Unit information: Portuguese Language in 2010/11

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Unit name Portuguese Language
Unit code HISP10302
Credit points 40
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Ms. Madalena Pires
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This is an intensive language course designed to bring students up to post-A-level standard in one year. By the end of it, students should be able to write basic Portuguese, to read and understand modern literary Portuguese and to hold a simple conversation in the language. Grammar, practical group work and oral classes are distributed over four contact hours per week.