2009 Summer Language Session
June 26 through August 14, 2009.
Students registered in the 2009 Portuguese School will be enrolled in one of five levels according to their proficiency as determined by placement tests and prior experience with Portuguese or other Romance Languages. In 2009, students will also have the opportunity to take graduate level credits to be transferred to other programs.
It is important that students realize that prior study of Portuguese, while a factor in placement, does not necessarily guarantee placement in a higher level. In other words, those who have had one year of Portuguese may still be placed in the beginning level according to their proficiency rating. We reserve the right to determine where the student will gain the most from the Middlebury Portuguese School experience.
Language learners vary in their background, experience with this or other languages, and motivation. The course descriptions below are general and details may vary. Students will receive detailed syllabi when they arrive at Middlebury. Projected outcomes depend on motivation and willingness on the part of students to adhere to the Language Pledge, and to participate fully in the cocurricular program.
All courses in the seven-week program provide proficiency-oriented instruction in listening, reading, speaking, writing, and grammar, with an emphasis on Brazilian Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian culture and literature. In 2008 we added the European Portuguese component to the curriculum, which will be continued in 2009. Students will engage in activities that will emphasize presentational, interpretive, and interpersonal modes of communication both orally and in writing.
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE/CULTURE COURSES
Read about the Summer 2008 Course Highlights
Daily activities normally include four to five hours of classroom instruction plus additional homework and assignments. Schedules, texts, and staffing are subject to change. All students in the Portuguese School will engage in extensive reading activities using the texts from the invited lecturers, novels, short stories, plays, and journalistic accounts. Each level offers three required units encompassing grammatical forms, stylistics and composition, pronunciation and phonetics, oral expression in formal contexts, as well as interpersonal oral expression.
In addition to grammar instruction, classes will be thematic in nature with modules lasting two weeks. For the 2009 session we are planning the following modules: Faces of the Afro-Brazilian Traditions; Brazilian Music in Context; The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest; Media in the Portuguese Speaking World; Brazilian Arts, Culture and Civilization of the Portuguese Speaking World, and Literature of the Lusophone world.
The Portuguese School will again offer a special institute for teachers who wish to improve or maintain their Portuguese language skills and also prepare secondary age appropriate materials in Portuguese. Teachers who wish to participate in this project will enroll in PGSE 6610.
PGSE 3101-3102-3103 Beginning Portuguese
This course sequence is designed for students with no previous classroom instruction or functional ability in Portuguese, and little or no previous experience in Spanish. Most students completing this course sequence will be able to initiate, sustain, and close a conversation dealing with familiar topics, and will be able to write short narratives and read authentic texts based on specific reading strategies. Based on data gathered during the previous Portuguese School summers, the majority of students completing this level achieved Intermediate levels in the final oral assessment. (3 units)
Bibliography: Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language Language. Klobucka, Anna, et al. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007
PGSE 3198-3199-2000 Advanced-Beginning Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
This course sequence focuses specifically on issues that arise when Spanish-speakers learn Portuguese. Because of the similarity between the two languages, typically Spanish speakers progress through Portuguese language classes at an astonishing fast rate. In addition, with work on vocabulary and specific structures, they are able to communicate at a higher proficiency level in a shorter period of time. Students with some formal instruction in Portuguese may also place in this level depending on their proficiency. Based on previous Portuguese School summers, the majority of students completing this level achieved Intermediate High to Advanced Low levels in the final oral assessment.(3 units)
Bibliography: Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language Language. Klobucka, Anna, et al. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007
PGSE 3201-3202-3203 Intermediate Portuguese I
Students enrolling in this sequence will have completed successfully one year of Portuguese and will have a proficiency level of "novice high" or "intermediate low," according to the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. In this class, they will strengthen their knowledge of grammatical and syntactical structures and improve their mastery of the language while increasing vocabulary and functional communicative ability. Most students successfully completing this sequence will emerge with a proficiency level of "intermediate high." Depending on motivation, effort, and previous knowledge some students may progress to a level of "advanced low" or "advanced mid" during this sequence. (3 units)
Bibliography: Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language Language. Klobucka, Anna, et al. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007; Fala Brasil - Português para Estrangeiros, Coudry, Pierre and Fontão, E. Editora Pontes, 2000; Crônicas 2. Fernando sabino et al. Editora Ática, 2007
PGSE 3301-3302-3303 Intermediate Portuguese II
Students enrolling in this sequence will have completed successfully one or more years of study in Portuguese and will have a proficiency level of at least "intermediate-mid" according to the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Students will continue to strengthen their knowledge of grammatical and syntactical structures and will continue to master the language while increasing vocabulary through extensive reading. Students completing this sequence will emerge with a proficiency level of "Advanced-low" or "Advanced-Mid". Depending on motivation, effort, and diligence, some students will progress to Advanced-High during this sequence. (3 units)
Bibliography: Gramática Pedagógica. Mesquita, Roberto Melo and Martos, Cloder Rivas. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2005; Escreva bem agora! Manual de Estilística da Língua Portuguesa. Oliveira, Ronaldo Alves de. Editora Edicta, 2001; Super dicas para escrever bem diferentes tipos de texto. Edna M. Barian Perrotti. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2006; Boa Companhia. Vários autores. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2003; Dialogo Brasil: Eberlein, et. al . Sao Paulo: EPU, 2003
PGSE 3401-3402-3403 Advanced Portuguese
Students enrolling in this sequence will have a basic mastery of Portuguese and will have a proficiency level of at least "intermediate-high" according to the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. In this sequence, students will continue to increase vocabulary through extensive reading; they will practice writing and speaking at different registers; and they will study cultural and literary texts in depth. Students completing this sequence will emerge with a proficiency level of Advanced-High or Superior.(3 units)
Bibliography: Gramática reflexiva. William R. and Thereza Cochar Magalhães. Atual Editora, 2005; A arte de escrever bem. Alves, Clair. Editora Vozes, 2005; Contos Brasileiros Contemporâneos. Julieta de Godoy Ladeira, Editora: Moderna 1998; Português básico para estrangeiros. 2nd edition. Rejane de Oliveira Slade; Gramática reflexiva. Cereja, William R. and Thereza Cochar Magalhães. Atual Editora, 2005
Graduate Level
The Portuguese School also offers a non-degree graduate level of instruction. These units are designed for graduate students who are currently enrolled in graduate programs elsewhere and wish to tranfer credit to their home institutions or who are applying for graduate school. Students interested in this option should check with their home institutions about credit transfer.
