Portuguese Studies
Basic Portuguese I(8 credits)
This course aims to help students understand basic Portuguese and develop their basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It also introduces the basic knowledge of cultural aspects in Portugal. The classroom instruction language will be both Chinese and Portuguese.
Basic Portuguese II(8 credits)
An extension of Basic Portuguese I, this course aims to help students understand basic Portuguese and to further develop their basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. At the same time, it provides students with some basic knowledge of Portugal National Culture. Extracurricular activities will be organized accordingly.
Basic Portuguese III(8 credits)
This course intends to help students further enhance Portuguese knowledge, with an emphasis on grammatical structure, cultivation of oral expression and writing knowledge and skills. The expansion of the knowledge in Portugal cultural history and civilization will al be covered.
Basic Portuguese IV(8 credits)
An extension of Basic Portuguese III, this course aims to further strengthen students’ understanding of Portuguese grammar, speaking and writing skills. The teaching materials include Portuguese literature to develop students’ knowledge in Portugal cultural history and civilization.
Portuguese Reading I(4 credits)
This course aims to develop students' reading non-literary books to improve their reading skills in general material，such as newspapers and magazines. Students are expected to expand their understanding of the Geographic and Humanities knowledge among those Portuguese speaking countries.
Portuguese Reading II(4 credits)
An extension of Portuguese Reading I, this course aims to develop students’ reading comprehension skills to understand Portuguese literature. It requires students to understand, discuss and appreciate literature rather than critically analyze them.
Portuguese Audio-Visual and Speaking I(2 credits)
This course aims at using various subjects of Portuguese audio-visual materials to facilitate classroom discussions, which will provide students with more opportunities for improving listening and speaking ability.
Portuguese Audio-Visual and Speaking II(2 credits)
This course is an extension of Portuguese Audio-Visual and Speaking, which aims to provide students with audio-visual materials at a higher level. Classroom discussions and individual presentations are the main classroom activities.
Oral Communication in Portuguese(4 credits)
This course intends to encourage and train students to develop basic Portuguese speaking skills, as well as their public speech skills in formal and informal occasions.
Portuguese Grammar(2 credits)
This course provides students with a systematic complete knowledge of Portuguese grammar, which includes the orthography, morphological and syntactic methods.
Advanced Portuguese I(4 credits)
This course is designed to teach students more advanced Portuguese knowledge and skills to help students expand their vocabulary, so that students have a higher level in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. It introduces more literature and cultural knowledge in Portugal and Latin American. The selection of reading materials cover a wide range of topics, including humanistic and artistic, political and social content in Portuguese speaking countries.
Advanced Portuguese II(4 credits)
This course aims to improve students’ oral communication, reading and writing skills with specific purpose of expanding their oral and written vocabulary. Students’ capabilities of expressing their personal ideas will be improved significantly.
Advanced Portuguese III(4 credits)
This course continues to emphasize helping students build vocabulary and knowledge, and focus on improving students’ fluency in language use. Classroom debate, public speaking and individual presentations will give students greater opportunities to fully improve their communication skills.
Advanced Portuguese IV(4 credits)
This is an advanced Spanish course with the objective of developing students’ language proficiency to a native speaker level. It intends to help students understand and use the skill through the complex phonetic, morphological and syntactic knowledge.
Portuguese Phonetics(1 credit)
This course is designed to teach students about comprehensive knowledge of phonetics. Teachers will introduce Portuguese basic principles of phonetic analysis and pronunciation, especially the changes in pronunciations in various situations.
Portuguese Writing(2 credits)
This course is designed to teach students about Portuguese stylistics and creative writing, which enables students to have a certain level of Portuguese writing ability.
Theories and Practices of Translation I (Portuguese and Chinese)(4 credits)
This course is an introduction of Portuguese translation to introduce students to basic knowledge and theory of translation. This course aims to build a foundation for the course of Translation theory and practice (Portuguese and Chinese translation) II.
Theories and Practices of Translation II (Portuguese and Chinese)(4 credits)
This course is an extension of Theories and Practices of Translation I (Portuguese and Chinese). Teachers will encourage students to participate in various types of translation tasks inside and outside of classrooms.
Literature of Portuguese-speaking Countires(2 credits)
This course aims to help students learn the literary work in Portugal and Portuguese speaking countries, focusing on the stages of literature and history, as well as on the introduction of selected famous writers and literary works.
History, Culture and Society of Portuguese-speaking Countires(3 credits)
The course aims to help students learn about Portugal's society and culture, with special focus on its history, politics, economics, art works and cultural diversity in modern Portugal.
Field Study(9 credits)
The university will offer students opportunities to participate in overseas exchange programs, to practice and further strengthen students’ language skills, in areas outside of Macau (including US, UK, Australia, Portugal, Spain and other countries and/or regions).