LL292-24 Portuguese Beginners (Accelerated)
Introductory description
This module is offered to students with no prior knowledge of Portuguese.
This module is the equivalent of Portuguese 1 + Portuguese 2 combined.
Due to the 'accelerated' nature of the module, evidence of prior linguistic achievement (e.g. a high GCSE grade or A2 CEFR level in another European language) is essential.
Students will learn the basics of the Portuguese language.
This will offer an opportunity for students to develop their communicative competence in Portuguese. For those students intending to travel to Portuguese-speaking countries, either for study or on work placements, this fast-paced module can promote confidence-building for communicating with native speakers abroad and helps you achieve a higher level of proficiency in one year than in non-accelerated modules.
Successful completion of Portuguese Beginners Accelerated qualifies students to progress to Portuguese Intermediate Accelerated.
Module aims
● to understand and communicate in familiar and routine situations, using frequently used expressions;
● to develop strategies for language learning;
● to achieve A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
See module web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/languagecentre/academic/
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- ● to apply a basic knowledge of grammar
- ● to gain insight into everyday life in the relevant countries
- ● to develop strategies for understanding gist and specific information
- ● to interact in a simple way and ask & answer questions on familiar topics
- ● to write short simple texts, including personal details
International
All modules delivered in SMLC are necessarily international. Students engage with themes and ideas from a culture other than that of the UK and employ their linguistic skills in the analysis of primary materials from a non-Anglophone context. Students will also be encouraged to draw on the experiences of visiting exchange students in the classroom and will frequently engage with theoretical and critical frameworks from across the world.
Subject specific skills
This module will develop students’ linguistic skills through engaging with primary materials in the target language. It will build students’ capacity to engage with aspects of modern language culture through analysis of this primary material and through seminar discussion aimed at deeper critical thinking. In particular, students’ awareness of Portuguese will be enhanced through lectures and seminars which engage in scholarship in the field.
Transferable skills
Written and spoken communication
Study time
Type | Required |
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Supervised practical classes | 63 sessions of 1 hour (26%) |
Private study | 177 hours (74%) |
Total | 240 hours |
Private study description
Work set on Moodle and homework set by tutor
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Assessment group A
Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
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Oral test | 40% | 1 hour | No |
Speaking test (up to 7 minutes; length varies according to language level) |
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Reassessment component is the same |
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Assessment component |
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Reading and Writing test | 50% | 1 hour | No |
Reassessment component is the same |
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Assessment component |
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Interim test | 10% | 1 hour | No |
Short test to monitor progress in first term |
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Reassessment component is the same |
Feedback on assessment
Individual feedback for learning is given in writing for homework handed in by students and practice exam papers. Feedback on interim test is given in class week 1 of term 2.
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