We plan to offer the following courses in 2009:
PGSE 6610 Portuguese Pedagogy
Students enrolling in this course have an oral proficiency of Advanced Low or above. In addition, they are at the advanced low level in writing and reading proficiency. The course explores the modes of communication described in the Portuguese Standards for Learning Languages in the 21st Century. Students will do extensive reading and critical writing about the newest language acquisition theories as they apply to second and third language learning. All readings and assignments are in Portuguese. (1 unit)
Bibliography: Por que (não) ensinar gramática na escola. Possenti, Sírio. Campinas, SP: Mercado de Letras 2006; Aprender tem que ser gostoso. Rossini, Maria Augusta Santos. Vozes, 3rd ed. 2004; O ensino de português para estrangeiros. Filho, José/Lombello, Leonor. Pontes 2000; Planejamento de metas e objetivos. Richards, Jack. SBS 2003; Como ser um ótimo aluno de idiomas. Rubin, Joan and Thompson, Irene. Editora Pioneira 2001; Dinâmicas de leitura para sala de aula. Ranel, Mary. Companhia das Letras, 19ed., 2005; A moca tecelã. Colasanti, Marina. Editora Global, 2004
PGSE 6616 Film and Literature II
Students enrolling in this course have an oral proficiency of Advanced Low or above. In addition, they are at the advanced level in writing and reading proficiency. The course explores a variety of novels from the Lusophone world. There will be a minimum of six authors who will be read and discussed; excerpts of several authors, and pertinent films. After discussing and analyzing in depth the respective works, students will write comparative papers applying theoretical frameworks of cross-cultural literary and filmic cultural studies. All readings and assignments are in Portuguese. (1 unit)
Bibliography: Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas. Machado de Assis. Martin Claret, 1999; A Costa dos Murmúrios. Lídia Jorge. Lisboa: D. Quixote; O Testamento do Sr. Napumocemo da Silva. Germando Almeida. Lisboa: Caminho, 1998; and excerpts from Macunaíma: o herói sem nenhum caráter. Mário de Andrade. Agir 2008; O Primo Basílio Eça de Queirós. Porto: Porto, 2007; A geração da utopia. Pepetela. Lisboa: D. Quixote, 1997; Um Mar da Cor da Terra. Miguel Vale de Almeida. Oeiras: Celta, 2000; A experiência do cinema. Ismail Xavier. Paz e terra, 2003
PGSE 6618 Phonetics
This is an introductory course on analytical and practical study of contemporary Portuguese pronunciation (phonetics and phonology). The overall objective of this course is to understand the phonetic features of Portuguese sounds in comparison to English and other languages, and how these sounds operate (phonological processes) when they form syllables, words, sentences and discourse.
Bibliography: Iniciação à fonética e à fonologia, Dinah Callou e Yonne Leite. 10a. edição (IFF). 2005. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor. Como falam os brasileiros 3a. edição (CFB). Yonne Leite e Dinah Callou. 2005. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar Editor
PGSE 6625 Morphosyntax
Students enrolling in this course have an oral proficiency at or above Advanced Low. In addition, they are at the advanced level in writing and reading proficiency. The majority of students who choose this class will be enrolled in graduate programs at other institutions. This class of Morphosyntax—the study of the internal structure and formation of words and their relationships in a sentence—serves as an introduction to morphology and syntax, presented from a functional approach. Through discussion and exercises, speech sounds in Portuguese will also be analyzed. The study moves from how units of meaning are combined into words and sentences, to how discourse depends on context. Students will examine how to construct words and sentences, pronounce and use them in Portuguese. Students will gain linguistic problem-solving skills in phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. All readings and assignments are in Portuguese. (1 unit)
Bibliography: Sintaxe. Oração, período, texto. Henriques, Claudio César. Elsevier, 2007; Fonética , Fonologia e Ortografia, Conceitos, Estruturas Henriques, Claudio César, Elsevier 2008; Morfossintaxe. Inez Sautchuk. Manole, 2003
2009 LECTURE SERIES
Jeffrey Cason, “Política brasileira e o cenário internacional”
Ana Maria Gonçalves, “Das limitações para narrar a memória: ‘Tenho apenas duas mãos e o sentimento do mundo”
Richard Miller, “A influência africana nos ritmos das danças brasileiras”
Alberto Monteiro, “Amazônia: conservação e sustentabilidade”
Claudia Monteiro, “A arte brasileira: principais movimentos e artistas”