Portuguese Year 1 (Beginners)

Term 1

Topics covered

First contact, names, nationalities, address, professions, numbers, meeting other people, the clock, leisure activities, time, restaurant, bar, invitations, food, at the table

Grammatical structures

Verbs: regular -ar/-er, ser, ir, poder, ter, gostar de, estar and querer, feminine and masculine nouns, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, preposition + article, future in 'ir'.

Learning objectives

o Meeting people

o Listening and responding to requests for personal detail

o Spelling

o Communicating in class

o Inviting and accepting/declining invitations

o Asking and telling the time

o Asking for information

o Ordering food and drink

o Thanking somebody

Term 2

Topics covered

Hotel reservations, problems with service, directions, traffic signs, homes, estate agent's, daily life in Brazil, special dates in Brazil, Brazilian art and poetry

Grammatical structures

Verbs: regular -ir, fazer, preferir, past simple of regular -ar/-er/-ir, ser, estar, ir, ter, fazer, querer, poder, dar, possessive pronouns dele/a, comparatives, prepositions of place, prepositions of time, pronouns direct object .

Learning objectives

o Expressing preference, desire, doubt, happiness, unhappiness

o Giving and understanding directions

o Making complaints

o Describing objects

o Making comparisons

o Saying where things are

o Describing past activities

o Talking about the daily routine

Term 3

Topics covered

Parts of the body, health, sport, character, Brazilian art, work, jobs, career, clothes, social meaning of clothes, invitations, past events; cultural differences

Grammatical structures

Verbs: ver, ter que, precisar, por, vir, vestir X vestir-se, past imperfect:routine in the past, description in the past, simultaneous actions in the past, background action, future, conditional

Learning objectives

o Describing people

o Expressing taste, likes and dislikes, desire, worry

o Talking about health

o Giving an opinion

o Taking sides

o Disagreeing

o Offering help

o Giving advice