Portuguese Course Descriptions
Winter
.PORTUGUESE 101.51
Elementary Portuguese I - Individualized InstructionElements of Portuguese grammar, with oral and written exercises; attention to ear training, oral practices and customs.
PORTUGUESE 102.01
Elementary Portuguese IIThe elements of Portuguese grammar with abundant oral and written exercises; development of conversational skill; reading, vocabulary building. Course conducted in Portuguese.
PORTUGUESE 102.51
Elementary Portuguese II - Individualized InstructionThe elements of Portuguese grammar with abundant oral and written exercises; development of conversational skill; reading, vocabulary building.
PORTUGUESE 103.51
Intermediate Portuguese I - Individualized InstructionContinued study of Portuguese; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills; course conducted in Portuguese.
PORTUGUESE 104.51
Intermediate Portuguese II - Individualized InstructionContinued study of Portuguese language; development of listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills; course conducted in Portuguese.
PORTUGUESE 330
Introduction to Brazilian CultureIntegrated, multidisciplinary overview of modern Brazilian culture in terms of its visual, plastic, musical, literary, dramatic, and popular arts with in socioeconomic and political context.
PORTUGUESE 501
Portuguese for Spanish SpeakersIntroduction to Portuguese for students with at least two years of high school Spanish. The course takes advantage of the strong similarity between Portuguese grammar and Spanish grammar, allowing us to cover the same course content as P101 and P102 in one quarter. Special emphasis in P501 is on acquiring a good pronunciation of educated Brazilian Portuguese. Not open to students with credit for Portuguese 101 or 102.
PORTUGUESE 510
Portuguese TranslationP510 is a course in Portuguese to English translation. This is not only the most used language skill in real world jobs, but it has the effect of raising one's level of comprehension from 'generally getting the idea' to 'mastery of both intent and idiom'. Attention to contrasting the syntax and lexicon of Portuguese and English will occur throughout. New translations will be turned in every week with in-class anonymous proofreading of each other's work under guidance of the instructor. There is no textbook; the readings will be drawn from the online edition of Veja so that students are reading and writing on the same issues students are reading at the same time in Brazil. The readings will be correlated with captured TV broadcasts in the Crane Café.
PORTUGUESE 561
Brazilian Culture and CivilizationStudy of the development of Brazilian culture through its Portuguese language, literature, folklore, music, art, and film; special emphasis on contemporary issues.
