Portuguese B2.1 Upper-Intermediate Public Group Online Course

Português B2.1 Course Outline

Português em Foco 3

Unit 0: Vamos rever! | Let's review!

• Remember certain grammatical aspects associated with the B1 level. Engage in
• written and oral production exercises
• Returning defective clothing, renting a room, past vacation experiences, and a first
• job
• Pretérito Imperfeito do Indicativo
• Tempos compostos do Indicativo and Particípio Passado irregular
• Colocação dos pronomes clíticos and Preposições (a, de, por, para, com, em)

Unit 1: Navegar é preciso | To sail is necessary

• Global diffusion of the Portuguese language and its economic value
• Traditional Portuguese festivals (A Festa dos Tabuleiros de Tomar)
• Making an oral presentation
• Modo Indicativo vs. Modo Conjuntivo
• Presente do Conjuntivo: Regular and irregular verbs
• Impersonal constructions (ser + adjetivo + que) and expressions of doubt (talvez, se
• calhar, provavelmente, possivelmente)
• Verb + preposition regency (sonhar em/com, preocupar-se em/com)

Unit 2: Portugal: marcas, produtos e pessoas | Portugal: brands,

products, and people

• Scientific, technological, and industrial advances in 21st century Portugal
• Prominent Portuguese figures (Cristiano Ronaldo, José Mourinho, José Saramago,
• Maria João Pires)
• Famous products (Port Wine), underwater archaeology, and traditional festivals (A
• Festa das Maias)
• Presente do Conjuntivo with completive clauses (expressing will, desire, feeling,
• command, doubt, or preference)
• Verbs of opinion and expressions of certainty/uncertainty in affirmative and negative
• forms (pensar, acreditar, crer, achar)
• Infinitive constructions with identical subjects

Unit 3: Mais do que futebol e praia | More than football and beach

• 21st-century education, studying in Portugal, and the job market
• Discussion and debate techniques
• Traditional Portuguese celebrations (O Carnaval português / Caretos de Podence)
• Orações concessivas using Conjuntivo
• Concessive clauses with the Personal Infinitive (apesar de + Infinitivo Pessoal)
• Orações temporais expressing precise future time using Presente do Conjuntivo vs.
• habitual actions using Modo Indicativo

Unit 4: Festas, gastronomia e religião | Festivals, gastronomy, and

religion

• Shifting demographics and architectural heritage (romarias)
• Historical influence of religion on traditional gastronomy and convent sweets
• Techniques to confirm, show, or express a lack of understanding
• Orações finais with Conjuntivo and Personal Infinitive (para que, a fim de que, para
• / a fim de + Infinitivo Pessoal)
• Orações condicionais with Conjuntivo and Personal Infinitive (caso, desde que, sem
• que, a não ser que, sem / no caso de + Infinitivo Pessoal)