Formação – Acção

n summary, the main themes to be approached are: Greeting other people, answering greetings/saying goodbye, introducing oneself, family, nationality, calendar, weather, the time, shopping and making telephone calls, among others). A stimulating part of the education process will be the presentation of vocabulary used in typical everyday communication (internet chats, e-mails).

Sociolinguistic, Cultural and Communicational Competences:

Advise and give instructions
Agree / disagree
Apologize
Asking and telling the time (hours, minutes, etc.)
Asking prices
Book a hotel room
Compare countries and habits
Describe locations and people
Expressing preferences
Give information of personal description
Go shopping
Going to the doctor
Greeting
Invite/accept / deny
Localize
Making plans
Present himself/herself
Request in the cafe/restaurant and in other shops
Request information about places
Request items in shops
Saying goodbye
Speak of current events
Speak of free time activities
Speak of hobbies and vacations
Suggest
Talking about actions of everyday life
Talking about the weather
Write a letter

Lexical Areas / Vocabulary:

Actions of day-to-day
Address
Adjectives
At the Doctor
At the Post Office / in Bank / in Pharmacy
Cardinal Numbers (up to 20; up to 100; 101-1000)
Clothing
Colors
Countries / Cities / Towns / villages
Days of the week and months
Food and beverages
Furniture
Hobbies
Holiday Season
Holidays, leisure and hobbies
Hotel
Hours
House
Invitations
Jobs
Meals
Means of transport
Medical specialties and symptoms
Name
Nationalities
On the phone
Ordinal numbers
Parts of the day
Physical and psychological descriptions
Prices
Relationship Status
School
Seasons
The family
The menu
Weather

Grammar:

Phonetics: alphabet, vowels and consonants, diphthongs and other specific sounds of the Portuguese language
“Estar a” + Infinitive
Adjectives
Affirmative/negative / interrogative sentences
Comparatives and Superlatives
Definite and Indefinite articles
Demonstrative pronouns: “isto”/ “isso”/ “aquilo”
Expression “Como está? / Como estás?”
Expressions of time: “há”, “desde”, “sempre”, “nunca”, “às vezes”
Imperative
Indirect object pronouns
Interrogative pronouns and adverbs
Irregular verbs (present tense): “ser”, “estar”, “ter”, “haver”, “ir”,“poder”, “querer”, “saber”, “ver”, “ler”, “vir”, “fazer”, “dizer”, “trazer”, “sair”, “cair”, “pedir”, “ouvir”, “dormir”, “pôr”, “dar” and “doer”
Modal verbs: “Precisar de”, “ter de”, “dever”…
Personal pronouns – subject pronouns
Polite expressions: “Podia…?”, “Queria…”
Possessives
Preposition “com” + personal pronoun
Prepositional Expressions of place
Prepositions of time
Prepositions: “de”, “em”, “com”, “para”, “a”, “por”
Reflexive Verbs
Regular verbs (present tense) in -ar, -er and -ir
Verb “ir” + Infinitive