The course is designed to introduce to the non-native speaker of Portuguese the four basic skills necessary to developing a working knowledge of Portuguese: a) understanding, b) speaking, c) reading, and d) writing. The emphasis is on speaking and understanding spoken Portuguese. Reading and writing will be done as reinforcement to oral communication skills. The course will focus on idiomatic expressions used in daily speech, pronunciation, and vocabulary building.
Advising Note
RSC General Education Breadth: Humanities - Literature and Language