Module manager: Carmem Mackle
Email: C.H.Mackle@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Students must have successfully completed the level 1 modules SPPO1080/1081 or the level 1 module SPPO1083 (or equivalents).
| SPPO2091 | Portuguese Language Skills |
This module is approved as a discovery module
The aim of this module is to take students from A2 to B1 level of the CEFR. Building on the skills attained at the end of Level 1, this module consolidates and improves basic and more complex grammatical structures used in a variety of contexts. Students will reinforce and further develop their linguistic competence (written and oral) in Portuguese grammar, vocabulary, style, and specialised uses of Portuguese.
- Provide the students with the linguistic and inter/cultural knowledge and skills necessary to communicate effectively in a Portuguese-speaking country.
- Develop students' ability to reflect on their own learning and to choose and complete autonomously language learning activities.
The module will be divided into a series of units, each involving a specific exercise which will allow students to develop various important skills, such as the ability to work in a team, to a deadline, and the ability to assimilate and organise written and spoken material and present it in a given register, style and context. One unit, for example, involves the preparation of a C.V. Students will be interviewed for a mock job based on the preparation of this C.V. and covering letter.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Class | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| Oral Class | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| Lecture | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| Private study hours | 137 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 63 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students will be required to continue the group work started in language classes outside class hours, for at least a further hour per week.
- Regular written and oral assignments.
- Specific written feedback on all pieces of assessed work.
- General written and oral feedback is regularly given to students to identify and address any difficulties at an early stage.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | 3 pieces of written work and 2 orals (12% each) | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 60 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 40 | |
The resit for any written component of this module will take the form of a 1 hour closed exam. The resit for any oral component will comprise a skype or campus-based 10 minute oral exam .
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 4/29/2024
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