Course Overview

Portuguese Level 16 is an Intermediate course for students who have studied the Portuguese language to a fairly high level. Portuguese Level 16 requires that you have previously studied Portuguese Level 15 or a course of at least 180 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

– Discussing issues associated with media pressure: how to look, what to wear and its impact on one’s well-being 

– The advantages and disadvantages of country versus city living  

– The advantages and disadvantages of having a break in work/study for one’s health 

– Giving and understanding opinions about general advertisements and TV broadcasts about food and health 

– Discussing issues associated with equal opportunities: gender or race at school or work

Linguistic aims

 – The language to describe health and well-being 

– Adjectives to describe places 

– Plusperfect Preterite– Pretérito mais que perfeito composto: tinha falado… 

– The language of advertisements 

– Conjunctions to express causes and consequences – em decorrència de…porisso… 

Cultural aspects

– Social issues – equal opportunities

Course Information

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 14)
• Students must be 18+ years old
• Existing language ability: 180 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: 

Thursdays: 13th January – 17th February 2022

Wednesdays: 6th April – 18th May 2022*

Tuesdays: 5th July – 9th August 2022

Wednesdays: 17th August – 21st September 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