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PORTUGUESE
See Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures.
| 1001 |
Basic Portuguese I(4) |
Byrnes |
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Handling the immediate context of daily experience in spoken and written Portuguese: identifying, describing, and characterizing people, objects, places, and events; giving information and instructions; issuing simple commands and requests. Laboratory fee. (Fall) |
| 1002 |
Basic Portuguese II(4) |
Byrnes |
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Speaking and writing in Portuguese about past and future events: telling a story (narrating and describing in the past), promising, predicting, and proposing simple hypotheses and conjectures. Prerequisite: Port 1001 or equivalent. Laboratory fee. (Spring) |
| 1003 |
Intermediate Portuguese I(3) |
Byrnes |
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Increasing active vocabulary, reinforcing mastery of basic grammar, dealing with more complex structures (verbal phrases, subordinate clauses), and using some patterns of indirect speech (repeating or relaying messages, giving reports, summarizing). Prerequisite: Port 1002 or equivalent. Laboratory fee. (Fall) |
| 1004 |
Intermediate Portuguese II(3) |
Byrnes |
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Consolidation and further expansion of the ability to understand as well as produce a more complex level of oral and written discourse emphasizing subjective expression: issuing indirect commands and requests; giving opinions; making proposals, building arguments; defending and criticizing ideas. Prerequisite: Port 1003 or equivalent. Laboratory fee. (Spring) |
| 2005 |
Language, Culture, and Society I(3) |
Byrnes |
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Development of strong conversational skills and the rudiments of expository writing. The vocabulary and structures necessary to move from handling everyday experience and subjective expression to the exposition of more abstract thought and ideas and discussion of political, social, and cultural issues. Prerequisite: Port 1004. Laboratory fee. (Fall) |
| 2010 |
Portuguese for Spanish Speakers(3) |
Byrnes |
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An intensive course designed for speakers of Spanish to develop competence quickly in spoken and written Portuguese. Laboratory fee. (Spring) |
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