Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Accelerated introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special attention to Brazilian Portuguese. Designed for speakers of Spanish (native or bilingual, or those who have completed two college years or the equivalent). Covers essential content of first-year Portuguese in one semester. Builds on the similarities and differences between both languages in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation for speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. For undergraduate credit, see 21G.880 . Limited to 18.
Fall 2013
Topics
- Atividade escrita e oral
- Teste 1: lições preliminar 1, 2 e 3
- Teste 2: lições 4–7
- Preparação da apresentação oral (atividade individual; não haverá aula).
- Apresentação oral
- Apresentação oral (cont.)
- Teste 4: lições 12–5
Readings
- Explore MyPortugueseLab (not available to OCW users), where you can find videos, audio, flashcards, etc. It is highly advisable to read “readiness check” before each new grammar point.
- [O Melhor] = Verissimo, Luis Fernando. O Melhor das Comédias da Vida Privada . Objetiva, 2004. ISBN: 9788573026177.
- SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Atividade escrita e oral · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 15 · TOPICS: Teste 1: lições preliminar 1, 2 e 3 · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Atividade escrita e oral · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 26 · TOPICS: Teste 2: lições 4–7 · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 47 · TOPICS: Preparação da apresentação oral · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 49 · TOPICS: Apresentação oral · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 50 · TOPICS: Apresentação oral (cont.) · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 51 · TOPICS: Teste 4: lições 12–15 · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 52 · TOPICS: Apresentação oral · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 53 · TOPICS: Apresentação oral (cont.) · READINGS: No readings
- SES #: 54 · TOPICS: Apresentação oral (cont.) · READINGS: No readings
- Harper Collins. Collins Gem Portuguese Dictionary English-Portuguese, Portuguese-English . Collins, 2000. ISBN: 9780004724096.
- Nitti, John J., and Michael J. Ferreira. 501 Portuguese Verbs . Barron’s Educational Series, 2005. ISBN: 9780764129162.
- Whitlam, John. Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar: A Practical Guide . Routledge, 2010. ISBN: 9780415566445.
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with 21G.880 Prereq: 21G.704 or permission of instructor G (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 4-0-5 units Credit cannot also be received for 21G.800 , 21G.802 , 21G.852 , 21G.880 , 21G.882 , 21G.888
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2013
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.