Portuguese

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Portugal has a population of just over 10 million, so why is Portuguese spoken by 250 million people around the world? One word: Brazil. It is also the official language of eight countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guine-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tome and Príncipe. It is also spoken in the Portuguese islands of Madeiras and Azores… if you're thinking of heading that way.

Portuguese is the third most spoken European language (after English and Spanish) as well as the fastest growing language of Europe (with Spanish). Brazil is currently the 5th largest economy in the world. It therefore makes sense in the global economy to study Portuguese.

Portuguese2Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese are pretty similar, like American English and British English. Portuguese is surprisingly different from Spanish, as you will learn, although the languages are close enough that native speakers can often understand each other.

Whether you are planning to visit the Algarve or the Amazon, or the Rio 2016 Olympic Games a working knowledge of Portuguese will be a boon!

Levels offered: Portuguese

Beginners (level 1)

You have little or no prior knowledge of Portuguese.

Post-beginners (level 2)

You can manage in basic situations using the present tense.

Intermediate (level 3)

You can manage in everyday situations using present, past and future tenses.

Not sure which level you want? Use the ELP self-assessment grid to identify your level of competence.

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Greeting: "Bom dia" (good morning)

Counting: um, dois, três, quatro, cinco...

Useful phrase“Você é o melhor do mundo!” (You are the best in the world!”)

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2016-2017 Term Dates

Classes run during the University terms and take place during evenings,afternoons and Saturdays:

Term 1:

Monday 3 October 2016 – Saturday 10 December 2016

Term 2:

Monday 23 January 2017 – Saturday 1 April 2017

Term 3:

Monday 1 May 2017 – Saturday 8 July 2017

Summer School:

Monday 10 July 2017 – Saturday 16 September 2017

Courses 2016/17

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