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Module Title	Advanced Portuguese Language B
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Modern Languages
Module Code	09 15765
Module Lead	Dr P A Odber de Baubeta
Level	Honours Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites	Intermediate Portuguese Language and Conversation for Post "A" Level A - (09 13751) Intermediate Portuguese Language and Conversation for Post "A" Level B - (09 13752)
Co-requisites	Advanced Portuguese Language A - (09 15764)
Restrictions	Portuguese Studies JH, Hispanic Studies SH/JH, European Studies, Major/Minor/Supplementary
Contact Hours	Practical Classes and workshops-30 hours Total: 30 hours
Exclusions
Description	The course involves translation from Portuguese into English, English into Portuguese, writing essays and commentaries in Portuguese, doing aural comprehension work, and work on socio-linguistics and text analysis. Particular attention is paid to modes of address and the language of advertising. Two of the three weekly hours are distributed between a one-hour grammar class and a translation workshop. The third hour in each semester will focus on further developing strategic competence in spoken Portuguese. Students will be required to give presentations on suitable topics using OHPs and slides.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module the student will be able to: - understand spoken standard Portuguese; - speak Portuguese fluently; - write letters, reports and essays in correct Portuguese; - understand and develop solutions to advanced problems in translation; - analyse and translate different texts and different registers into and from Portuguese and English with accuracy and flair.
Assessment	15765-02 : Extended essay/short story in Portuguese : Coursework (15%) 15765-03 : Oral Presentation : Practical (15%) 15765-04 : Exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%) 15765-05 : Aural Exam : Practical (10%) 15765-06 : Oral Exam : Practical (10%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: Extended essay/short story in Portuguese: 15%; Oral presentation: 15%; Aural exam: 10%; Oral exam: 10 %; Written exam: 50% Reassessment: One supplementary exam in August/September
Other
Reading List	Amelia P Hutchinson and Janet Lloyd, Portuguese, An Essential Grammar, London: Routledge, 1996 R.C. Willis, An Essential Course in Modern Portuguese. London: Harrap, 1968 S. Tyson-Ward, Portuguese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar. Chicago: Passport Books, 1997