PORT102

First-Year Portuguese II

Welcome to the Lusophone world, the world of the Portuguese-speaking countries! Study the most widely spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere and the 5^th most spoken native language in the world! PORT 102 is an interactive course that further develops the basics you learnt in PORT 101. The rich cultures of Brazil, Portugal and many other African and Asian Lusophone countries are incorporated in all the materials used in class, providing you with an opportunity to immerse in authentic sociocultural situations. You will participate in communicative activities that will help you to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. These activities include role-play, group tasks; writing texts of practical nature; reading and talking about simple topics of interest; playing games; watching and talking about short video clips.

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to sustain basic communication about everyday life situations, such as expressing personal interests and hobbies, talking about routines, clothing, sports, special dates, asking for information, ordering food, etc., and be able to apply new communicative skills such as talking about the future and narrating events in the past.

Language of instruction: Portuguese

Recommended prerequisite: PORT 101

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of PORT 102 or PORT 110