Class Schedules (Portuguese)

Intensive instruction in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese. Brazilian usage emphasized. Successful completion with a minimum grade of C- allows enrollment in the second level Portuguese course, PORT 221. Three class hours per week plus two hours of tutorial.

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Intensive instruction in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Portuguese. Brazilian usage emphasized. Successful completion with a minimum grade of C- allows enrollment in the second level Portuguese course, PORT 221. Three class hours per week plus two hours of tutorial.

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The word crônica in Portuguese does not have the same meaning as chronicle, its English equivalent. In Brazil, a crônica is a “short composition, often humorous in tone, that may at times resemble a short story or an essay or that may be a commentary on almost any subject.” In this course, students will improve their proficiency in Portuguese in the four language skills –listening, speaking, reading, and writing– and also gain a deeper cultural knowledge on contemporary Brazil through the discussion of a selection of crônicas. We will analyze these short texts written by famous Brazilian authors (published in the 1970s, 1990s, or 2010s) that will provide us with opportunities to learn more about historical and current Brazilian cultural environments.Prerequisite: PORT 221 or permission of the instructor

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Internationalism

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This course covers the second year of Portuguese in one semester. It extends and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Portuguese, and it introduces the history and culture of Lusophone countries.  Brazilian usage emphasized. This course is appropriate for students who have taken PORT 111 or for highly self-motivated students with appropriate prior experience in Portuguese. Successful completion allows enrollment in PORT 331. Three class hours per week plus two hours of tutorial. Successful completion of this course satisfies the college language requirement. Prerequisite(s): PORT 111 with a minimum grade of C- or consent of the instructor.

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This fast-paced and intensive course is designed for highly self motivated students with upper-intermediate level skills or higher in Spanish or another Romance language. It introduces and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Portuguese (speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills) while introducing the history and culture of Lusophone countries and communities worldwide. Completion of this course with a C- or higher allows enrollment in PORT 331. Three class hours per week plus two hours of tutorial. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 305 or 306 or permission of instructor.

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The Atlantic Ocean separates Africa and Brazil. Those waters, tainted by so many lives displaced or lost during the Atlantic slave trade (16th- 19th centuries), string together both continents through a colorful yet stormy sea of songs, cultures, foods, languages, faiths [hi]stories, misery, violence, etc.  This course will take students on a literary and cultural trip along the shores of all the Portuguese-speaking African countries –the PALOPS, Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa– to better understand the historical, colonial/post-colonial, racial, and cultural debates that inform their strong short story production.  Prerequisite(s): PORT 331 or permission of instructor.

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