Portuguese

Two (week-long) sessions of introductory Portuguese language instruction bookend the summer seminars. Instruction emphasizes the development of basic Portuguese language structures, as well as oral and written practice.

This beginning course provides an introduction to basic Portuguese grammar and conversation skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. It covers simple phrases, nominal groups, determinants, pronouns, verbs (indicative, conditional, imperative, infinitive, past participle, and introduction to the subjunctive), and basic vocabulary.

This course teaches listening comprehension, oral expression, spoken production, and written expression in Portuguese. Students learn familiar words and common expressions, ask and answer simple questions, understand familiar words and simple sentences such as those in notices and posters, and write simple correspondence.

This course is broadly equivalent to A1 Basic User, Breakthrough Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Two (week-long) sessions of advanced Portuguese language instruction bookend the summer seminars. Instruction emphasizes the development of advanced Portuguese language structures, as well as oral and written practice.

The course improves Portuguese language skills through selected literary texts and Brazilian popular music. Oral practice and improvement of writing techniques. Study of phonology.