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Ponto de encontro : Portuguese as a world language / Anna M. Klobucka, Clémence M. C. Jouët-Pastré, Patrícia Isabel Sobral, Maria Luci De Biaji Moreira, Amélia P. Hutchinson.
Format
Book
Language
English
Portuguese
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2007].
©2007
Description
xxiii, 626 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
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Subject(s)
Portuguese language
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Textbooks for foreign speakers
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English
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Author
Klobucka, Anna, 1961-
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Jouët-Pastré, Clémence
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Sobral, Patricia I.
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Moreira, Maria Luci De Biaji
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Hutchinson, Amélia P., 1949-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Textbooks
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Series
World languages (Pearson/Prentice Hall)
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World languages
Summary note
Comprehensive Portuguese course with 15 lessons. Communication-orientated approach with a wide variety of cultural insights, appendices, and exercises. Accompanied by workbook, audio CDs and DVD. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading, writing, and grammar skills.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Machine derived contents note: Li¿¿o preliminar
Primeiros passos 2
Comunica¿¿o
Greetings and good-byes
Expressions of courtesy
Spelling in Portuguese
Identifying and locating people and objects
Using numbers from 0 to 99
Expressing dates
Telling time
Using classroom expressions
Li¿¿o 1
A universidade 28
Asking for and providing information
Expressing needs, likes, and dislikes
Talking about daily activities
Asking about and expressing location
Ë primeira vista
Os estudantes e os cursos
A vida dos estudantes
Estruturas
Subject pronouns
Present tense of regular -ar verbs
Articles and nouns: gender and number
Contractions of a, de, and em with articles
Present tense of estar
Question words
Mais um passo: Some regular -er and -ir verbs
Vamos viajar
A vida universit¿ria
As universidades
Encontros
Para escutar: Listening for the gist
Para conversar: Obtaining specific information; summarizing results of a poll
Para ler: Identifying cognates; guessing content of specific texts
Para escrever: Identifying basic aspects of writing; revising content and form to improve communication
Horizontes
S¿o Paulo e Rio de Janeiro
Li¿¿o 2
Entre amigos 66
Asking about and describing persons, animals, places, and things
Expressing nationality and place of origin
Talking about ethnic and cultural diversity
Expressing where and when events take place
Expressing possession
Os meus amigos e eu
As cores
As nacionalidades
Adjectives
Present tense and some uses of the verb ser
Ser and estar with adjectives
Possessives
Mais um passo: Some idiomatic expressions with estar
A diversidade global do mundo lus¿fono
Um mosaico ¿tnico e racial
Para escutar: Listening for specific information
Para conversar: Describing appearance and personality
Para ler: Scanning a text; inferring meaning
Para escrever: Responding to an ad; addressing an unknown reader
O Sudeste e o Sul do Brasil
Li¿¿o 3
Horas de lazer 104
Discussing activities and making future plans
Ordering food in a restaurant
Talking about arts and entertainment
Describing possessions and conditions
Expressing obligation
Divers¿es populares
A comida
Present tense of regular -er and -ir verbs
Present tense of ir
Expressing future action
Present tense of ter
Numbers above 100
Mais um passo: Some uses of por and para
O cinema e o teatro
A m¿sica e os concertos
Para escutar: Listening for times, numbers, and locations
Para conversar: Discussing habits; ana-lyzing statistical data
Para ler: Locating specific information in a text; identifying synonyms
Para escrever: Eliciting information and opinions; using an appropriate form of address; reporting information
O Nordeste do Brasil
Li¿¿o 4
A fam¿lia 144
Identifying and comparing family members and structures
Describing routine activities
Expressing preferences and feelings
Expressing how long events and states have been going on
Talking about past events
As fam¿lias
As ocupa¿¿es dos parentes
Present tense of stem-changing verbs
Adverbs
Present tense of fazer, dizer, trazer, sair and p¿r
Faz/H¿ with expressions of time
Mais um passo: The preterir tense of regular verbs and of ir
La¿os de fam¿lia
A fam¿lia e a sociedade
Para escutar: Listening for specific information to fill in a chart or form
Para conversar: Discussing and comparing families
Para ler: Anticipating and inferring information; associating and guessing meaning of new words
Para escrever: Corresponding with family members
O Norte do Brasil e o Amazonas
Li¿¿o 5
A casa 180
Discussing housing, household items, and domestic chores
Asking about and discussing schedules
