Introducción a la cultura brasileña y la lengua portuguesa para adolescentes

Learners will learn through instruction and modeling by the teacher, followed by individual and interactive practice.  Emphasis will be placed on using Portuguese in conversational settings and understanding basic spoken and written Portuguese vocabulary.  This is a beginner level, introductory course.  Approximately 20 minutes will be instructional time and 25 minutes will involve practice for each class period.  Learners will participate via repeating vocabulary and phrases, by creating dialogues with learned vocabulary, and by practicing dialogues in class.  It is important that learners have either a headset or a quiet enough background environment that they will be able to pay attention closely to pronunciation.  

Week 1:  Introductions, Greetings & Leave Takings
Week 2:  Polite Expressions, Survival Vocabulary, & Pronunciation Tips
Week 3:  Shopping - Colors & Numbers
Week 4:  Food - Eating Out or Eating In
Week 5:  Family - Talking about Your Family
Week 6:  Time - Hours, Days, & Months
Week  7:  Travel - Let’s Go!
Week 8:  Sports - Futebol is Life
Week 9:  Music - Samba, Bossa Nova, and More
Week 10: Review & Recap

As this is an introductory language course, no required experience or knowledge in Portuguese is necessary.  Of course, if the learner has background knowledge in learning a foreign language (especially any of the Romance languages) or in Portuguese, that would be a great platform from which to expand.