Spanish and PortuguesePortuguese 110
Elementary Portuguese
Staff
Portuguese 110 is a basic-level integrated skills language course. It emphasizes the development of reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities within a cultural context. Throughout the semester, students will learn about the Lusophone World and how culture affects language usage. They will also learn communication strategies. Students will participate in pair, small-group and whole-class activities that focus on the meaningful and accurate exchange of information. The class will be conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Portuguese 114
Portuguese for Speakers of Spanish (and other Romance Languages)
Prof. Flannery
Portuguese 114 was designed to fulfill the needs of the Portuguese student who possesses knowledge of Spanish or other Romance languages. The course begins with basic vocabulary and structures advancing at an accelerated pace. Since speakers of Romance languages are usually able to read and understand oral input in Portuguese at a high-intermediate level, classroom activities will emphasize pronunciation, written production, structures and vocabulary that are specific to Portuguese. The class will be conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Portuguese 130
Intermediate Portuguese
Prof. Flannery
Portuguese 130 is an intermediate-level integrated skills language course. Students will advance into more complex reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. Students will continue to explore and deepen their knowledge of the Lusophone world, with a focus on Brazil. The course will include music, film, TV programs, literature and art in order to develop students’ listening abilities and interpretive skills. Students will also review grammar and expand on their communication skills. The class will be conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Portuguese 202
Advanced Portuguese
Staff
This course is designed for students who wish to master the Portuguese language beyond the intermediate proficiency level. Brazilian culture will be studied through film, literature, art and music. Movies and documentaries will be used to stimulate discussion and debate. Advanced grammatical structures will be studied within a cultural context. Classes will focus on learning how to express opinions, make comparisons, hypothesize and compose using more complex structures and sophisticated vocabulary. The class will be conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Portuguese 208
Prof. Flannery
In this course, students will study the vocabulary pertinent to Business in Portuguese within its cultural and economic context. Social, economic, political and commercial issues will be framed in relation to the geographical areas of the Lusophone World. The course will also focus on making presentations, as well as the writing of business letters, CVs, and summaries. Students will research the importance of Mercosul as a means of promoting Brazil as a global economy. They will also compare the participation of Brazil in Mercosul with that of Portugal in the European Community. The class will be conducted entirely in Portuguese.
Portuguese 240-401
The Question of “Brasilidade”
Prof. Ernst
What does it mean to be Brazilian? This course will explore the ways in which “Brazilianness” has been defined, questioned, and re-invented throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. We will pay special attention to the shifting relationship between racial and national identity, the issue of cultural globalization, and the various margins of Brazilian national identity. The scope of the course is interdisciplinary, engaging representative literature, film, and music in tandem with historical and anthropological texts. The class will be conducted in English.