Course Description
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Course Name
Intermediate Portuguese Language
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Host University
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Location
Lisbon, Portugal
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Area of Study
Portuguese
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Language Level
Intermediate
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ECTS Credits
6 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Learning outcomes
- understand the basic components of a spoken sequence on issues of personal relevance or the world of work; recognise the main ideas in oral interactions and speeches (listening);
- understand texts predominantly written in current and daily language or related to the world of work such as media descriptions of events, simple literary texts, personal and official correspondence (reading);
- communicate simple daily interactions or in travel situations in places where the language is spoken, entering without prior preparation into a conversation on known issues of daily relevance (speaking);
- articulate simple expressions so as to describe experiences and reproduce content from texts, explaining and justifying opinions, telling a story and narrating a plot and describing feelings and reactions (writing);
Course Disclaimer
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or pre-requisites.
Some courses may require additional fees.
Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.
ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits are converted to semester credits/quarter units differently among U.S. universities. Students should confirm the conversion scale used at their home university when determining credit transfer.