Unit information: Portuguese Language for Hispanic Studies in 2010/11

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Unit name Portuguese Language for Hispanic Studies
Unit code HISP30007
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Ms. Madalena Pires
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

HISP21011

Co-requisites

None

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

Description including Unit Aims

The unit builds upon previous language units and the portion of the year spent in a Portuguese-speaking country to strengthen, extend and refine students' knowledge of written, aural and spoken Portuguese. It also introduces students to comparisons and contrasts between the Portuguese spoken in Portugal and the other forms such as Brazilian Portuguese.