CJV_K_Po1 Portuguese for Absolute Beginners I (commercial course)

Pan-university studies
autum 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 0 credit(s) (plus 2 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Terrabuio Čermáková (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Fillinger (assistant)
Mgr. Kateřina Frecerová (assistant)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martina Terrabuio Čermáková
Language Centre Unit for Pan-university Studies and Life-long Learning – Language Centre
Contact Person: PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre Unit for Pan-university Studies and Life-long Learning – Language Centre
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of Portuguese and focuses on the development of four main language skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) at the A1.1 level with an emphasis on communicative Portuguese.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student will be able to navigate basic communicative situations, as well as understand and produce basic concepts.
Syllabus
- the basics of pronunciation and the differences in the pronunciation of European and Brazilian varieties of Portuguese. - useful expressions and terms for everyday survival, practical questions - basic grammar insight - introducing yourself, eating and drinking, finding your way around town
Literature
  • JINDROVÁ, Jaroslava, Ludmila MLÝNKOVÁ and Eva SCHALKOVÁ. Portugalština. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leda, 2001, 507 s. ISBN 8085927942. info
  • ROCHA FERNANDES, Gláucia Roberta, Telma de LURDES SÃO BENTO FERREIRA and Vera Lúcia RAMOS. Muito Prazer : fale o português do Brasil. [Brno]: [Masarykova univerzita. Středisko pro pomoc studentům se specifickými nároky], 2018, 1 online. URL info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
active participation in class + 70% attendance is a condition for credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught every week.
Teacher's information
https://www.cjv.muni.cz/nabidka-kurzu/portugalstina-pro-upne-zacatecniky-1
Students will be enrolled in the course only after paying for the course at the MU business center and after approval by an authorized person when the minimum course capacity is met.
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