Portuguese Level 5 | Evenings

About this course

The course develops spoken Portuguese through group activities and role-plays, with the teacher using Portuguese throughout to develop listening and comprehension. Classroom work also covers grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Topics include weather, seasons, clothing, shopping, preferences, leisure activities and sports, alongside cultural material about weather patterns and leisure in Portuguese-speaking countries. Language work includes irregular present-tense verbs, comparisons, time expressions, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions.

What you'll learn

• Discuss weather conditions and the seasons
• Describe clothing and footwear and make related purchases
• Express likes and preferences
• Use selected irregular verbs and other target-language grammar in the present tense
• Apply vocabulary for months, leisure activities, holidays and sports
• Understand spoken Portuguese delivered throughout the class in the target language

Is this course right for you?

This course is intended for learners who have completed Portuguese Level 4 or a course of at least 48 class hours. The teaching is communication-focused, with regular group work and role-plays, supported by systematic grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation practice.

• Previous Portuguese study is required
• Learners are expected to take part in group activities and role-plays
• The teacher speaks Portuguese throughout the course

Before you go

• The required coursebook, Portugues a Valer A1, should be purchased after the first lesson.