Course Overview

Course Content

Communicative aims

– Speaking about yourself, friends and immediate family members giving basic information  

   about them 

– Asking for and telling the time 

– Describing your daily routine and asking about someone else’s daily routine, saying how often you do things at weekdays and weekends 

– In the coffee shop – Ordering drinks and snacks, offering someone a drink and thanking, asking  

   for the bill 

Linguistic aims

–  Possessive pronouns: Meu, teu, nosso… 

–  Reflexive verbs – levantar-se, lavar-se, vestir-se… 

– Advérbios de tempo: depois, então, em seguida… 

– Adjectives to describe food: noun + adjective agreement 

– The Present Tense – verbs ending in ‘AR’, ‘ER’, ‘IR’ pertinent to topics being covered 

– Polite way to ask: Poderia… Queria… Gostaria de… 

– Singular and Plural – words that finish in ‘ão’ 

Cultural aspects:  Diverse lifestyles 

Course Information

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 14)
• Students must be 18+ years old
• Existing language ability: 24 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:

Tuesdays: 11th January – 15th February 2022

Wednesdays: 23rd February – 30th March 2022

Thursdays: 7th April – 19th May 2022*

Mondays: 23rd May – 27th June 2022

Tuesdays: 5th July – 9th August 2022

Wednesdays: 17th August – 21st September 2022

Thursdays: 10th November – 15th December 2022

*Due to the Easter holiday there is a break in the course on the 21st 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