Introduction to Portuguese for Middle & High School - Beginners

Inspired by our very popular Spanish I for Beginners (https://outschool.com/classes/introduction-to-spanish-for-middle-high-school-beginners-3mwybuVw), we now offer a similar Portuguese program. In this course, students will learn the Portuguese for beginners curriculum through interactive lectures where they will have the opportunity to participate in class discussions and conversations with a partner, all in a relaxed atmosphere. We use presentations with visuals and graphs to introduce the content followed by student's centered activities such as role playing and games. This course does not build on previous topics and learners can join at any time. After the lesson, students may complete a series of optional activities to reinforce the lesson's content. These activities will include a combination of skills: reading, speaking and writing and will not reflect on the following meeting. All instructional materials will be available through the Outschool classroom. 

Distribution of themes by week:

Week of January 12 The Weather 
Week of January 19  Feelings and emotions. The verbs estar
Week of January 26 The verb "ser." Descriptions.
Week of February 2 Pets and Descriptions
Week of February 9 Telling Time
Week of February 16 Making Friends. Invitations
Week of February 23 rregular verbs: I do. 
Week of March 2 Family. Possessive adjectives
Week of March 9 The Playground: Skills
Week of March 16 26 Reflexive verbs. Daily routines.
Week of March 23 Clothes and Shopping
Week of March 30 Places around the city. 
Week of April 6 Body Parts. At the Hospital. 
Week of April 13 At school 
Week of April 20 The verb ir. Places
Week of April 27 Around the City. Prepositions.
Week of May 4 Uses of the Verb to Have: "
Week of May 11 Expressions with "tener"
Week of May 18 30 ER/IR Regular Verbs
Week of May 25 AR verb conjugations
Week of June 1 Stem changing Verbs:  What do I eat for lunch?
Week of June 8 Gustar: Activities. 
Week of June 15 Stem Changing Verbs: I think/ I want
Week of June 22 Ongoing Actions: What are you doing right now?Irregular verbs: I do. 

At this point our curriculum will circle back. This program might be adjusted to meet learner's need and some modification to the schedule could apply.

Learners will receive exposure to the topics with the opportunity to practice in a communicative format. We use colorful visuals, music, games and context clues to facilitate understanding and keep the goals of every lesson simple enough for learners to be able to memorize new words and phrases every session while using them in simple conversations. Fun and age appropriate topics as well as language immersion suited for beginners will translate into fluency.