Portuguese Beginners 4 - Online (A1) - WEA Sydney

Portuguese Beginners 4 - Online (A1)

This course is a continuation from Portuguese Beginners 3 and is for any student wishing to learn the language for business, travel or everyday use with approximately 60 hours of Portuguese required. Students will develop skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing. This course aims to build general basic comprehension and communication skills in beginners Portuguese and an introduction to cultural practices, with a focus on clear explanation of basic language principles.

DELIVERY MODE

  • Online

TEXTBOOK

  • Portugues XXI Livro Do Aluno 1 (Lidel: 2018), ISBN: 9789897523809

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled WEA cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. We therefore suggest you purchase your textbooks closer to the time of the course commencing.

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Planning a holiday, Talking about the weather
  • Going shopping and relevant vocabulary
  • Consulting a doctor, Providing advice and giving instructions
  • Following a map and giving directions, Talking about traditions and festivals
  • Using formal expressions, Planning a party, Writing a letter
  • Learning about a Curriculum Vitae, professional experience and interviews
  •  The Imperfect Indicative – revision, Irregular verbs in the past
  • Pronomes relativos, Object Pronouns, Relative pronouns
  • The adjectives – Comparatives and superlatives

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type.
  2. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has.
  3. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
  4. Can demonstrate the skills, language and attitudes required for further study of Portuguese.

LANGUAGE CLASS TRANSFER POLICY

If you are a new WEA Student and enrol into a language class and subsequently find that you are at the wrong level (whether too high or too low), you are permitted to transfer into another more suitable class at no additional cost, provided that the request is made within the first two classes and is in writing from your tutor directly to the Education Manager. After that point, an administration fee of $30 will apply.
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