UPCOMING SESSION
SCHEDULE
[In-person classes with a hybrid option to join remotely when attendance in person is not possible.]
Level 1 - Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Level 2 - Tuesdays, 6 pm to 8 pm
[Other levels TBD]
PRICE: $310
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Portuguese classes meet once per week for a 2-hour lesson*. At each level, the program length is 8 weeks. We offer levels 1 to 6 and beyond.
HIGHLIGHTS: Experienced and qualified teachers, structured teaching, communicative approach, and measurable results.
TEXTBOOK: Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language, second edition (Pearson). The textbook is not included in the price.
While we use the prescribed textbook throughout the course, the lesson plans exhibit teacher’s experience and the adaptability skills in view of the classroom's changing needs. We believe that using a textbook yields the best results for beginner and intermediate students. Therefore, it’s advisable to buy the prescribed textbook(s). They also provide explanatory information that may be useful for a questioning adult student and for homework.
SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED AT EACH LEVEL
For further details/course descriptions, contact: portuguese@merrimacklanguage.com
Portuguese Level 1:
- Greetings
- Introduce yourself and others
- Spelling words
- Use numbers
- Express time and dates
- Identify, describe, and locate people and objects
- Make simple sentences
- Ask for and provide basic information
- Express needs, likes, and dislikes
- Talk about routine activities and daily life
- Basic cultural understanding of Portuguese-speaking world
Portuguese Level 2:
- Talk about events
- Describe food, clothes, and shopping
- Express preferences and feelings
- Engage in small conversations
- Express possession, obligation, and condition
- Describe ongoing actions
- Talk about past experiences
- Make future plans
- Intermediate cultural understanding of Portuguese-speaking world
Portuguese Level 3:
- Mastery sentences in present, past, and future
- Express opinions and ideas
- Make comparisons
- Discuses interpersonal relationships
- Express hope and wishes
- Talk about work place and professions
- Discuss job skills and abilities
- Describe the body, health, and medical treatments
- Give order and instructions
- State goals and purposes
- Advanced cultural understanding of Portuguese-speaking world
Fisher, A. (Instructor)
Ms. Fisher, a native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, holds a bachelor's degree in English from UMass Boston and a master’s degree in Theatre Education and Community from Emerson College. Her professional experience includes serving as a theatre teaching artist with Free Soil Arts Collective, a bilingual group facilitator at Parenting Journey, and Director of Immigration Integration and Elder Services. She has also completed several professional training programs, including the Empower Leadership Program at Lowell Alliance and the Social Impact Management and Leadership program at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice.