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Intensive Portuguese Language Summer Program
Programa Portal: ensino-aprendizagem de línguas modernas
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Location: Feira de Santana – Bahia, Brazil
The Programa Portal: ensino-aprendizagem de línguas modernas is a teaching and learning program of modern languages focused on citizenship, social inclusion and intercultural dialogue. It began in 2003 as an extension project of language teaching, it was redesigned in 2009, and in 2011 was transformed into a language program with the main objective of developing actions in teaching, research and extension projects. We offer a variety of modern language courses: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese composition and Portuguese as a foreign language.
Classes are held at the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), a public institution of higher education in Brazil, located in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. One of the objectives of the program is to establish intercultural dialogues with other nations and this way contribute to the internationalization of the university and to a better understanding of different cultures. Thus, we decided to include Portuguese as a foreign language to accommodate the interest of international students in Brazilian culture and facilitate their research.
Why study Portuguese in Feira de Santana?
Feira de Santana is the second most populous and the second largest city in Bahia, Brazil. Feira de Santana also is an important stopping point for travelers, containing a major junction of Northeastern Brazil's highways. It is an important and diverse commercial and industrial center, with affordable cost of leaving and it is close to Salvador, the capital of Bahia and the former colonial capital of Brazil. Feira de Santana's important geographic location and the hospitality of its people continues to attract new residents. Feira de Santana is famous for its parties and festivals, such as Senhora Sant'Ana in the last week of July (26 July), which features activities such as bumba-meu-boi, segura-a-véia and burrinha. Students have the opportunity to participate in cultural activities such as weekend guide tours to the city of Cachoeira, a national monument of the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico Artístico e Nacional (IPHAN) and to Salvador.
Portuguese courses:
With the Intensive Portuguese Language Summer Program, students have the opportunity to take Portuguese language and culture classes (elementary, intermediate and advanced levels) taught by the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana faculty. We expect our students to develop communicative competences that leads them to oral and written proficiency in Portuguese.
1. Elementary
The intensive Elementary Portuguese with a 140 contact hours of language instruction involves about 20 hours a week, four hours per day (9am-13pm) , five days a week. Students will be graded on two oral tests 40%; a final exam 30%; participation and attendance 20%; homework 10%.
This course is designed for beginners. By the end of this course, students will be able to use familiar everyday expressions and basic phrases, produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, introduce themselves and others, understand and produce texts of a limited variety of text genres, communicate in simple and routine tasks and interact in a simple way. (CEFR)
Costs
The cost of the seven-week program is $4,000 that includes the tuition fee and local excursions.
Housing and Meals are not included. *
*The program can assist you in locating a house or an apartment near campus
2. Intermediate
The intensive Intermediate Portuguese course with a 140 contact hours of language instruction involves about 20 hours a week, four hours per day (9am-13pm) five days a week. Students will be graded on two oral tests 40%; a final exam 30%; participation and attendance 20%; homework 10%.
This course is designed to review and expand students’ skills and competences. By the end of this course, students will be able to use and understand more complex vocabulary and structures, describe experiences and events, give opinion and explanations, produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization. (CEFR)
Costs
The cost of the seven-week program is $4,000 that includes the tuition fee and local excursions.
Housing and Meals are not included. *
*The program can assist you in locating a house or an apartment near campus.
3. Advanced
The intensive Advanced Portuguese course with a 140 contact hours of language instruction involves about 20 hours a week, four hours per day (9am-13pm) , five days a week. Students will be graded on two oral tests 40%; a final exam 30%; participation and attendance 20%; homework 10%.
This course is designed to lead students to mastery. By the end of this course, students will be able to express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions, use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes, produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices, and recognize implicit meaning. (CEFR)
Costs
The cost of the seven-week program is $4,000 that includes the tuition fee and local excursions.
Housing and Meals are not included. *
*The program can assist you in locating a house or an apartment near campus.
