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This course aims to extend students' existing intermediate knowledge of Portuguese allowing them to develop their skills in understanding, reading, writing and speaking the language at advanced level.

Please see timetable information for Portuguese 3 Language PORT3001

Standard entry to Masters at College level.

Knowledge of Portuguese equivalent to that acquired after successful completion of PG Intermediate Portuguese.

PORT4008 PORTUGUESE HONOURS WRITTEN LANGUAGE (SENIOR) PORT3001 PORTUGUESE 3 LANGUAGE PORT3002 PORTUGUESE 3 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

None

Assessed language exercises throughout semesters 1 and 2 - 25%

Oral Examination (15 minutes) - 25%

Written Examination (2 hours) - 50%

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.

Class tests are not available for reassessment. Reassessment of in-class language tests and other regular assessed exercises is not possible as this coursework is corrected and returned promptly to students. The School does not have the resources to create multiple versions of these various tests each year.

This course aims to:

■ further expand students' existing knowledge of the target language already acquired at level 2; 

■ ensure students can understand, read, write and speak the target language at post-intermediate level, which is broadly equivalent to B2/C1 within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; 

■ ensure students can use the target language with ease in everyday situations and professional environments.

By the end of the course students will be able to:

■ read, comprehend, analyse and translate intermediate-level and some advanced level texts of a variety of styles in the target language; 

■ speak with confidence and present ideas effectively in the target language on a range of topics reflecting work done on the course, using appropriate register, intonation, and a wide range of structures and idioms; 

■ respond accurately and with confidence to questions posed both orally and in writing, using advanced grammatical structures of the target language accurately and appropriately; 

■ produce texts written in the target language that show an active command of vocabulary, grammar and idiom at an advanced level reflecting the work contained in the course materials.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.