Continue to learn Portuguese through a fast, interesting and practical approach. Learn how to express doubt, talk about expectations, express attitudes, emotions, wishes and opinions, be able to refer to people and things, express affirmative and negative expressions, and use affirmative and negative expressions. 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
*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 IV covers lessons 10, 11 & 12 in the textbook.
Lição 10:
Estruturas
Expressing subjective attitudes: Introduction to the present subjunctive
Talking about expectations: The subjunctive used to express wishes and hope
Expressing doubt and uncertainty: The subjunctive with verbs and expressions of doubt
Telling people what to do: More on commands
Lição 11:
Estruturas
Expressing emotions, opinions, and attitudes: The subjunctive with expressions of emotion
Suggesting that someone and the speaker do something: The equivalents of the English let’s
Expressing movement, time, and action: Por and para (review)
Using prepositions to express a range of meanings: Additional uses of por and para
Referring to people and things: Relative pronouns
Lição 12:
Estruturas
Expressing affirmation and negation: Affirmative and negative expressions
Talking about things that may not exist: The indicative and the subjunctive in adjective clauses
Making qualified statements: The subjunctive in adverbial clauses
Expressing wishes, recommendations, and conditions in the past: The past subjunctive
Prerequisites
Portuguese III 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.