterday?
2. Grammar: Past perfect tense
3. Understanding programming
4. Entertainment
5. Orality
6. Grammar appendix
TEACHING UNIT 4. I WONDER IF IT’S GOING TO RAIN??
1. Do you think it’s going to rain?
2. Grammar: Future indicative
3. Vocabulary.
4. Vocabulary
5. Read the newspaper
6. Predicting the future
7. Sounds and spelling: c, ç, s or ss?
8. Grammar appendix
TEACHING UNIT 5. YOU SHOULD EAT A SALAD
1. Listen
2. Read and understand a journal article
3. Grammar: the conditional
4. Grammar: reported speech
5. Sounds and spelling: ‘ch’ or ‘x’?
6. Grammar appendix
TEACHING UNIT 6. I’VE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY
1. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks with one or more words.
2. Understanding and speaking
3. Speaking: expressing an opinion on stress
4. Reply to teste
5. Grammar
6. Health and sport
7. Vocabulary
8. Listening comprehension
9. Sounds and spelling: S or Z?
10. Grammar appendix
TEACHING UNIT 7. CAN I EXPERIMENT??
1. Read and listen to the dialogue.
2. In the clothes shop
3. List
4. Vocabulary: shops and products.
5. Questions
6. Shopping centres
7. The Portuguese’s expenses
8. Vocabulary: payment methods
9. Listening comprehension
10. Spelling and Pronunciation
11. Grammar appendix.
TEACHING UNIT 8. WHERE ARE WE GOING, NOT SANTO ANTÓNIO?
1. ‘Where are we going, Saint Anthony?’ Before reading, listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions orally:
2. Read: The Popular Saints
3. Ler: the squares of St António
4. List
5. Reading about and understanding St Martin’s Day
6. Vocabulary: to relate.
7. Traditional occupations (and more). Read the text
8. Vocabulary: Professions
9. 9. Speaking: expressing opinions and presenting arguments.
10. Listen to the following dialogues.
11. Spelling and Phonetics: e, u, o, i
12. Grammar appendix.
TEACHING UNIT 9. ARRIVING IN RIO DE JANEIRO
1. Arriving in Rio de Janeiro
2. Speaking. Before reading, listen to the dialogue and answer the questions orally.
3. Three perspectives on Rio de Janeiro. Read the texts.
4. Oral expression
5. Grammar: use of the gerund
6. Listening comprehension. Listen to the dialogues and answer the questions
7. Vocabulary
8. Pronunciation and Spelling.
9. Grammar appendix.
TEACHING UNIT 10. WHAT ELSE DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MORNA??
1. Before you read, listen to the conversation between them:
2. Understanding Morna: Cape Verdean Creole.
3. Falar: Portuguese-speaking African countries.
4. Read the text and find out a bit about Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, and about African markets.
5. Vocabulary: African Portuguese
6. Orality
7. A journey to enchanting islands
8. Reading comprehension: recipe.
9. Listening comprehension. Then answer the questions.
10. Pronunciation
11. Grammar appendix.