Portuguese 2

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Summary:

This practical high beginner's course (A1.2), designed by UW–Madison for adult language learners, explores the richness of Lusophone cultures while improving your ability to converse about real-life topics. Focuses on Brazilian Portuguese and introduces the past tense.

Newly revised! Continue exploring the cultural richness of the Portuguese-speaking world in this practical course that will get you talking about food, the weather, shopping, and more. Improve your ability to converse about a wider range of topics in the present tense, take your first steps in using the past tenses, and grow your comprehension, reading, and writing skills, all in the context of real-life situations. Textbook purchase required (used for Portuguese 1, 2 and 3).

Prerequisite: Portuguese 1

Find out if this is the right level for you with these placement tests: Portuguese 1 self-placement test, Portuguese 2 self-placement test.

Course format:

For the first five weeks of class, you will practice speaking in weekly 30–minute online sessions led by an experienced instructor, with a maximum of 3–6 other participants. To get to know all of your classmates, your conversation time will vary between the first or second 30–minute time slot of the hour you registered for. You should be available for either.

For the second half of the course, weeks six through ten, you will meet with the entire group for the full hour. Your instructor will use breakout rooms to facilitate small group work.

The live online sessions begin one week after the scheduled course start date to allow time to work through the first unit of learning material in preparation for the live conversation practice.

Online course materials introduce new grammar and vocabulary and teach pronunciation, listening, and reading skills through videos, audio and interactive exercises. Budget 3-4 hours a week to work through the online asynchronous content.

Course materials become available online on the scheduled course start date and remain accessible for one month after the course ends.

Want to know more about learning a language online? Read Dr. Julie Dahl's blog post about our online course format.

The required textbook is sold by many online vendors. Make sure to look for ISBN number 9897520597.  It is generally available on Amazon and at MEP Education.

Sections anticipated for summer 2025 (See Upcoming Dates for open sections and more detail): 

Mondays, June 2–Aug.11, 5:30–6:30 p.m. CT

Course outline:

Below are the major themes, grammar, and vocabulary covered each week. You will work through chapters 5-9 in the textbook, Nota 10. There are teaching videos, audios, cultural notes, and supplementary materials throughout the course.

Week 1:

•          O verbo gostar
•          A comida
•          Ordering food
•          Pronunciation: nasal sounds
•          O verbo ter

Week 2:

•          Os números 100-1000
•          O uso do infinitivo
•          Ir + infinitivo
•          Os plurais
•          Listening tips

Week 3:

•          Como está o tempo?
•          Os convites
•          Pronunciation: the letter U
•          Estar + gerúndio
•          Os passatempos

Week 4:

•          Saber e conhecer
•          Poder e conseguir
•          Verbos irregulars no presente do indicativo
•          Os esportes

Week 5:

•          As compras
•          Agreeing and disagreeing
•          O verbo ficar
•          Os demonstrativos
•          Pronunciation: the letter O
•          Colors

Week 6:

•          The use of a gente
•          Comparisons      
•      Superlatives
•      Learning tips 

Week 7:

•          Giving and asking for directions
•          Usando um mapa
•          Pronunciation: the letter H
•          O imperativo 1
•          Ordinal numbers

Week 8:

•          As partes do carro
•          O imperative 2
•          Prepositions of movement
•          Por + artigos

Week 9:

•          As férias
•          Sugerindo, concordando e discordando
•          Making hotel reservations
•          Pronunciation: os ditongos orais
•          Introduction to pretérito perfeito simple do indicativo

Week 10:

•          Packing for a trip
•          Some irregular verbs in pretérito perfeito simple do indicativo
•          Direct object pronouns
•          Extensive review of the content in weeks 1-9 in the conversation session

By participating in this class you will earn:

Explanation of Continuing Education Hours