LA350-6-FY-CO:
Proficiency Level Portuguese

The details
2021/22
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 01 July 2022
30
26 April 2021

 

Requisites for this module
LA340
The Department of Language and Linguistics can offer guidance on prior knowledge or qualification exemptions.
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LA360

Key module for

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Module description

The module aims to develop students' language skills in Portuguese (listening, speaking, reading and writing) to an advanced level of ability and help them gain further insight into aspects of the culture and society of the Portuguese-speaking countries. Students will consolidate their knowledge of tenses in the indicative and the subjunctive and learn to use more complex sentences and structures as well as idioms and expressions. They will be working with longer texts from a range of media, including lectures, TV news and current affair programmes and films, and short literary texts.

Module aims

This module is designed to further develop and consolidate advanced language skills in Portuguese through different aspects of culture and society of the Portuguese-speaking countries.

Module learning outcomes

At the end of the module students should
• have enhanced linguistics skills by means of studying more complex grammatical structures and expanded their lexical in Portuguese through reading texts from a variety of genres and registers.
• be able to interact in everyday oral situations as well as in discussions on specialized topics with due regard for register and setting;
• be able to analyse texts in Portuguese from a variety of genres and understand key complex structures;
• demonstrate critical understanding, critical evaluation and synthesis of aural texts in the form of dialogues, interviews, documentaries, films etc.
• demonstrate critical awareness of key aspects of culture and society of the Portuguese-speaking countries.
• have developed academic, transferable study skills such as independent learning, critical, analytical thinking, problem-solving, team-working, planning and delivering oral presentations, time-management, and use of electronic media.

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

2 x 50 min classes per week. Teaching methods will involve individual and group work as well as class presentations.

Bibliography

This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Class test 1 (speaking)      
Coursework   Class test 3 (Listening and writing)      
Coursework   Portfolio      
Practical   Class test 2 (reading and writing)      
Exam  Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period) 
Exam  Reassessment Main exam: 120 minutes during September (Reassessment Period) 

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
50% 50%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
0% 100%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Antonio Da Silva, email: antonio.dasilva@essex.ac.uk.
Dr. Antonio Marcio da Silva
Dr Antonio Da Silva antonio.dasilva@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
No
Yes
No

External examiner

Dr Maria Da Conceicao Pereira
Newcastle University
Lecturer
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 16 (80%) hours available to students:
3 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
1 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

Further information
Language and Linguistics

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