PRT 119 - Accelerated Beginning Portuguese

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Develop an understanding of basic pronunciation and grammar necessary for reading, writing and speaking in Portuguese.

Note: Designed for students who have studied Indo-European language. Credit is not given for both PRT 119 and PRT 111 , or PRT 119 and PRT 112 . This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Portuguese.

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the main idea and some pieces of information in novice-high level written and spoken conversations about familiar topics and short informational or fictional texts.
Communicate in spontaneous spoken conversations on both familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced, memorized, and original phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
Present information on familiar and cultural topics using a variety of practiced, memorized, and some original phrases and simple sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of novice-high level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Portuguese-speaking cultures.