This course is an introduction to the Portuguese language and its diverse
cultural settings. Students will begin to develop elementary proficiency in
vocabulary, grammatical forms, syntactic structures and pronunciation and
examine how these elements create cultural meaning in simple authentic
examples of Lusophone discourse (i.e., taped conversations, screenplay, song
lyrics, radio and television broadcasts, etc.) Emphasis will be on Brazil,
but students will be encouraged to explore Portuguese elsewhere as well
(i.e., Angola, Portugal, etc.) Three classroom hours per week plus the
continuing course POR 102 fulfills the Foreign Language component of the
Interconnecting Perspectives of the LSP. No prerequisites.
