Curricular Unit:			Code:
Portuguese for Foreigners II			748PES2
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Postgraduate	Portuguese for Foreigners	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Spring Semester		Portuguese	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The aim of the CU Portuguese for Foreigners’ is to teach Portuguese as a foreign language and to develop several skills simultaneously: linguistic, social, intercultural and reflexive skills in the host country. The teaching-learning methodology includes several components: Language, Full Immersion, Culture, and Reflexive Writing. The CU is divided into three courses/components: Portuguese Language, Content, and Reflective writing. The specific objectives of the course Content are: To develop awareness of the processual and relational nature of culture(s) bro as to promote intercultural communication; to provide an understanding of the constructed meaning of being Portuguese and of Portugal; to provide a general picture of the complexities of Portuguese society at the present time. The general competences are to communicate, understand and produce messages in Portuguese, both in social and professional contexts; to use Portuguese in a variety of real situations.
Syllabus:
'LANGUAGE' SESSIONS: 1. Private life. 1.1 Habits in the past. 1.2 Free time. 2. Social media 2.1 TV, radio, the press 2.2 Digital world 3. The world of work 4. A trip to the future 5. Project Work CONTENT SESSIONS: Unit 1: Culture and Agency Unit 2: Portugal: History and the constructed sense of the Nation Unit 3: Portuguese society in the present REFLECTIVE WRITING SESSIONS: 1. Private life 1.1 Habits in the past 1.2 Free time 2. Social media 2.1 TV, radio, the press 2.2 Digital world 3. The world of work 4. A trip to the future 5. Project Work
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Syllabus contents focus on specific grammar and vocabulary issues in the area of Portuguese language, thus enabling the fulfillment of the course objectives, specifically: to integrate knowledge, skills and abilities so as to have a more fluent and efficient communication in multicultural academic and professional contexts; to demonstrate knowledge and skills in performing tasks by using the Portuguese language accurately; immersion in the host University and country.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The CU Portuguese for Foreigners uses the foreign languages teaching and learning methodology EUFICCS (European Use of Full-Immersion, Culture, Content, Service approach for Language Learning), which promotes continuous assessment and attendance in the sessions ‘Portuguese Language’, ‘Content’ and ‘Reflective Writing’. Teaching methodology will include theoretical lecturing, research, promoting the writing, reading and speaking skills, discussion of specific issues, as well critical reflection. The Continuous Assessment in Language is based on two written tests, and a project work that is to be presented orally, as well as practical tasks in the classroom. In the Content sessions the methodology is ‘non-level’, in the scope of teaching and learning methodology EUFICCS. Continuous Assessment in the Content is the result of several short oral and written tests, oral and written textual production in class, autonomous research and of tasks carried out outside the classroom.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
In the Language sessions, the theoretical presentation of vocabulary is related to private and social life, to narrate past events, to talk about health and free time; debating the different issues, with a particular focus on the social aspects implied in each of them; learning and applying grammar structures that come up in the written and oral texts used in the classroom; individual and group activities to promote vocabulary and grammar learning; individual and group activities aimed at improving oral and written skills; theoretical presentation of vocabulary and linguistic resources to make a presentation in Portuguese upon the experience as foreign students in Portugal. In the Content sessions, the general theme is ‘Migrations’ and the specific objectives are to promote the study of terms and concepts in the scope of the several perspectives of the theme of migrations and mobility, with a focus on Portuguese migrations, relating to topics such as tourism, arts, gastronomy, social contemporary issues, framed in an intertextual and interdisciplinary approach. The teaching and learning methodology ‘non-level’ promotes sharing linguistic and scientific knowledge and cultural awareness among students with different cultural awareness levels and communication skills in Portuguese.
Reading:
SESSÕES LÍNGUA: Oliveira, C. e outros (2006). Aprender Português. Lisboa: Texto Editores Tavares, A. (2004). Português XXI (1,2). Lisboa:Lidel. Gramática: edições Lidel: Rosa, L.M. 1998. Vamos lá começar. Lisboa: Lidel Coimbra, O. M.; Coimbra, I. 2000. Gramática Ativa. Lisboa: Lidel. SESSÕES CONTEÚDO: Duas fichas de trabalho EUFICCS CONTENT. Unidades Migrações Portuguesas EUFICCS.