PB 200: Elementary Portuguese
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PB 200: Elementary Portuguese
PB 200: Elementary Portuguese Stephen Bocskay and Sophia Beal, Instructors Spring 2008 Course Hour J & G: Tuesday and Thursday 1–2:20pm, Monday and Wednesday 2-2:50pm Contact info: [email protected] [email protected] Office phone number: 401-863-3411 Office Location: 159 George St (between Thayer and Brook Streets). Office Hours: Sophie: Wed: 2:50-4:50pm Stephen: TBA Classroom: 116 Watson Institute (111 Thayer St, other classroom TBA) Required Texts Ponto de Encontro (textbook, DVD, and Student Activities Manual at Brown Bookstore) O Pagador de Promessas (course packet at Allegra Print and Imagining on 102 Waterman St) Course Description POBS200 is the second semester of a 2-semester introduction to Portuguese. The goal of the course is to develop students’ speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills in Portuguese and to ground these skills within the cultural context of Portuguese-speaking countries. The course will prepare students to take the advanced grammar and culture course POBS400 and will provide a necessary base for students planning to study or work in a Portuguese-speaking country or planning to use Portuguese in any other way. Toward the end of the semester, we will read Brazilian playwright Dias Gomes’ play O Pagador de Promessas (“The Promise Payer”), which we will analyze, perform scenes of, and discuss in depth in class. We will also watch a film of this play. POBS100 is a prerequisite for this course. This is a full immersion course, therefore no English will be spoken in class. Outside of class, you are welcome to speak with me in English. Objectives ♦ Enhance your command of the four areas of the Portuguese language: speaking, reading, listening, and writing ♦ Teach the Portuguese language within a cultural context, which provides you with basic knowledge about the main parts of the world where Portuguese is spoken: Angola, Brazil, Cape 1 Verde, East Timor, Goa, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé e Príncipe. We will also discuss the Portuguese-speaking communities in and around Providence. On completion of the course, students should be able to: ♦ speak, read, listen to, and write basic Portuguese, using all verb tenses and a wide vocabulary ♦ have a basic command of Lusophone culture Class preparation You are expected to prepare the assigned pages in Ponto de Encontro in advance for each class, which includes doing all of the reading, making sure you understand the grammar points (or are prepared to ask questions about them), and that you do all of the exercises, except the audio ones. We will spend a minimum amount of time on grammar explanations, so that we can focus instead on activities geared towards actual language use. Student Activity Manual (SAM) The SAM will be collected twice. The units to be prepared are marked in the calendar along with the dates. You should complete the section of the SAM that coincides with each class assignment (indicated on calendar) before that class, so you’ll be prepared for class and so that you don’t have a lot of work to do right before the SAM is due. Bring your SAM to class because frequently we will go over the exercises in it. Attendance Attendance is required. You will be allowed 2 absences this term. After that your grade may be affected. If you are sick, please provide a note from Health Services. Grading 1. Attendance and Participation. Attendance and participation (active engagement during each class) is an important part of your grade. Since we are primarily concerned with progress, we have designed the grading system so as not to penalize a student who starts slowly but keeps improving. By the same token, a few early high grades do not guarantee an A in the course. In other words, you must finish strongly in order to receive a good grade. If you come to class prepared and do your assignments regularly, you should have no problem doing well. 2. Exams. Not including your final exam, you’ll have three exams during the semester: two based on the grammar textbook and one based on O Pagador de Promessas. The tests are clearly marked on your calendar and are a good way for you and me to assess your progress. 3. Compositions. You will write two compositions this semester in Portuguese. The first composition will be based on an issue or topic of your choice related to the Lusophone world. The second composition will be a response essay to one of the films in the Brazilian Film Festival that will be held at Brown from March 5rd to 9th. If you will not be able to attend any of the festival films (they are free to all Brown students), please contact us immediately. The compositions should be two pages, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, double-spaced, using correct Portuguese spelling and accents. 4. Oral evaluations. a. oral presentation: You will present your first composition orally. The oral presentations will be an opportunity for you to share some of your interests in the Lusophone world with the rest of the class and for you to learn about your classmates’ interests. 2 b. graded discussion: In March, there will be a graded discussion on the Brazilian Film Festival in which you will talk with one another about the films that you saw and ask each other questions. You will be required to attend at least two films. c. poetry recitation day: Also, this semester you will memorize a poem of your choice in Portuguese and recite it to the class in April. The poem must be at least 10 lines long, and it can be by one of the following authors: José Craveirinha, Noémia de Souza, Rui Knopfi, Ondjaki, Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares, Agostinho Neto, Amílcar Cabral, Baltasar Lopes da Silva, Manuel Lopes, Chico Buarque, Francisco José Tenreiro, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Alphonsus de Guimaraens, Cacaso, Chacal, Manuel Bandeira, Mário de Andrade, Oswald de Andrade, Vinícius de Moraes, Murilo Mendes, Ana Cristina César, Fernando Pessoa, Luís Vaz de Camões, Florbela Espanca, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Eugénio de Andrade, or Dom Dinis. If you have personal interest in another Lusophone poet and would prefer to memorize one of his or her poems, you are welcome to do so as long as you check with us first. When you recite your poem, you should also briefly tell us who the poet is (name, country, time period...). Grading breakdown Grammar Exams ...........................................20% O Pagador de Promessas Exam ....................15% Compositions .................................................15% Oral evaluations .............................................15% Attendance and Participation .........................10% Final Exam......................................................25% (Total) ............................................................100% Grades will be awarded according to the following scale: 94-100%.....................A 74-76%.......................C 90-93%.......................A70-73%.......................C87-89%.......................B+ 67-69%.......................D+ 84-86%.......................B 64-66%.......................D 80-83%.......................B60-63%.......................D77-79%.......................C+ 59% or less.................F Academic dishonesty If you plagiarize on any assignment for this class, you will fail the course. If you have any questions about proper citations of other’s work, please let me know. Note Please inform me if you have a disability or other condition that might require some modification of any of these course procedures. You may speak with me after class or during office hours. I look forward to an interesting and mutually rewarding semester! 3 Calendar 23 January, Wednesday Introduction 24 January, Thursday L11: 400–409, complete SAM pages 251-255 28 January, Monday L11: 410-416, complete SAM pages 256-258 29 January, Tuesday L11: 417-425, complete SAM pages 259-262 30 January, Wednesday L11: 425-433, complete SAM pages 263-270 31 January, Thursday Activity for verb review, complete SAM pages 271-273 4 February, Monday L12: 434-442, complete SAM pages 275-277 Composition 1: First draft due 5 February, Tuesday L12: 443-452, complete SAM pages 277-282 [of all the days to split up, this would be a good one] 6 February, Wednesday L12: 452-461 [too much for 50 minutes], complete SAM pages 282-288 7 February, Thursday Activity on the past subjunctive, complete SAM pages 287-292 11 February, Monday L12: 461-467, complete SAM pages 292-298 12 February, Tuesday L13: 468-476, complete SAM pages 299-304 13 February, Wednesday L13: 476-489, complete SAM pages 304-312 14 February, Thursday L13: 489-497, complete SAM pages 312-320 SAM L11, L12, and L13 due 18 February, Monday No Class (Presidents’ Day) 19 February, Tuesday No Class 20 February, Wednesday QUIZ on L11, L12, and L13 21 February, Thursday L14: 498-507, complete SAM pages 321-326 25 February, Monday Oral presentations (5 minutes long), complete SAM pages 327-330 Composition 1: Final version due 26 February, Tuesday Oral presentations (5 minutes long), complete SAM pages 331-334 4 27 February, Wednesday L14: 508-515, complete SAM pages 335-337 28 February, Thursday L14: 516-525, complete SAM pages 338-343 3 March, Monday L15: 526-535, complete SAM pages 345-348 4 March, Tuesday L15: 535-544, complete SAM pages 349-351, complete SAM pages 352-356 5 March, Wednesday L15: 545-556, complete SAM pages 357-360 (Brazilian Film Festival begins) 6 March, Thursday reading and writing activity, complete SAM pages 358-361 10 March, Monday Graded discussion on the festival films, complete SAM pages 361366 11 March, Tuesday Expansão gramatical: 557-564, complete SAM pages 366-372 12 March, Wednesday Expansão gramatical: 565-571 1st draft of 2nd composition due 13 March, Thursday Writing workshop correcting common errors in students’ 2nd compositions 17 March, Monday Apêndice I: 572-575 SAM L14, L15, and Expansão gramatical due 18 March, Tuesday Apêndice II (revisão dos verbos): 576-585 quiz review 19 March, Wednesday QUIZ on L14, L15, expansão gramatical, Apêndices I & II 20 March, Thursday grammar review based in quiz results 24 March–March 30th Spring break 31 March, Monday Final draft of 2nd composition due O Pagador de Promessas, Ato I, Quadro I 1 April, Tuesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato I, Quadro I 2 April, Wednesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato I, Quadro I 3 April, Thursday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato I, Quadro II 7 April, Monday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato I, Quadro II 5 8 April, Tuesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato I, Quadro II 9 April, Wednesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato II, Quadro I 10 April, Thursday Poetry Recitation Day 14 April, Monday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato II, Quadro I 15 April, Tuesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato II, Quadro I 16 April, Wednesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato II, Quadro II 17 April, Thursday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato II, Quadro II 21 April, Monday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato II, Quadro II 22 April, Tuesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato III 23 April, Wednesday O Pagador de Promessas, Ato III 24 April, Thursday Filme: O Pagador de Promessas 28 April, Monday Filme: O Pagador de Promessas 29 April, Tuesday Discussion about the film and the play (exam review) 30 April, Wednesday EXAM on O Pagador de Promessas 1 May, Thursday Final exam review 5 May, Monday FINAL EXAM 6 May, Tuesday Last class (you’ll receive your graded Final Exam in class) 6 7
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