Portuguese for Romance-language Speakers

Catalog description

This course offers an introduction to Brazilian Portuguese for students who already have a good grasp of grammar and vocabulary in Spanish, French, Italian, or Latin. This course will cover the topics of the basic language sequence ( PORT 1 , 2 , 3 ) in one semester to prepare you for advanced Portuguese courses, study abroad, or research. Our focus will be on acquiring linguistic fluency and developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Along the way we will also gain insight into aspects of Brazilian culture through our analysis of song lyrics, journalistic texts, and TV shows. Register for this course if: your parents or other family members speak Portuguese and you have some ability in the language but have never formally studied the grammar or writing; you grew up speaking Spanish or another Romance language; or you have taken Spanish, French, Italian, or Latin 3 or higher. This class counts for the 2nd foreign/world language and the 12th unit of foreign/world language. This course counts as 3 credits for undergraduate students and 2 credits for graduate students in the M.A. programs in Spanish literature and Spanish linguistics. Students are asked to register accordingly with the appropriate number of credits.