PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE 1

The course of Portuguese language 1 belongs as "third language" to the degree in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation.
The course consists of a semester module held by the lecturer in the second semester and language exercises held by native speakers.

The general objectives of the course are to: achieve linguistic competence at a level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); Develop basic metalinguistics competence in comparison with the Portuguese language. The achievement of expected learning outcomes is verified through a structured examination.

1. Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the phonological and morphological structures of the Portuguese language; Portuguese language competence equal to A2 level of CEFR.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
To know how to recognize and describe the phonetic-phonological, graphic and morphological units of the Portuguese language; to know how to operate syllabic and morphological segmentation; to know how to use derivative schemes for word formation; to be able to interact in communication situations corresponding to a level A2 of the CEFR; to understand and produce written and oral texts that correspond to a A2 level of the CEFR.
3. Autonomy of judgment
To be able to issue correction and grammatical judgments based on linguistic reflections; to be able to find the bibliographic sources suggested by the teacher; to be able to use electronic resources for the study of phonological and morphological structures at the initial level (electronic resources such as those made available, for example, by Infopedia, Priberam); to bee able to implement communication strategies corresponding to a A2 level of CEFR.
4. Communicative skills
To be able to interact in Portuguese language in communicative situations provided by A2 level of CEFR.
5. Learning Skills
Initial self-evaluation skills in terms of their competence in Portuguese language and in relation to the acquisition of metalinguistic content; to be able to apply the acquired knowledge to undertake the study of the next course (Portuguese language 2).

None specifically for the Portuguese language. Familiarity with grammatical and metalinguistic terminology is required.

Semester Module:
In a comparative and contrastive perspective in the broader context of Romance languages and more specifically of Italian, the specifics of the Portuguese language will be addressed:
1. Notes on the history of the Portuguese language
2. Phonology and phonetics: general concepts; vowels and diphthongs; consonants; the syllable; prosody: accent and intonation
3. Morphology: structure of words; Flexible morphology and lexical morphology
4. Lexicology: origin, formation processes and semantics of the Portuguese basic vocabulary

Exercises:
Grammatical, phonetic-graphic, lexical, textual and communicative contents of the Portuguese language (A2 level of CEFR)

Semester module:

Castagna V., I VERBI PORTOGHESI, Milano, Hoepli, 2015.
Duarte I., A língua portuguesa e a sua variedade europeia, in AS LÍNGUAS DA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA (coord. Mira Mateus M.H.), Lisboa, Colibri, 2002, pp. 101-115.
Ilari R., O português no contexto das línguas românicas, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 1, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 49-66.
Silva R. V. M. e, O português do Brasil, in AA.VV., GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS, vol. 1, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013, pp. 145-154.
Teyssier P., “Especificidade do português”, in ACTAS DO CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE O PORTUGUÊS (ed. Duarte I. e Leiria I.), Lisboa, Associação Portuguesa de Linguística – Colibri, 1996, pp. 191-207.

For consultation:
Cunha C. – Cintra L., NOVA GRAMÁTICA DO PORTUGUÊS CONTEMPORÂNEO, Lisboa, Sá da Costa, última ed..

Exercices:

Dias. A. – Frotas. S., NOTA 10. PORTUGUÊS DO BRASIL, Lisboa: Lidel, 2015.

Examination of expected learning outcomes is done through a structured examination, consisting of a written test and an oral exam.
In order to verify the achievement of the linguistic competence (level B1 of the CEFR), the written test is composed of two parts whose average results are evaluated on a 30/30 basis:
1) dictation of about 10 lines (30 points)
2) grammatical test (30 points) - duration: 60 minutes.
The oral test consists of two parts: the first, verifying the achievement of oral communication competence (level A2 of the CEFR), consists of a conversational language interaction (duration: about 15 minutes); the second is to verify the achievement of the metalinguistic competence on the contents of the teaching module and is held in Portuguese or in Italian, at the choice of the student (duration: 15-20 minutes).
The two parts of the oral examination are evaluated globally, resulting in a 30/30 basis evaluation that will average with the grade obtained in the written test, thus resulting in a total examination.
The written test is preliminary to the oral test, which should be done in a single sitting and within the same exam session in which the written test is passed.

Frontal lessons; exercises.

written and oral