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PORT20050

Academic Year 2025/2026

Portuguese Language IIb (PORT20050)

Subject:
Portuguese
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Ana Vera
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module builds on the foundations provided in the level I and level IIa Portuguese language modules. Students will enhance their listening, speaking, writing and reading skills by being exposed to different types of texts and different registers. The module will also expand and reinforce students' grammatical knowledge of Portuguese, with a particular focus on more advanced grammatical structures and categories, which students will apply to written and oral tasks.

This module is orientated for academically trained learners who are willing to learn a foreign language and acquire intermediate command of the Portuguese language. This module's main objectives are: a) to develop and consolidate essential grammatical structures in order to be able to communicate confidently in Portuguese through a range of written, oral, and comprehension exercises and b) to improve listening and reading comprehension as well as oral skills, emphasising socio-cultural aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world.

It aims to provide the communication competencies for Level B2, taking as reference the descriptors of the Common European Framework.
It is a core module for students pursuing Portuguese to degree level but is also suitable as an elective for students of other subjects who reached the equivalent standard of Portuguese (CEFR level A2).

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On satisfactory completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. Understand and apply a broad range of grammatical structures at an intermediate level and understand differences in style and register in written and spoken Portuguese.
2. Understand the main points of the storyline when watching selected Portuguese TV series, films, and travel programmes;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the information conveyed in written texts in Portuguese-language media, printed and electronic.
4. Engage in discussion of a range of contemporary topics in oral Portuguese, articulating one’s own opinions and responding to the views of others.
5. recognize and employ a wide range of Portuguese vocabulary drawn from authentic materials and communicative situations in and outside the classroom;
6. Display basic understanding of important dates and people, as well as cultural phenomena of the Portuguese-speaking world.

Indicative Module Content:

This module consolidates and develops the basic language skills acquired in levels I and IIa Portuguese, enabling students to communicate confidently in Portuguese through a variety of written, oral, and comprehension exercises. Skills will be integrated into each class and will be developed in context: there will be an overarching theme in which students will acquire new grammar points, acquire new vocabulary, enhance comprehension skills and ability to develop a natural and accurate form of expression in the target language.

Key functions and grammar points:

1) Students will be introduced to more complex grammar items in order to further build on the linguistic competence already achieved. Topics will include relative and clitic pronouns, the Subjunctive mood, and reported speech.
2) Students will also acquire practical language skills related to living and working in Portugal, as preparation for the period of study abroad.
3) Engage with a variety of materials and media to enhance cultural knowledge and intercultural skills.
4) React, comment, and report on a variety of real materials, e.g. news, articles, and simple literary texts.

This information is indicative and may undergo changes.


Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Small Group

24
Total

104

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
In this module, the key teaching and learning approaches used are active/task-based learning enhanced with Brightspace Virtual Learning Environments; peer and group work; student presentations; enquiry & problem-based learning; debates, etc.

Attendance in classes is extremely important and students are expected to spend some hours per week working on the various course activities (e.g.reading and listening to materials relating to the course modules; doing tasks and a variety of exercises, including grammar).

This module will focus on grammar and language content related to B2 CEFR while consolidating topics covered in year one. Students will be encouraged to practice reading and writing skills in their own time.
There will also be opportunities for students to:
- work in teams and experience activities that require partnership and mutual support
- interact in the target language through class activities, discussions, and role-plays.
- think creatively and originally

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Students taking this module will normally have already taken PORT20040.
Students are welcome to contact the Module Coordinator to discuss language levels.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
PORT10030 - Portuguese Language Ib

Co-requisite:
PORT20040 - Portuguese Language IIa


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Mid-term Exam (in-class) Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 No
Exam (In-person): A two-hour written exam made up of core components developed to test Portuguese language skills: grammar, reading, writing and comprehension. End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
50
 No
Participation in Learning Activities: Up to 4 formative tasks per trimester of which the best 3 count: quizzes, handwritten submissions, and in-class/recorded oral practice (grammar, writing, speaking, reading and listening comprehension Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10 Graded No
30
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Formative feedback individually to students on non graded assessments at the discretion of the tutor - Students will be told what they have done well and what they need to do to improve. Feedback individually to students on graded assessments - includes reminding students of what they were aiming to achieve (the learning outcomes). Feedback to the class, on activities developed in class, where appropriate - feedback given against explicit and agreed criteria for success.

- Candeias, Sara, Arlindo Veiga e Fernando Perdigão. PRONUNCIAÇÃO DE VERBOS PORTUGUESES - GUIA PRÁTICO. Lidel, 2015.

- Coimbra, Isabel e Olga Mata Coimbra. GRAMÁTICA ATIVA 2. 3ª Edição. Lidel, 2012.

- Monteiro, Deolinda e Beatriz Pessoa. GUIA PRÁTICO DOS VERBOS PORTUGUESES. 7ª Edição. Lidel, 2011.

Name Role
Mr Vitor Fernandes Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Ana Vera Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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