Continue to learn Portuguese through a fast, interesting and practical approach. Learn how to express preferences, talk about daily activities, describe physical and emotional states, talk about the past, and express ongoing actions. Learn both European and Brazilian Portuguese, and expand your area of interest with specifically designed workbooks for European or Brazilian Portuguese.
Required Textbook (Used for Portuguese I-V)
“Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language,” Second Edition with Brazilian Portuguese workbook
Course Enrollment Code: 07f5ce
“Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language,” Second Edition with European Portuguese workbook
Course Enrollment Code: d01b18
*A print copy of the textbook can be purchased separately, but is not required.
This course can be applied to the following certificate:
Portuguese Language Certificate
Course Outline/Topics
Portuguese II covers chapters 4-6 in the textbook.
Lição 4:
Estruturas
Expressing opinions, plans, preferences, and feelings: Present tense of stem changing verbs
Expressing when, where, or how an action occurs: Adverbs
Talking about daily activities: Present tense of fazer, dizer, trazer, sair, and pôr
Expressing how long something has been going on: Faz/há with expressions of time
Mais um passo: The preterir tense of regular verbs and of ir
Lição 5:
Estruturas
Expressing ongoing actions: Present progressive
Describing physical and emotional states: Expressions with ter, estar com, and ficar com
Pointing out and identifying people and things: Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Learning useful verbs: Present tense of dar, ler, ver, and vir
Stating what you know: Saber and conhecer
Mais um passo: Some reflexive verbs and pronouns
Lição 6:
Estruturas
Talking about the past: Preterit tense of regular verbs
Talking about the past: Preterit of ir and ser
Indicating the object of an action: Direct object nouns and pronouns
Reinforcing inquiries: Tag questions
Mais um passo: Some more uses of por and para
Prerequisites
Portuguese I or equivalent experience.
Instructor
Torrey Lauer has traveled throughout Western Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico and Costa Rica, but it was Madrid, Spain, that captivated him. His short time studying abroad in Madrid further fueled his desire to learn more, which lead and culminated in an… read more
Notes
This is a noncredit enrichment program. Progress and courses completed in UWM’s School of Continuing Education Languages program are marked by Continuing Education Units. CEUs are not transferable to college or university transcripts.