Brazilian Portuguese Course 101 (Level 1): Beginners
Brazilian Portuguese. Learn Brazilian Portuguese with us.
Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
This beginner's course focuses on basic greetings, personal information, expressing oneself and introductory grammatical structures. You will also be introduced to elements of the culture. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- introduce yourself and others
- provide personal information
- describe people
- formulate basic sentences using verbs in present tense.
Content
- Pronunciation and simple rules
- Greetings – how to provide and understand personal information
- The Alphabet – understanding and pronouncing the alphabet, which is a little different to English
- Personal Pronouns (I, you) – In a sentence, understanding the difference between I, you and we is important in any language
- Verbs: how to learn and use the most common verbs such as ‘to be’, ‘to be named’, ‘to live’, ‘to like’ and ‘to go’ – and also the common regular verbs ending in -AR
- Gender: feminine/masculine/singular/plural
- Introducing someone: by his/her nationality, occupation; age
- Introducing your family and friends: demonstrative (this/these/those) and possessive pronouns (my/mine, yours)
- Describing people: adjectives (pretty/handsome, friendly, etc)
- Articles (the/a/an)
- Numbers 0-1000
- Prepositions – in English, these include: by, at, from, in
- Present tense of regular and Irregular verbs – we will start by focussing on the present tense such as how you’re feeling, where you’re going and what you’re saying
- Structuring a sentence – how to form basic sentences
Intended audience
Suitable for beginner A1 level students. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Delivery style
Delivered as a series of interactive workshops where active participation is encouraged.
Prescribed text
Brazilian Portuguese Beginner 1, 2023 (4th. edition) by Dr Rita Ferraro, Australia.
ISBN: 978-0-646-99580-9
Textbooks should only be purchased once you receive confirmation from us. This usually occurs three days prior to class commencement.
Suggested textbook supplier
Language Book Centre
languagebooks.com.au
Please note that in some cases, our suggested supplier may not stock your prescribed text. Please check stock availability prior to signing up for any membership.
Schedule
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...Meet the facilitators
Augusto Cunha Ferreira DipTertPrep; DipHumRecMgt; CertIII(Bus)
Rita Ferraro
What others say
An awesome introduction to Portuguese. The tutor did a great job.
Lisa Yu
The course and the tutor were impressive - well structured and well taught. The tutor was able to meet the needs of students from varying backgrounds and make it all fun and comprehensible.
Jean Callaghan
Our tutor was lovely and patient with the class. We had lots of fun learning and a delight to learn all the necessary basics. Overall would recommend to others to attend before they travel to Brasil. Thanks!
Hannah Frank
