This programme is designed for both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese
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COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE - CAN DO OBJECTIVE | VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR |
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MEETING PEOPLE - Introducing oneself - Greeting people - Saying goodbye - Asking and giving personal information - Introducing other people |
Vocabulary: Name Address Nationality Countries/Cities Professions Numbers from 0 to 10 Enhanced personal information (I live/work in...) Family relations Grammar: Personal pronouns Basic verbs used for personal information Definite and indefinite articles Interrogatives Possessives 1 Prepositions 1 |
LIVING IN THE CITY AND AT HOME - Describing places in the city - Asking / giving information about locations in the city and inside the house - Describing the house, rooms and furniture - Describing objects and their location in the room - Counting |
Vocabulary: Places in the city Parts of the house Home and office furniture Addresses Numbers 11 to 100 Grammar: Contrast verbs ser / estar (to be) Regular verbs - Present (indicative) Possessives 2 Demonstratives 1 Verbs haver, ficar (locations) Adverbs of place Prepositions 2 Adjectives Contractions of prepositions with articles and demonstratives. |
DEALING WITH EVERYDAY LIFE - Ordering food /drinks in a café - Expressing preferences - Describing day to day life - Asking and telling the time - Expressing likes and dislikes |
Vocabulary: Small meals / café Numbers from 101 to 1000.000 Parts of the day Days of the week Grammar: Reflexive verbs Prepositions for time The use of sempre, nunca, às vezes The expressions queria (...) / gostava (...) Estar a + infinitive |
GOING TO RESTAURANTS AND DEALING WITH PRACTICALITIES - Booking a table, ordering food, paying at the restaurant - Booking a room in a hotel, arriving at the hotel - Arriving at the airport - Taking a taxi - Expressing dates - Buying in shops |
Vocabulary: Lunch and dinner / restaurant Food and drinks Menu Vocabulary for the airport, taxi, hotel Shops / shopping and paying Months and dates Ordinal numbers Grammar: Irregular verbs - Present (indicative) tense: ir, poder, ver, ler, vir Personal pronouns (indirect complement) Expression ter de The structure Ir + Infinitive |
MOVING AROUND SOCIALISING Topics include: using means of transport; going to the movies / concerts / exhibitions; communicating by letter /email/ phone, using social media - Inviting / accepting / refusing - Agreeing / disagreeing - Buying tickets for shows and transports - Writing letters / postcards/ emails/ sms - Using computers and the internet - Speaking on the phone |
Vocabulary: Vocabulary for public venues, going to concerts, exhibitions, etc. Means of transport Initiating and ending letters / postcards/ emails/ sms Vocabulary for the internet, email, computers and telephone Grammar: Irregular verbs - Present (indicative) tense: fazer, querer, saber, dizer, sair, trazer, pôr Ir + Infinitive The expressions há and desde Personal pronouns (direct complement) Introduction to the use of the past tenses Contrast Pretérito Perfeito Simple (PPS) / Imperfeito |