Department of Modern Languages Accelerated Portuguese II

(1)

Department of Modern Languages Accelerated Portuguese II

Course: POR 3233- Português II (Pre-requisite for this course: POR 1130 /3202) Term: Fall 2014 Credits: 5

Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00PM - 1:50PM--Graham Center 277 Fridays 12:00PM - 12:50PM-- Green Library 137

Class Dates Aug. 25, 2014-- Dec. 06, 2014

Final Exam: 12/12/2014, Friday 9:45AM - 11:45AM --Graham Center 277

Instructor: Janaína López

E-mail address: Blackboard Course Messages Office hours: By Appointment

Office location: DM Building, Room 487B – Tel. (305) 348-2851 Language Lab: MMC, SIPA 240, (305) 348-5744

Course Materials – MANDATORY (available at the FIU bookstore):

(Same material used for your POR I course)

Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language, Anna M. Klobucka…[et al.] –2^nd edition, Pearson, 2010.

Brazilian Student Activities Manual (SAM) COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course offers the students the opportunity to:

 expand grammatical structure concepts and increase vocabulary.

 improve oral performance and pronunciation through Phonetics.

 develop the practice of reading and writing.

 learn more about Brazilian culture.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

Students are expected to:

 use the advanced structures learned, and the new vocabulary, in their oral production and written communication.

 perform in Portuguese in the classroom.

 read and write in Portuguese with minimum interference from Spanish/English

 be able to demonstrate basic cultural knowledge about Brazil.

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

This course is very student-centered, interactive, and motivating because it engages students in interesting, relevant topics and activities. Language is used for communication both oral and written. Many of the activities of the course are

designed to help you improve your oral communication skills. The classes for the Accelerated Portuguese II course will be conducted in Portuguese only - total immersion, as we call it. The communicative approach used will certainly help meet students’ needs and address their interests as well as their learning styles. The focus of this class is to make you express in Portuguese in meaningful situations.

(2)

COURSE EVALUATION

Homework (SAM): 15%

Attendance/Participation: 15%

Quizzes: 20%

Mid-Term Exam: 20%

Oral Presentation: 10%

Final Exam: 20%

*Your final average will be a combination of the items listed above.

GRADE SCALE A 100 – 95

A – 94 – 90 B + 89 – 87 B 86 – 84 B – 83 – 80 C + 79 – 77 C 76 – 74 C – 73 – 70

D + 69 – 67 D 66 – 64 D- 63 – 60 F 59 and under

ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATION/CLASS WORK: Attendance is mandatory and makes up part of your grade.

Students are expected to attend class regularly and to come to class prepared and ready to participate actively. Students are responsible for reading before class the assigned material for that day. If necessary, there will pop quizzes. Students will engage in collaborative activities to foster discussion on a variety of cultural materials. (It is mandatory to bring the material to class). Each week, your participation level will be evaluated and you will have the opportunity to earn points for every class if you arrive to class on time, speak in Portuguese during the whole class and in group discussions and participate in all activities with enthusiasm and a positive attitude.

Tardiness is disruptive to the class; therefore, students should be on time for class. Be aware that disrupting the class with late arrivals will not be tolerated. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class period. Points will be deducted if the student is not present when his/her name is called. Two tardiness will count as one absence. The instructor has the prerogative to deny admission to those who arrive more than 10 minutes late.

A student will automatically receive a grade of F as the final grade for the course if the student is absent from 40%

(or more) of the total number of classes for the semester.

HOMEWORK: Students will complete the assigned homework exercises in the Student Activities Manual. Students are required to read the assigned readings on the syllabus prior to class to be used during the in-class activities. Not coming to class is not an excuse for not reading or completing the assigned homework. Instructor may have pop quizzes as deemed necessary.

NOTE: In order to maintain an environment conducive to learning, students are asked to turn off or silence Smart phones, Ipods and all electronic devices before entering the classroom. Instructors reserve the right to ask the student to leave the classroom if they disturb the class with any of these devices.

EXAMS: There will be four in-class quizzes, a mid-term, and a final. These exams will cover the main points of each chapter and will consist of the following sections: listening comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing. The dates of the exams are indicated in the course calendar below. No make-ups will be given without a documented and valid reason.

(3)

ORAL PRESENTATION: Each group will deliver a PowerPoint presentation (no more than 8-10 minutes) in Portuguese on a cultural aspect of the Brazilian society such as Brazilian food, film, music, literature, dances, arts, folklore, customs and traditions or other related topics with instructor’s permission. Topics need to be approved by your instructor. Therefore, your group need to submit an outline of your presentation to your instructor by the deadline.

Students are expected to present an organized, clear, concise and easy to follow presentation appropriate to the language level for this course.

__________________________________________________________________________

INCOMPLETE GRADE: A grade of “I” is only given when there is a valid, documented reason, which prevents the student from completing the course. A student should have completed at least 60% of the course work in order to get an Incomplete grade. If such reason arises, please advise your instructor immediately, and make arrangements for removing the Incomplete as soon as possible.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: All course work must be the work of the student; otherwise, it is considered cheating.

Plagiarism, cheating, and forgery are serious offenses and will not be tolerated as stated in the Academic Misconduct section of FIU’s Academic Affairs Policies, Manuals, and Handbooks. Please, get better acquainted with what is considered “Academic Misconduct:”

http://www2.fiu.edu/~oabp/misconductweb/1acmisconductproc.htm

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY: It is the responsibility of any student with a disability who requests a reasonable accommodation to contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC). DRC will then contact the instructor so that a reasonable accommodation can be made.

