Advanced Portuguese
This is an advanced course designed for students who have a conversational level of Brazilian Portuguese, i.e., at least 120 hours of Portuguese instruction. This class emphasizes oral and written communication skills, and upon completing this class the student will be only one level away from becoming fluent. This course will cover both spoken (colloquial) and formal Portuguese, through many different texts and discussions in class that will make the student use all the verb tenses and expand the vocabulary. As for the grammar, all the tenses will be reviewed, with a special attention to the irregular verbs. A very special attention will be given to idioms and idiomatic expressions not found in a dictionary. Last but not least, the cultural aspects of Brazilian day-by-day life will be shown by the book, the instructor and the students who had lived in Brazil. Moreover, conversational structures will be used in the class. The class runs for 10 weeks, and meets once a week for 2 hours at a time. This class is taught by a native Brazilian instructor from São Paulo who has been teaching Portuguese in different capacities for over 8 years.
Material
Crônicas Brasileiras – Nova Fase. Edited by Richard A. Preto-Rodas, Alfred Hower & Charles A. Perrone. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1246-5
Date and Time
Thursdays, 6:30PM to 9PM, starting on January 10th, 2008. (ON-GOING CLASS)
Number of Students
Minimum 4 & Maximum 10
Instructor
Marcelo Jarmendia
Location
Casa de Cultura Brasileira – 1022 W. Argyle St, suite 202. Chicago – IL 60640
Fee
$30.00 per session. Friends of the Brazil Foundation can get 4 sessions for $100.
Casa de Cultura Brasileira
The “Casa” is located at 1022 W. Argyle Street, Suite 202 – in the heart of Little Vietnam, and its mission goes beyond that of a language school. We are constantly in touch with Brazilians working with different aspects of Brazilian culture and are scheduling a number of presentations, workshops, lectures and shows on music, dance, culinary, religion and much more.
Casa de Cultura Brasileira first opened its doors in January 2007 and is proud to announce that by the end of that same month we had eight groups, ranging from a beginner course to conversation classes.
Soon Casa will be also an open space for everyone interested in Brazilian culture. There will be a library with books and videos; live Brazilian TV and, of course, “cafezinho” for our visitors and students.
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Testimonial
Marcelo is simply a great teacher. He has the ability to roll with the conversational punches…”
-Dr. Jeff Dreyfuss, PhD (Private student)
“Quero dizer, LEGAL!...It’s amazing how much Portuguese I learned in just two months. Muito obrigado.”
-Jeremy Cadiz
Marcelo’s ability to patiently transmit his knowledge of teaching and learning languages will allow you to securely use your beginning and emerging skills from the first class.
-Maria Eliza Hamilton Bispo de Jesus Abegunde, Poet