Expressing ongoing actions
Describing physical and emotional states
Expressing familiarity and describing skills
Em casa
As tarefas dom¿sticas
Present progressive
Expressions with ter and estar com
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Present tense of dar, ler, ver, and vir
Saber and conhecer
Mais um passo: Some reflexive verbs and pronouns
Lugares para morar
O exterior e o interior das casas
Para escutar: Matching descriptions with pictures
Para conversar: Describing dwellings; looking for housing
Para ler: Associating visuals with descriptions; getting informed about a topic
Para escrever: Reporting factual data in a formal context
Bras¿lia e o Centro-Oeste do Brasil
Li¿¿o 6
A roupa e as compras 220
Talking about clothing and shopping
Discussing consumer goods and markets
Expressing affirmation and negation
Expressing opinions
A roupa
Vamos ¿s compras
Preterit tense of regular verbs
Preterit of ir and ser
Direct object nouns and pronouns
Interrogative expressions ("tags")
Mais um passo: Some more uses of por and para
As compras
Feiras e mercados
Para escutar: Taking notes to recall important information
Para conversar: Haggling; taking advantage of a sale
Para ler: Problem solving; identifying word endings that indicate places and people
Para escrever: Narrating chronologically
Lisboa, a capital de Portugal
Li¿¿o 7
O tempo e os passatempos 254
Describing physical and leisure activities
Asking and answering questions about weather conditions
Discussing sports and sporting events
Talking about ongoing past events and states
Expressing how long ago events and states occurred
Os esportes (B)/Os desportos (P)
Jogadores e equipamentos
O tempo e as esta¿¿es
Indirect-object pronouns
Some irregular preterits
Imperfect tense of regular and irregular verbs
The preterit and the imperfect
Mais um passo: H¿/Faz meaning ago
Os clubes (d)esportivos
A hist¿ria do futebol
Para escutar: Deciding on and evaluating meaning
Para conversar: Gathering information on a topic; describing weather conditions
Para ler: Differentiating factual information from opinion
Para escrever: Researching and writing a sports report
O Sul de Portugal
Li¿¿o 8
Festas etradi¿¿es 296
Talking about holiday activities and religion
Extending, accepting, and declining invitations
Expressing intent
Making comparisons
Discussing interpersonal relationships
Tradi¿¿es, festas e feriados
Outras comemora¿¿es
Comparisons of inequality
Comparisons of equality
The superlative
Pronouns after prepositions
Reflexive verbs and pronouns
Festas populares
As religi¿es no mundo lus¿fono
Para escutar: Making inferences; deciding truth value of statements
Para conversar: Asking about, comparing and describing past experiences
Para ler: Identifying information stated in a text; associating meanings
Para escrever: Reporting on collective traditions and experiences
O Centro e o Norte de Portugal
Li¿¿o 9
O trabalho e os neg¿cios 328
Talking about the workplace and professions
Discussing job skills and abilities
Asking about professional qualifications and requirements
Discussing national, regional, and global economies
Giving orders and instructions
As profiss¿es
A entrevista
Se as impersonal subject
More on the preterit and the imperfect
More on interrogative pronouns
Commands
Os jovens e o trabalho
A uni¿o faz a for¿a
Para escutar: Contextual guessing
Para conversar: Asking and answering job-related questions
Para ler: Identifying categories; making inferences
Para escrever: Answering questions in writing
Os A¿ores e a Madeira
Li¿¿o 10
A comida 362
Discussing food, shopping, and planning menus
Discussing and comparing culinary traditions
Expressing wishes and hope
Expressing opinions and doubt
Giving informal orders and instructions
No supermercado
Sobre a mesa
Onde compramos?
The present subjunctive
The subjunctive used to express wishes and hope
The subjunctive with verbs and expressions of doubt
More on commands
A gastronomia tradicional
A comida r¿pida
Para escutar: Recording detail
Para conversar: Discussing food preferences; making and reacting to suggestions
Para ler: Exploring detailed information
Para escrever: Giving advice to a friend
Angola
Li¿¿o 11
A sa¿de e os m¿dicos 400
Describing the body, health, and medical treatments
Discussing and comparing health-care systems
Expressing emotions, opinions, and attitudes
Expressing collective suggestions and requests
Stating goals and purposes
As partes do corpo
A sa¿de
Os m¿dicos, as farm¿cias e os hospitais
The subjunctive with expressions of emotion
The equivalents of let's
Additional uses of por and para
Relative pronouns
A sa¿de p¿blica
As farm¿cias e a farmacologia
Para escutar: Classifying and summarizing information
Para conversar: Describing reading preferences; commenting on literary texts
Para ler: Discussing symbolic meanings; exploring complex vocabulary
Para escrever: Composing a dialog between imaginary ch.
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Other title(s)
Portuguese as a world language
ISBN
0131894056 ((casebound))
9780131894051 ((casebound))
LCCN
2006037187
OCLC
76481388
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