Basic Portuguese 2 / Português Básico 2 SUMMER INTENSIVE
For students who know the basic structure of Portuguese
Português Básico 2 is the second module of the beginner’s class, designed by Natalia de Campos for The People’s Forum, with a focus on listening, speaking and developing communication skills in Portuguese. This course will give you a solid base and allow you to start communicating with Portuguese native speakers.
The program will introduce grammar structures in practical ways, and some writing exercises. The intensive course runs twice weekly on Zoom, and an extra hour of required individual practice exercises. As you develop your language skills, we will also engage with the history of Brazilian people, its revolutionary struggles, and other means of resistance.
Join us for the second introductory course on the basics of Portuguese with a glimpse on historical and contemporary contexts of the working classes and social movements in Brazil, and other Portuguese-speaking
countries.
DETAILS
Open to all who finished Basic Portuguese 1, or qualifying via an assessment.
New Students: Fill out an application form at: https://forms.gle/Niy8GHAsJJKcwyJ96
An assessment is also required for this level: the assessment link is given to you at the end of the Application form.
Click here to apply: https://forms.gle/wgMobd9sVFvxvyuP9
After you complete the application and assessment, you will be invited via email to register for Basic 2 or contacted with other recommendations. Check your email often!
Continuing students:
If you completed Basic Portuguese 1, contact your instructor at [email protected] to get the direct registration link, and skip the application and assessment forms.
More information: This is a fast-paced course designed for people who learned the foundational structures of Portuguese and was formally introduced to the present verb tense; who are fluent or native Spanish speakers and had a formal introduction to Portuguese; or Portuguese heritage learners who need to learn grammar structures.
Background information:
Portuguese is a language with roots in Portugal and also the official language spoken today in 10 countries: Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Macau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Portuguese is arguably among the 9 or 10 most spoken languages in the world, but only 5 percent of its speakers live in its original home Portugal. It is estimated that 270 million people speak Portuguese today, amongst which nearly 254 million are native speakers. It is the second most spoken Romance language, after Spanish. Brazil’s 211 million people is the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the world. As a colonial language, it suffered many transformations, particular to each locale. It is nowadays also a result of cultural resistance of the indigenous and enslaved people during colonialism. It is spoken in the U.S particularly in the Northeast, in California and in Florida, where native Portuguese speakers, who are immigrants from Africa, South Asia, Europe and Brazil have concentrated historically. In nearby regions, it is more widely spoken in areas of Newark, New Jersey; Astoria, Queens; in the coastal regions of Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
If you have any questions, you can contact the instructor at: [email protected]
