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.

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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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        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.
        Other title(s)
        Portuguese as a world language
        ISBN
        • 0131894056 ((casebound))
        • 9780131894051 ((casebound))
        LCCN
        2006037187
        OCLC
        76481388
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