A1M1 - IDENTIFICATION AND PERSONAL CHARACTERIZATION
When module 1 is completed the user should be able to:
1. Use the vocabulary of the following topics:
- greetings
- parts of the house
- family
- regions of Portugal
- countries and towns
- nationalities and languages
- personal details in writing
- numbers
- days of the week
- months and seasons
2. Use the following grammar issues:
- simple present of TO BE (SER)and SER DE (origin): forms and use
- definite article
- simple present of CHAMAR-SE
- simple present of regular verbs ending –AR
- simple present of ESTAR and ESTAR EM (forms and use)
- addressing the interlocutor: TU (informal)/ O(A) SENHOR(A) (formal)
- Interact orally in the following contexts:
- introducing oneself and others
- greetings
- personal and professional information (give and ask)
- location in space and time
- description of people and places
4. Read:
- the words of the topic-related vocabulary
- and the following texts: notices, biographies, questionnaires, mail and SMS
5. Write:
- missing information in forms
- short messages to friends and colleagues
EXERCISES
VOCABULARY
CITIES, RIVERS AND PORTUGAL REGIONS
ORDINAL NUMERALS: LISTEN TO THE NUMBERS
FAMILY: LISTEN TO HOW THEY ARE RELATED.
ORDINAL NUMBERS: WRITE THE NUMBERS
WRITTEN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
GRAMMAR
FORMS OF ADRESS - FORMAL AND LESS FORMAL
SIMPLE PRESENT OF CHAMAR-SE: FORMS AND USE
ARTICLES: USE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE
SIMPLE PRESENT OF TO HAVE/ TER: FORMS AND USE
PREPOSITION (A, DE, POR, EM) CONTRACTION WITH THE DEFINITE ARTICLE
SIMPLE PRESENT OF REGULAR VERBS ENDING -AR (MORAR, TRABALHAR…)
SIMPLE PRESENT OF ESTAR: FORMS AND USE. ESTAR EM
PERSONAL PRONOUNS - SUBJECT FORMS (I, YOU, HE, SHE, WE, YOU, THEY: FORMS AND USE) AND YOU
ORIGIN: SER DE (I’M FROM…) AND LOCATION: SER EM /FICAR EM (LISBON IS IN PORTUGAL)
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE DECLARATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES: GENDER (FEMININE/MASCULINE) AND NUMBER (SINGULAR/PLURAL)
LISTENING
READING