Portuguese 201

Carl A. Youngblood (email me) Graduate Student BA Portuguese Brigham Young University Office: 1062 JKHB Office hours: MW 11:00-1:00

Section 001 Fall Semester 2002 4.0 credit hours Daily (MTWThF) 9:00 - 9:50 AM HFAC F556

Course objective:

Students will learn to dominate basic Portuguese grammar and pronunciation and begin to discover various forms of literature.

Required texts: Para a Frente! by Larry D. King and Margarita Suñer (available in the BYU bookstore) LDS Portuguese Hymnal (hinário) (also available in the BYU bookstore) Any decent Portuguese-English English-Portuguese dictionary

Important reference material: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for English Speakers How to type Portuguese accents on a Windows PC Michaelis Online Portuguese Dictionary Check your grade

OUTLINE OF DAILY CLASS ACTIVITIES
9:00	Class begins.  Person assigned to be in charge of BOCA ("Boas vindas", "Oração", "Cantar", "Anúncios") for the day, plans beforehand the people who will be saying the prayer and leading the music.  Boas vindas come first, followed by the hino.  Then we have the oração, which will (of course) be spoken in Portuguese.  Then the person in charge of BOCA for the day will do the anúncios (announcements) and can include any anecdote, joke or story that they may wish to share with the group.  BOCA participation for the semester will count as an assignment worth 100 points.  Anyone who misses the day they are assigned to do BOCA without arranging a substitute will lose 10 points from their 100 point total.
9:10	Manchete do Dia - Every day I will come to class with a headline from CNN's E-notícias in Portuguese, which we will read in class, underlining and defining any new words. These words will be used as part of our vocabulary for quizzes and tests.  I will also occasionally test your listening comprehension by reading a headline to you and having you fill in certain parts of the text that I have left blank.
9:20-9:50	Remainder of the day's activities