Course Overview

Portuguese Level 10 is a Pre-Intermediate Portuguese course for students who have been studying Portuguese for a while. Portuguese Level 10 requires that you have previously studied Portuguese Level 9 or a course of at least 108 class hours. If you’re unsure of your level then check our levels chart.

Our Portuguese language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills.

Course Content

Communicative aims

– Giving information on particular localities in a Portuguese speaking country, identifying what is there in the area for tourists/young people to do and see, excursions, visits, festivals 

– Speaking about places you may have visited before and expressing opinions about the locality  

– Using social media and other means of communication to send and decline invitations, to relay and receive information and to do basic research 

– Exploring ideas to live and work abroad 

Linguistic aims 

– Language for description of places, weather description, appointments, telephone communication, information technology 

– Conditional with Modal verbs – Deveria…Poderia…Teria 

– Direct Object Pronouns – me, te, nos, lhe, lhes 

– The Imperfect – contrasting the present and the past tenses  

– Relative Pronouns: que, cujo, cuja… 

– Plural – Compostos formados por dois adjetivos 

 Cultural aspects

– Exploring customs, festivals and culinary specialities

Course Information

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 14)
• Students must be 18+ years old
• Existing language ability: 108 class hours of previous Portuguese language study required
• Classes will take place at our school in Covent Garden (16 Stukeley Street, Holborn, London WC2B 5LQ) 

Class Schedule

• The classes are 2 hours per week
• The course runs for 6 weeks
• The course takes place on weekday evenings 18:30 – 20:30
• The possible study options for this course are as follow:

Mondays: 10th January – 14th February 2022

Tuesdays: 22nd February – 29th March 2022

Wednesdays: 6th April -18th May 2022*

Wednesdays: 25th May – 29th June 2022

Thursdays: 7th July – 11th August 2022

Mondays: 26th September – 31st October 2022

Tuesdays: 8th November – 13th December 2022

*Due to the Easter holiday there is a break in the course on the 20th of April. The course still consists of 6 lessons however.

This language course includes:

• Access to our Moodle platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Portuguese language teachers
• Portuguese language study tips