2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

SPPO1080 Portuguese Language for Beginners 1A

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Sofia Martinho
Email: S.Martinho@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Pre-requisite qualifications

An A level (or equivalent) in a foreign language. Exceptionally, students studying at levels 2 and 3 may be allowed to study SPPO1080 without studying its co-requisite SPPO1081. Students considering this possibility must seek approval from the module leader before enrolling.

This module is mutually exclusive with

SPPO1083	Intermediate Portuguese Language
SPPO1084	Intermediate Portuguese Language
SPPO1190	Beginners' Portuguese for Professional Communication

This module is approved as a discovery module

This module is approved as a skills discovery module

Module summary

The purpose of this module is to equip students with a useful gounding in Portuguese grammar and an ability to produce, read, understand and translate spoken and written Portuguese in a variety of everyday contexts. The module is taught via four weekly language classes including two grammar-based classes, using a booklet especially devised by our language tutors, and two oral classes with a native speaker of Portuguese. All students with a good A-Level pass or equivalent in a foreign language are eligible to apply for this popular module, and students with interests in continental and Brazilian Portuguese are equally welcome.This is a 20 credit module run in Semester 1 and should be taken together with SPPO1081. - Students with prior knowledge of Portuguese should consider SPPO1083: Intermediate Portuguese. - Those who do well in both SPPO1080 and SPPO1081 can, depending on their programme, apply to change to Joint Honours Portuguese in Level 2. For further information visit our website: Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies.

Objectives

This module aims to equip students with a basic grounding in Portuguese grammar and an ability to produce, read, understand and translate spoken and written Portuguese in a variety of everyday contexts. Basic grammatical structures will be covered, and vocabulary will be built up in key areas of everyday communication.

Upon completion of this module students will be able to express themselves fluently and accurately in both Portuguese and English.

Skills outcomes
1. The ability to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the basic structures of Portuguese
2. The accurate use of Portuguese in simple written and spoken contexts
3. The ability to organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and reasonable argument
4. The ability to assimilate and implement appropriate style conventions in written work, including bibliography and footnotes/endnotes.

Syllabus

This module will introduce basic grammar fields, such as the present and simple past-verb tenses of regular and irregular verb. It is intended that this grounding in the rudiments of the Portuguese Language will be expanded in the second half of this linked module, Portuguese Language for Beginners 1b, which will introduce all the verb tenses and more advanced grammatical constructions.

Throughout this linked module the students' vocabulary range will be developed in a variety of lexical fields.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Tutorial	40	1.00	40.00
Private study hours			160.00
Total Contact hours			40.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

- 80 hours: Coursework preparation
- 40 hours: Grammar reinforcement
- 40 hours: Examination revision.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Language coursework

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	Language coursework	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		60.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		40.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/04/2016

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