Portuguese language course A1
The Portuguese A1 course for beginners is designed for those who want to take their first steps in the language in a simple, practical and accessible way. Throughout the lessons, participants develop essential skills for everyday communication, both orally and in writing.
About the Portuguese A1 Course
The Portuguese A1 course aims to provide participants with the knowledge to understand and communicate basic information in Portuguese, both written and spoken, using grammatical structures and basic vocabulary.
Portuguese Course A1
Course Content
Unit 1: Identification and Personal Characterization (14.5h)
1.1 Personal identification
1.2 Greetings
1.3 Nationalities
1.4 Alphabet
1.5 Numbers 0-20
Unit 2: Where is it…? (14h)
2.1 Asking for information and giving directions
2.2 Describing furniture and household objects
2.3 Numbers 21-100
2.4 Adjectives
Unit 3: I Would Like… (10.5h)
3.1 Meals
3.2 Time and days of the week
3.3 Daily routine
3.4 Numbers 101-1000
Unit 4: Inviting to… (12h)
4.1 Inviting, accepting, and declining
4.2 Leisure activities
Unit 5: Holiday Plans (12h)
5.1 Holidays and hobbies
5.2 Months
5.3 Seasons of the year
Unit 6: Health… (9h)
6.1 Physical and psychological description
6.2 The human body
Unit 7: Directions and Instructions (3h)
7.1 Instructions
7.2 Giving directions
Upcoming courses
Registration open permanently
Target Audience
Adults without basic knowledge of spoken and written Portuguese. The level of those enrolled is verified by presenting a certificate or taking an assessment test.
Tuition Fee
Includes
- Certificate
- Educational Support
- Administrative Support
- Support Materials
Contacts
📞 +351 964 581 360
✉️ training@fundacaocidadedelisboa.pt
About Fundação Cidade de Lisboa
Fundação Cidade de Lisboa is a training organisation certified by DGERT with over 36 years of experience in training. It is also a non-profit public utility organisation. By choosing us, you are supporting our social projects.
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Training team
Inês Gama
Master's degree in Portuguese as a Foreign Language and Second Language and bachelor's degree in Portuguese with a Minor in Modern Languages from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra. Completed an internship in teaching Portuguese as a foreign language (PLE) at Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland). Worked as a Portuguese language lecturer at the University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte). Currently works as a Portuguese linguistics consultant on the website Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa, owned by Iscte, and as a Portuguese language teacher at the Language and Culture Center of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (CLiC-IPL). Also collaborated with the Lisbon City Foundation as a Portuguese language trainer for migrant communities.
Ivan Clemente
Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and certified trainer. He worked as a psychologist and technical director in a children's and youth home, and as a socio-cultural animator in a home for people with disabilities. In Maputo, he was a trainer and coordinated a large training project, working with some of the largest companies in the country. As well as Mozambique and Portugal, he also lived in the Netherlands and India. In India, he began teaching English as a volunteer in several social projects, including an orphanage and a community centre for Tibetan refugees. On his return to Lisbon, he devoted himself to teaching Portuguese to foreigners as well as English, and this is now his main occupation. He has also been an English-Portuguese and English-Portuguese translator for over 20 years.
Manuela Sol González
PhD candidate in Portuguese as a Foreign Language, attended a master's degree in Language Management and a bachelor's degree in Letters with a focus on linguistics. Specialized in conference interpretation technique, she has extensive experience in the field of education and training, as a Portuguese teacher, and also conducts contrastive studies between Spanish and Portuguese. She was a simultaneous and consecutive interpreter at the Youth Olympic Games, promoted by UN Women Brazil, as well as conducted several workshops as an interpreter at an international level. She was granted a scholarship by the Camões Institute in Lisbon to specialize in Portuguese language and culture, and currently holds a research scholarship, also awarded by the Camões Institute in Lisbon, to conduct research on languages and migrations, focusing on the Ukrainian community residing in Lisbon and their relationship with the Portuguese language.
Nuno Paulino
Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics with a thesis on Language Acquisition and Bilingualism in language groups such as Portuguese, Guinea-Bissau Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. Holds a Master's degree in Portuguese Linguistics, specializing in linguistic variation, and a Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages with a minor in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. He serves as a Portuguese as a foreign language instructor at the Institute of Portuguese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (ICLP) and as an examiner at the Center for Evaluation and Certification of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (CAPLE). Since 2022, works as a copy editor at the JPL (Journal of Portuguese Linguistics) and has several scientific publications in the field of Linguistics.
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