Linguas e Literaturas Estrangeiras

LISTENING:

The student will be able to: recognize familiar words and very basic phrases concerning himself/herself, his/her family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly; understand everyday expressions dealing with simple and concrete everyday needs in clear, slow and repeated speech; follow speech which is very slow and carefully articulated, with long pauses for him/her to get the meaning; understand questions and instructions and follow short, simple directions; and understand numbers, prices and times.

READING:

The student will be able to: understand the general idea of simple informational texts and short simple descriptions, especially if they contain pictures which help to explain the text; understand very short, simple texts, putting together familiar names, words and basic phrases, by for example rereading parts of the text; follow short, simple written instructions, especially if they contain pictures; recognize familiar names, words and very simple phrases on simple notices in the most common everyday situations; and understand short, simple messages, e.g. on postcards.

SPEAKING:

The student will be able to: interact in a simple way, provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help him/her formulate what he/she is trying to say; ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics. The student will be able to: use simple phrases and sentences to describe where he/she lives and people he/she knows.

WRITING:

The student will be able to: write simple notes to friends and relatives; describe where he/she lives; fill in forms with personal details, for example entering his/her name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form; write simple isolated phrases and sentences; write a short simple postcard; and write short letters and messages with the help of a dictionary.

SYLLABUS

Sociolinguistic, Cultural and Communicational Competences:

Advise
Analyze the difficulties of adapting to a new country or culture
Argue and defend viewpoints
Defining appropriate professional profiles
Describe a city
Develop listening comprehension
Expressing pleasure or displeasure
Facing an interview
Follow a map
Indicate directions
Make and answer inquiries on the street
Plan a party
Present professional features
Recognize instructions
Report past and present events
Send invitations
Speak of personal experiences
Speak of the usual actions in the past
Speaking of professional experience, objectives and concerns
Talking about past events
Talking of popular parties and traditions
Use appropriate polite expressions
Write a letter

Lexical Areas / Vocabulary:

Actions related to the past
Advertising
An interview
Biographical Stories
Bullfighting
Curriculum Vitae
Directions
Events
Festivals and traditions
Formulas of politeness
Habits
Household items
Inquiries
Instructions
Invitations
Life Experiences
Opinions
Problems of adaptation to a new country or culture
Professional characteristics
Professional Profile
Travels
Usual actions in the past

Grammar:

“andar a” + infinitive
“Costumar” + infinitive
“haver de” + Infinitive
Adverbs in “-mente”
Adverbs of time: “antigamente” and “antes”
Customary actions in the past
Direct object pronouns (with exceptions)
Expressions of time: “já”, “ainda não”, “nunca”…
Imperative (regular verbs)
Indefinite pronouns and adjectives
Paronym words
Passivating Particle: “se”
Imperfect Tense: regular verbs in –ar, -er and –ir and some irregular verbs
Prepositions + Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Perfect tense (PPS): regular verbs in –ar, -er and -ir
Perfect tense (PPS): some irregular verbs “ser”, “estar”, “ter”, “haver”, “trazer”, “fazer”, “dizer”, “ver”, “ir”, “vir”, “pôr”, “dar”, “conseguir”, “saber”, “poder”,“querer”…

– Saudar alguém

– Trocar informações pessoais

– Aconselhar / Dar sugestões

– Caraterizar, física e psicologicamente, uma pessoa e descrever objetos / situações

– Pedir / Dar uma informação

– Falar de objetivos e manifestar preferências / opiniões

– Aceitar / Recusar um convite

– Localizar-se no tempo e no espaço e falar sobre o futuro

– Dar uma ordem / Fazer um pedido

– Narrar um facto / um acontecimento

– Manusear conteúdos lexicais basilares (expressões de tempo, família, cores, vestuário, alimentação, profissões, partes da casa, tempos livres, vida pública e social)

– Manusear conteúdos fonéticos / fonológicos (vogais / consoantes / sílabas / acentuação)

– Competências pessoais e profissionais;

– Cursos de línguas;

– Estereótipos / estilos de vida / iconografia;

– Mundo académico;

– Mercado de trabalho;

– Gíria de estudante;

– Festas e tradições / expressões idiomáticas / provérbios;

– Imigração / Emigração;

– Empréstimos linguísticos;

– Correspondência empresarial;

– Comunicação telefónica;

– Família / relações pessoais;

– Imprensa;

– Atualidade;

– Geografia;

– Sociedade;

– Economia;

– Meios de comunicação;

– Variedades do Português: a especificidade do Português de Angola e do Português do Brasil;

– Desporto e respetiva gíria;

– Património;

– Tradições / Música (Géneros musicais) / Dança / Festivais;

– Religião;

– Gastronomia;

– Personalidades…

A consecução dos objetivos deste programa pressupõe o contato oral / escrito com textos de várias tipologias adaptados ao nível B1.1, a saber:

– textos de Literatura de tradição oral (lendas, fábulas, provérbios, entre outros);

– textos literários (narrativos, poéticos e dramáticos, em versão integral ou abreviada);

– letras de canções (eruditas ou populares);

– textos de Imprensa / textos de opinião;

– textos publicitários e turísticos;

– textos administrativos / utilitários.

O trabalho deste espólio textual (com sua hermenêutica particular) será complementado com manifestações artísticas (orais, pictóricas ou escritas) consideradas pertinentes, sendo por conseguinte, ponto de partida e de chegada para exercitação prática e aferição de conhecimentos explícitos relativos à dimensão linguística e cultural do Português Europeu e suas variantes

In summary, the main themes to be approached are: Greeting other people, answering greetings/saying goodbye, introducing oneself, family, nationality, calendar, weather, the time, shopping and making telephone calls, among others). A stimulating part of the education process will be the presentation of vocabulary used in typical everyday communication (internet chats, e-mails).

Sociolinguistic, Cultural and Communicational Competences:

Advise and give instructions
Agree / disagree
Apologize
Asking and telling the time (hours, minutes, etc.)
Asking prices
Book a hotel room
Compare countries and habits
Describe locations and people
Expressing preferences
Give information of personal description
Go shopping
Going to the doctor
Greeting
Invite/accept / deny
Localize
Making plans
Present himself/herself
Request in the cafe/restaurant and in other shops
Request information about places
Request items in shops
Saying goodbye
Speak of current events
Speak of free time activities
Speak of hobbies and vacations
Suggest
Talking about actions of everyday life
Talking about the weather
Write a letter

Lexical Areas / Vocabulary:

Actions of day-to-day
Address
Adjectives
At the Doctor
At the Post Office / in Bank / in Pharmacy
Cardinal Numbers (up to 20; up to 100; 101-1000)
Clothing
Colors
Countries / Cities / Towns / villages
Days of the week and months
Food and beverages
Furniture
Hobbies
Holiday Season
Holidays, leisure and hobbies
Hotel
Hours
House
Invitations
Jobs
Meals
Means of transport
Medical specialties and symptoms
Name
Nationalities
On the phone
Ordinal numbers
Parts of the day
Physical and psychological descriptions
Prices
Relationship Status
School
Seasons
The family
The menu
Weather

Grammar:

Phonetics: alphabet, vowels and consonants, diphthongs and other specific sounds of the Portuguese language
“Estar a” + Infinitive
Adjectives
Affirmative/negative / interrogative sentences
Comparatives and Superlatives
Definite and Indefinite articles
Demonstrative pronouns: “isto”/ “isso”/ “aquilo”
Expression “Como está? / Como estás?”
Expressions of time: “há”, “desde”, “sempre”, “nunca”, “às vezes”
Imperative
Indirect object pronouns
Interrogative pronouns and adverbs
Irregular verbs (present tense): “ser”, “estar”, “ter”, “haver”, “ir”,“poder”, “querer”, “saber”, “ver”, “ler”, “vir”, “fazer”, “dizer”, “trazer”, “sair”, “cair”, “pedir”, “ouvir”, “dormir”, “pôr”, “dar” and “doer”
Modal verbs: “Precisar de”, “ter de”, “dever”…
Personal pronouns – subject pronouns
Polite expressions: “Podia…?”, “Queria…”
Possessives
Preposition “com” + personal pronoun
Prepositional Expressions of place
Prepositions of time
Prepositions: “de”, “em”, “com”, “para”, “a”, “por”
Reflexive Verbs
Regular verbs (present tense) in -ar, -er and -ir
Verb “ir” + Infinitive