Portuguese Language Course

BY
Henry Harvin

Mode

Online

Duration

40 Hours

Fees

₹ 11250 12500

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Frequency of Classes Weekdays

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 11,250  ₹12,500
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Henry Harvin

The syllabus

Module 1: Beginner Level A1

Topics
  • ● Introductions and greetings:olá, como estás~como está,Chamo-me Manuela~Mechamo Manuela, Bom dia,Tudo bem?
    ● Names, nationalities
    ● Professions, colleagues,relatives…
    ● Please & thank you
    ● Likes & dislikes: Gosto defeijoada mas gosto muitomais de caipirinha.
    ● Eating & drinking: Vamoscomer uma feijoada nodomingo?
    ● Numbers
    ● Alphabet
    ● Directions
    ● Hotels and Travel
    ● Making phone calls (ex: tobook a hotel)
    ● Time – hours, days, months,time phrases (today,tomorrow… )
    ● Daily life – routines, free time
    ● Making arrangements
    ● Home – rooms, houseaccessories
    ● Places – shops, importantesbailes e celebrações: OCarnaval do Rio de Janeiro émuito bonito e famoso.
    ● The weather
Grammar
  • Pronouns – subject, possessive + the form a gente
  • To be (ser versus estar)
  • Masculine and feminine with nouns
  • Articles + junction with prepositions de (da, do…) and em (no, na…)
  • Present – simple (1st, 2nd and 3rd conjugations) /continuous
  • Definite Future : ir + infinitive (“going to”)
  • Singular vs. Plural
  • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Question words – who, what, how, how much
  • Verb gostar (de) – affirmative, negative and interrogative
  • Verbos morar, ficar

Module 2: Beginner Level A2

Topics
  •  Family
  • Health & Illness
  • Home – rooms, house accessories: Minha casa tem duas salas, dois quartos de casal, dois banheiros e,claro, umachurrasqueira no jardim!
  • Places – shops, important events, and celebrations: The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is very beautiful and famous.
  • Daily life – routines, free time, everyday activities
  • Talking about self & others
  •  Talking about the past and experiences
  • Jobs, working, professional qualities
  •  The weather
  • Planning a party
  • Giving instructions
  •  Invitation, offer, suggestion, requests, informal advice
Grammar
  • Simple Past (passado perfeito): more verbs
  • Past (pretérito perfeito): explore through exercises and dialogue creation
  • More irregular verbs (suggestion: trazer, saber, dizer…)
  •  Past (perfeito)
  • Passive particle se
  •  Indefinite pronouns (alguém, ninguém, algo, todo…)
  • Augmentative & diminutive

Module 3: Beginner Level B1

Topics
  •  Education (school, university,examinations)
  •  Education (school, university,examinations)
  •  Professions and Careers
  •  Expressing wishes, doubts and feeling (Tomara que…;Talvez…; Que pena que…)
  •  Weather, nature, natural disasters
  •  Consumerism, globalization,Finance, Banking,Administration
  • Healthy & unhealthy lifestyles
  • Expressing opinions aboutstress
  • Giving advice: Porque é quenão vais fazer exercíciofísico num ginásio?
Grammar
  • Present of Subjunctive
  • Impersonal Expression (émelhor que; é bom que; énecessário que; Bastaque…)
  • Demonstrative Pronouns +aqui, aí, ali, lá

Module 4: Beginner Level B2

Topics
  • Commercial (goods and services)
  • Technical Assistance
  • Repairs and services in general
  •  Letters (asking for a refund,warranty, complaints)
  • SAC (Serviço de atendimento ao cliente)
  • Procon (Proteção aoconsumidor)
  • Generation gap and modern technology
  •  Means of transportation,traffic, cars, insurance 
  •  Leisure activities
  • Media
  • Vocabulary and abbreviations
  • Globalization
  • Countries where Portuguese is spoken: similarities and differences
  • Differences between slang,colloquial and formal expressions and words
  •  Different accents
Grammar
  • Present of Subjunctive + Linking words (Para que, embora, até que, antes que, contanto que, a não ser que, sem que, caso, mesmo que)
  •  Present of Subjunctive +(alguém que, alguma coisaque)
  • Imperfect of Subjunctive
  • If-clauses
  • If-clauses + compound subjunctive (Ele estaria rico hoje se tivesse feito bons investimentos quando erajovem.)
  • Relative pronouns (que,quem, o qual, a qual, onde,cujo(a))
  •  Direct and indirect Speech
  •  Revision of Subjunctivetenses

Module 5: Beginner Level C1

Topics
  •  Daily life
  • Colloquial language and fixed expressions
  •  Formal speech
  • How to express your opinion
  • Pronunciation: words in – x (peixe, exemplo, excelente,táxi…)
  • Erudite adjectives
  •  Racial prejudice
  • How children were educated in the past and how they areeducated nowadays)
  • Synonyms and antonyms
Grammar
  • Verbos ser, estar e ficar
  •  Prefixes and suffixes
  • Compound words and their plurals
  •  Accent, stress and intonation
  •  Verbs + prepositions
  • Imperfect of subjunctive
  •  Linking words + subjunctive
  •  Reflexive verbs
  •  Masculine x feminine words
  •  Different kinds of superlatives
  •  Future of subjunctive + linking words
  •  Subjunctive + clauses
  •  Contraction of prepositions
  •  Todo vs tudo
  •  Verbs ended in -ter and -ver
  •  Collective nouns
  • Verb acabar
  •  Expressions with the word conta
  • Indefinite pronouns (muitos, todos, nada, cada um, certo, alguém, ninguém…)
  • Verbs: trazer, levar; ir, vir
  • Relative pronouns (que, quem, onde, o qual…)
  •  Verbs ended in -vir, -pôr 

Module 6: Beginner Level C2

Topics
  •  Literal vs Figurative meaning
  • Superstitions
  • Human Evolution
  • Expressions with colors
  • Employment: nowadays and in the past
  • Paintings and arts
  • Proverbs
  • How to avoid stress
Grammar
  • Fixed expressions
  • Impersonal verb: fazer
  • Time expressions: há – daqui a
  • Adverbs
  • Indirect Speech
  • Grave accent: à
  • Verbs ending in -dizer, -pedir,-ear, -e, -iar
  • Tu vs você
  • Para mim e para eu…
  • Para vs por
  • Meio vs metade
  • Tornar vs tornar-se
  • Different meaning of the words:já and mes 

Module 7: Complementary Module 1: Soft Skills Development

  • Business Communication
  • Preparation for the Interview
  • Presentation Skills

Module 8: Complementary Module2: Resume Writing

  • Resume Writing

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