Department of Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures

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Russian Home | Messages | Course Descriptions | Faculty | Majors & Minors | Placement and Credit | Grad Exams | Study Abroad | Russian Links
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Portuguese Language at GW

The language of Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, Namibia, and some parts of South Africa counts some 170,000,000 speakers, tying it for the seventh place among the world's most spoken languages. GW offers Portuguese from beginning through advanced levels.

Messages & Announcements Thank you for your interest in our program. For messages from our language faculty, please click here.

Course Descriptions We offer a courses for first, second, and third year Portuguese. For all course descriptions, click here.

Faculty Prof. Byrnes has taught our Portuguese classes for many years. For her biography and contact information, please click here.

Placement and Credit Do you need to take our placement exam ? Do you need to transfer credit from another institution? For our department's policies on these issues, please click here.

Grad Student Exams Are you an M.A or Ph.D. student in the Columbian College or the Elliott School? For more information on exams in RGSLL languages, please click here.

Study Abroad GW offers a number of study abroad opportunities to Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries. For a list of these programs, as well as our policies on study abroad course approvals, please click here.

Portuguese Links Interested in learning more about Portuguese language and culture? Click here for a list of useful links.

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