POR 102 : Elementary Portuguese II
A continuation of training in the four basic skills: reading, writing, speaking and aural comprehension. Cultural and daily living topics are included. Prerequisite: POR 101 or two years of Portuguese in high school with an A or B average. Three lecture hours and one language laboratory hour per week. Instructional Support Fee applies.
Gen. Ed. Competencies Met: Human Expression.
Course Outcomes
- Read, write and orally reproduce more complex grammatical structures, using the present, past and future tenses.
- Initiate, minimally sustain, and close simple, basic communicative tasks, related to identification of family, daily life, housing, weather and sports.
- Express physical and emotional states.
- Read simple authentic texts and discuss their content.
- Examine and translate audio and video clips.
- Describe fundamental historic, social and political aspects of the Portuguese speaking countries.