Brazilian Portuguese: Carnival ready - a kit for beginners
Make the most of your Carnival holidays in Brazil with this short, intensive course. This Kit for beginners will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in this holiday situation & have a friendly chat with the locals! This course is ideal for complete beginners.
Learning modes and locations may be different depending on the course start date. Please check the location of your chosen course and read our guide to learning modes and locations to help you choose the right course for you.
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This course aims to enable students to communicate effectively in Brazilian Portuguese while on holiday for the Carnival.
What will we cover?
Greetings, introductions, numbers and prices, ordering food and drinks, finding your way, at the hotel, using transport and asking the time, at the chemist, cultural topics, particularly the carnival.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- have a go at a simple conversation when you’re out & about-say hello & goodbye, give and ask for basic & personal information (your name, which languages you speak, where you are from etc.) - buy items in shops, ask about prices - order food & drinks & ask for the bill - ask for directions - use and recognise numbers - asking for basic information at the hotel - buy tickets, enquire about departure/arrival times/ delays & platform number - describe common symptoms at the chemist / at the doctor - comment on the carnival with simple vocabulary and understand some of its cultural aspects
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
No previous knowledge required, suitable for complete beginners.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Our courses are characterised by spoken interaction and communication. Typical activities include pair work, group work, role plays and games. A range of resources will be used to support your learning including presentations, hand-outs, and audio-visual material. Homework is highly recommended to consolidate learning.
This course uses Google Classroom, a digital learning platform where all the teaching and learning resources can be found. Here are some common answers to questions about Google Classroom.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
This course is based on the tutor's own materials.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Brazilian Portuguese beginners: module 1 or 2, however, you will be revising some of the work already covered in this introductory course. Ask you tutor for advice or email languages@citylit.ac.uk. Please enrol as soon as possible as places cannot be guaranteed.
Christina Baum is a Brazilian-British Portuguese and English teacher (CELTA) and a literary translator based in London. She has over 20 years’ experience in teaching and believes that effective learning means a fun experience. She teaches all levels of Portuguese (Celpe-Bras, A-Level Portuguese and literature) and English. She has been teaching at City Lit since October 2019. She is also an external examiner for the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and an oral examiner for Celpe-Bras – the Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners, awarded by Brazil's Ministry of Education. Christina translates from and into Portuguese, some key translations include Pulse by Julian Barnes, Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala, and We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She has nine years’ experience running literary festivals in South America, Europe and the Middle East. Christina holds a BA and an MFA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London, where she is currently studying for her PhD in Creative Writing.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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This course is ideal for complete beginners.</p><p>Greetings, introductions, numbers and prices, ordering food and drinks, finding your way, at the hotel, using transport and asking the time, at the chemist, cultural topics, particularly the carnival. </p><p>- have a go at a simple conversation when you’re out &amp; about-say hello &amp; goodbye, give and ask for basic &amp; personal information (your name, which languages you speak, where you are from etc.)<br>- buy items in shops, ask about prices<br>- order food &amp; drinks &amp; ask for the bill<br>- ask for directions<br>- use and recognise numbers<br>- asking for basic information at the hotel<br>- buy tickets, enquire about departure/arrival times/ delays &amp; platform number<br>- describe common symptoms at the chemist / at the doctor<br>- comment on the carnival with simple vocabulary and understand some of its cultural aspects</p><p> </p><p>No previous knowledge required, suitable for complete beginners.</p><p>Our courses are characterised by spoken interaction and communication. 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