POR 3242 (0887) ORAL AND WRITTEN PRACTICE, PORTUGUESE  Spring 2005

 

MWF 7 TUR 2349  Prof. Charles A. Perrone  Office: GRI 335  OH:  MWF 6 or by appt.

Phone: 392-2100 direct;  Messages:  Dept. of Romance Languages & Literatures 392-2017 / 2016; Center for Latin American Studies 392-0375. 

e-mails: cap@rll.ufl.edu ; perrone@ufl.edu.

 

Course objectives:   This intermediate course is primarily intended for students coming out of the first level, intensive accelerated introduction or two-semester sequence. The primary aim is to advance students' oral proficiency (speaking, aural comprehension) of Brazilian Portuguese, concurrently with their writing skills. Increased linguistic competence is sought through: 1) closer study of the language's sound system and its relationship to the writing system; 2) development of topical groups of vocabulary; 3) review and refinement of major points of grammar and structure; 4) directed discussion of and writing about readings and recordings; 5) preparation and evaluation of daily activities and oral presentations; and 6) further exposure to the life and cultures of the Lusophone world, including Internet sources and information sources.

 

Grading:  Monthly exams (4) 50%  (125 ea.); periodic compositions (5) 20% (40 ea.); thematic oral presentation 10% (100); recitation 5% (50); Class performance, including daily preparation plus participation, assignments, and attendance 15% (150).  Excellent (90%) in all categories required for A grade, good (80%) for B, adequate (70%) for C.  Expectations will vary according to individual background and previous experience.  Consult with the professor regarding progress or status.

 

Text: Para a frente!  King and Suñer, eds. (PF)  Supplements, Xerox provided or purchase

Recommended: Earl Thomas, A Grammar of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese

Antônio Simões, Com Licença (Brazilian Portuguese for Spanish Speakers)  (LLC)

LLC= Language Learning Center TUR

 

Schedule (subject to change; specific alterations tba in class; also include daily news deliveries)

 

Jan. 3         Registration (drop/add)

Jan. 5    Introductions, Instructions
Jan. 7         Basic Phonetics, PF 1:  Preliminary 1-6, alphabet 301

         

* See sounds website at Univ. of Texas URL/UF mirror; cassettes in LLC *

 

Jan. 10   Focus:  oral vowels; PF 1:  Telephone 8-9, dialogue 10-11

Jan. 12  Focus:  nasal vowels; PF 1:  Preterite (P) 7-8, 12-18

Jan. 14  PF 2:  Imperfect (I) 31, 35-38; Hotel 32-35

Jan. 17   Holiday. MLK.

Jan. 19   Focus:  consonants; PF 2: Contrast P/I 43-48

Jan. 21   Focus:  consonants; PF 2: Special cases P/I 48-49 

 

Composition #1 (event narration, testimony)

 

Jan. 24   PF 2: "O ateu" 38-42

Jan. 26   Review

Jan. 28  Exam 1
         

Jan. 31   PF 3:  Bank 54-57

Feb. 2         PF 3:  Pronouns 53, 58-68

Feb. 4    PF 3:  "Liquidação" 73-76

Feb. 7         PF 4:  Family 80-83, "Festa de aniversário"
Feb. 9         PF 4:  verbs 77-79, 84-93; diminutives, 101-102

Feb. 11   PF 4: Preterite vs. imperfect 93-95; "Nacionalidade" 97-100

 

Pre-prep for recitation, „Canção do exílio‰, "Se eu morresse amanhã‰

Composition #2 (Readings of the poems)

 

Feb. 14   PF 5:  subjunctive forms 103; Airport 104-108. Recitation

Feb. 16   PF 5:  subjunctive-imperative 111-115; 123, Vocab. 119-20. Recitation

Feb. 18   Recitation.  Citations and parodies

 

Feb. 21   Review

Feb. 23   Exam 2

Feb. 25   VHS travel narratives               Feb. 28-March 4       Spring Break

                

Mar. 7         PF 6:  127-128, 134; "Horóscopo" 129-131
Mar. 9         PF 6:  Participle 138-140;  ser & estar 140, 125-127

Mar. 11   PF 6: Time & Weather 141-53 , "Medida do tempo"

 

Composition #3 (travel advice)

 

Mar. 14   PF 7:  Food 156-57; Future & conditional, 155-56, conjecture, 168-170

Mar. 16   PF 7: Future & conditional, 159-168; Personal Infinitive, 156, 172-75
Mar. 18   PF 8:   por-para, 183-186, 190-193; Post Office 186-189       

              
Mar. 21   PF 8:   Personal infinitive, objects, etc., 193-198

Mar. 23   PF 8:   Epistolography, 200-202; Internet letters
Mar. 25   Narrations /  Determine themes for oral presentations

         

Mar. 28   PF 9:  Imperfect subjunctive, 209, 214-215; Proverbs 210; song  "Bom conselho"

Mar. 30   PF 9:  Indicative vs. subjunctive, 215-225

April 1   Exam 3    AM: Guest speaker: Anna Klobucka

 

          Composition #4 (Projections for the future, or on guest)

 

April 4        PF 10:  Future subjunctive, 235, 241-242
April 6        PF 10:  More subjunctive, 243-248

April 8        PF 10:  "A revolução dos animais∑" 252-56

                              

April 11  PF 11:  Perfect tenses, 259, 264-267.  Orals Discussion
April 13  PF 11:   "IFs", 268-274; Impersonal subject 275-276; Orals Discussion
April 15  Orals Discussion

 

April 18  PF 12:  Tense sequences, 288-292; Evaluations
April 20  Begin review, cf. book review PF 299
April 22  "discretionary review day"              

 

Composition #5 (Unforgettable experiences in language learning)

 

April 29  Scheduled time for final:      Exam #4, group 29C  Fri. 12:30

 

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POR 3242 (0887) Oral and Written Practice Sping 2005 p.2