PO1B022 MOOC - Academic Portuguese Bac

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Iva Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Iva Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
level of knowledge of Portuguese A2/B1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course was created int he ambit of the project Romance languages for Slavic-speaking university students Erasmus + Cooperation partnerships in higher education Convention n°2021-1-IT02-KA220-HED-000027501 The main object is to prepare students for studies by Erasmus in Portugal. The Portuguese for Academic Purposes course has a duration of 6 weeks and is composed of 6 didactic modules. One module will be offered each week. Each student has total autonomy to manage his or her work on the course according to his or her time availability and individual learning pace. In this course, you will have the opportunity to get to know what daily life is like at a Portuguese university, in the company of teachers, staff and students, and you will learn how to interact and communicate successfully inside and outside the classroom, based on the presentation of authentic communicative situations, the presentation of language content and learning techniques, accompanied by guided practice activities.
Learning outcomes
Understand everyday situations in Universtiy. Learn to communicate in different sociolinguistic contexts. Understand a professional text Produce their own professional text. To deepen the knowledge of the Portuguese language at phonetic, grammatical, semantic and discursive level.
Syllabus
  • Each module is structured on the basis of a theme relating to the life of a student at university, following this learning path: Viewing of short videos with typical communicative situations and effective learning strategies in an academic context; Commented presentations on linguistic and discursive topics important for academic communication and interaction; Proposed reading of texts of various genres (e.g. emails, news, chronicles, summaries) Practice through varied exercises at the end of each video and reading; Collaborative activity using the forum; Production of a written or oral text; A quiz at the end of the unit for self-assessment of the acquired knowledge. Additionally, you can also use the forum to ask questions or ask about technical difficulties that arise while using the platform.
Teaching methods
online - in Portuguese The course will be opened always in one date, common for everybody.
Assessment methods
Successful completion of courses - 75% success rate of all completed assignments. Certificate issued at the end by the University of Perugia (main project coordinator)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6-týdenní kurz online s certifikovaným ukončením.
Teacher's information
https://learn.eduopen.org/eduopenv2/course_details.php?courseid=537
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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