Fall 2017

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Portuguese 110 Intensive Basic Portuguese I

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Course Description:
Portuguese 110 is a first-semester introductory language course for students who have not studied Portuguese before, or who have had very little exposure to the language. The course will emphasize the development of foundational reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities within a cultural context. Students will participate in paired and group activities designed to elicit meaningful and accurate exchanges of information. The course will introduce students to Portuguese and Lusophone culture through a variety of authentic materials, including texts, songs, films, and other audio and video material. Classes will be conducted in Portuguese.

Objectives: 
At the end of this course, students will be able to produce oral and written language to speak about themselves, their likes and dislikes, families, and daily activities, make simple descriptions, and narrate in the present tense.

Portuguese 114 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers I

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Course Description: 
Portuguese 114 is designed for students who are proficient in Spanish. The course begins with exposure to basic vocabulary and structures, advancing at an accelerated pace. Classroom activities will emphasize pronunciation, spoken production, as well as language structures and vocabulary. 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 in Portuguese.

Objectives: 
At the end of the course, students will be able to produce language to talk about themselves, their interests and professional preferences. In addition, students should be able to perform some linguistic tasks, such as talking about everyday needs, using a limited vocabulary to describe family relations, meals, professions, likes and dislikes and other day-to-day activities. Students will be exposed to exercises to develop their written skills and should also be able to produce short texts in Portuguese.

Portuguese 134 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers II

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Course Description and objectives: 
Portuguese 134 is an accelerated intermediate course designed to students who have taken Portuguese for Spanish Speakers I or its equivalent. Classroom activities will emphasize the development of pronunciation and spoken production, the use of language structures and vocabulary at the advanced intermediate level. In addition, students will explore movies, music, short stories, and other media as they further develop reading, speaking and interpretive skills in Portuguese. The course will be conducted in Portuguese.

Portuguese 202 Advanced Portuguese

Prof. Flannery 
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Course Description: 
This course is designed for students who have already taken basic and intermediate levels of Portuguese. It complements student’s knowledge of Portuguese by emphasizing the use of advanced grammatical structures and vocabulary. Classes will focus on practicing such advanced language structures by reading a diverse range of texts, including short stories by different authors of the Lusophone countries, and two novels; speaking and writing about a variety of contemporary texts; watching movies and documentaries; and listening to news, songs and other authentic audio material. The emphasis will be on language usage and culture. This course will be conducted entirely in Portuguese. Prerequisite: PRTG134 or its equivalent.

Goals: 
By the end of this course students should be able to express themselves with precision and in detail about a variety of topics in Portuguese. Students will be able to describe and narrate personal experiences, participate in conversations about a variety of topics, explaining, narrating, describing and asking questions. Students’ written expression will develop to allow them to describe events handling the different tenses of Portuguese and employing complex structures and vocabulary.

Portuguese 215 Portuguese for the Professions I

Prof. Pio
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Portuguese 240 Contemporary Brazilian Cinema: Society and Reality Effects

Prof. Flannery
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The increasing importance of Brazil in the international scene has been aligned with the development of this country’s cinematic production. In the 1990s alone, three Brazilian films were indicated for a Best Foreign Oscar, but none of them called more attention than well-known productions portraying violence, criminality and poverty. As these types of movies illustrate, Brazilian directors have focused their lenses in “reality” and shown favor to social criticism covering an array of genres and themes. This course will consider the recent Brazilian cinematic production (“New Brazilian Cinema”), targeting the representations of Brazilian society, and/or critical depictions of its reality. This course will be conducted in Portuguese. Pre-requisite: PRTG 202.