______________________________________________________________________________________________

The Department of Modern Languages and the Office of Education Abroad offer a Study Abroad Program in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during Summer B every year. If you are interested in participating, please, contact the director of the program, Prof. Vono (vonoa@fiu.edu). We also have the Brazilian Culture Club with many cultural activities related to the Brazilian culture and language. If you want to join our club, please like us on Facebook.

The Department of Modern Languages has a Language Lab (SIPA 230) where you can find the CDs to

accompany the Ponto de Encontro material. Also, please visit http://wps.prenhall.com/wl_klobucka_ponto_1/ to practice vocabulary and structures presented in each chapter of our book.

For your information, our Department of Modern Languages holds a proficiency exam in Portuguese called CELPE- BRAS EXAM, which is an official exam and certificate granted by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. For more information, please, contact Prof. Vono. The Portuguese Program offers a Major and Minor Degrees in Portuguese, and a Certificate (Portuguese Language and Brazilian Studies Certificate). For more information, please visit the

Portuguese page on http://dll.fiu.edu

CALENDÁRIO TENTATIVO

1ª Semana: (25 a 29 de agosto)

Lição 7

Introdução ao Curso.

Apresentações, o syllabus, Blackboard, revisão e etc.

Os esportes; Jogadores e equipamentos pp. 268-269 O tempo e as estações p. 271

Um jogo importante pp. 274-276

Indirect object nouns and pronouns pp. 277-279

(4)

2ª Semana: (01 a 05 de setembro) 1 de setembro – Labor Day Holiday

Lição 7

Some irregular preterits pp. 281-282

Vamos viajar: Os clubes esportivos pp.284-285

The imperfect of regular and irregular verbs pp. 286-288 Vamos viajar: A história do futebol pp. 292-293

3ª Semana: (08 a 12 de setembro)

Lição 7

The preterit and the imperfect pp. 289-290 Situações, p. 293

Há/Faz meaning ago p. 294

Para escutar, Para conversar, Para ler p.296-299 Vídeo: L7

Teste - Lição 7

Lição 8

Festas e tradições; Dias e datas importantes pp. 308-309 Outras comemorações p. 311/ Para escutar, p. 313

Comparisons of inequality pp. 314-315/ Comparisons of equality pp. 316-317 Vamos viajar: Festas populares p. 321

The superlative p. 318-319 Situações, p. 320

Lição 8

Pronouns after prepositions p. 323

Reflexive verbs and pronouns pp. 324-326

Vamos viajar: As religiões no mundo lusófono p. 327-328 Para conversar , Para Ler, Para escrever p. 329-332 Vídeo: L8

6ª Semana: (29 de setembro a 03 de outubro)

Lição 9

As profissões; Outras profissões, ofícios e ocupações pp. 340-342 A entrevista p. 344

Se as impersonal subject pp. 347-348

More on the preterit and imperfect pp. 350-351 Teste - Lição 8

7ª Semana: (06 a 10 de outubro)

Lição 9

Vamos viajar: Os jovens e o trabalho pp. 353-354 More on interrogative pronouns pp. 355-356 Commands pp. 357-358/ Situações, p. 360 Vamos viajar: A união faz a força p. 361-62

Para escutar, p. 363/ Para escrever, p.367; Vídeo: L9

(5)

8ª Semana: (13 a 17 de outubro)

Lição 10

No supermercado pp. 376-377 À mesa p. 379

Onde compramos? p. 380-382 The present subjunctive pp. 383-384 EXAME PARCIAL-Lições 7, 8, 9 9ª Semana: (20 a 24 de outubro)

Lição 10

The subjunctive used to express wishes and hopes pp. 385-386 The subjunctive with verbs and expressions of doubt pp.389-390 Vamos viajar: A gastronomia tradicional p. 391

More on commands pp. 392-393/ Situações, p. 395 Vamos viajar: A comida rápida pp. 396-397 Para conversar, Para ler pp. 398-403; Vídeo: L10 10ª Semana: (27 a 31 de outubro)

Lição 11

As partes do corpo pp. 412-415

Médicos, farmácias e hospitais pp. 417-418

The subjunctive with expressions of emotion pp. 419-420 Vamos viajar: As farmácias e a farmacologia pp. 421-422 Teste - Lição 10

11ª Semana: (03 a 07 de novembro)

Lição 11

Por e para (review)/Additional uses of por and para pp. 426-428 Vamos viajar: A saúde pública no mundo lusófono pp. 429 Relative pronouns pp. 431-432

Para escutar, Para conversar, Para ler pp. 433-436 Vídeo: L11

Lição 12

Os meios de transporte e as viagens/ No avião pp. 444-446 Viajar de carro/ A reserva do hotel pp. 447-448

O correio e a correspondência pp. 449- 450 Affirmative and negative expressions pp. 451-452 Teste - Lição 11

13ª Semana: (17 a 21 de novembro

Lição 12

Vamos viajar: Os meios de transporte ontem e hoje pp. 454-455 The indicative and the subjunctive in adjective clauses pp. 456-457 The subjunctive in adverbial clauses pp. 460-461

(6)

Lição 12

The past subjunctive pp. 463-464

Vamos viajar: A emigração e a imigração pp. 466-467 Para escutar, Para ler, Para escrever pp. 468-472 Vídeo: L12

Apresentação dos trabalhos orais

REVISÃO EXAME FINAL -- Lições 10, 11 , 12 16ª Semana: Exame Final (8 a 12 de dezembro)

EXAME FINAL -- 12/12/2014, Friday 9:45AM - 11:45AM --Graham Center 277

*THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SYLLABUS*