Contemporary Portuguese Language - The Way You Want To Teach It
Ponto de Encontro is the first Portuguese language textbook that allows the instructor to choose to teach either Brazilian or European Portuguese.
The Second Edition of this best-selling text is completely updated to reflect the 1990 Acordo Ortográfico (spelling reform), ensuring students learn how to accurately read and write in Portuguese today.
Teaching & Learning Experience
Balanced, Communicative Approach - Students learn to communicate effectively in spoken and written Portuguese through a variety of guided and open ended activities. Ponto integrates cultural information and promotes exchange at every stage of instruction.
Connect with Culture - Offers learners a rich variety of insights into cultural, social and political realities of the entire Portuguese-speaking world.
Explore Grammar - Grammatical structures are presented as a means to effective communication.
Build Vocabulary - Tight integration of vocabulary and grammar presentation and exercises reinforce the focus on usage and real-life situations.
Develop Skills - Extensive culture-based sections create authentic and meaningful environments for skill-development in each area: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
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IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
1.) BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Liç©o preliminar: Primeiros passos
Liç©o 1: A universidade
Liç©o 2: Entre amigos
Liç©o 3: Horas de lazer
Liç©o 4: A família
Liç©o 5: A casa
Liç©o 6: A roupa e as compras
Liç©o 7: O tempo e os passatempos
Liç©o 8: Festas e tradições
Liç©o 9: O trabalho e os negócios
Liç©o 10: A comida
Liç©o 11: A saúde e os médicos
Liç©o 12: As férias e as viagens
Liç©o 13: O meio ambiente
Liç©o 14: A sociedade
Liç©o 15: A ciência e a tecnologia
2.) COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Liç©o 1:
Estruturas
Talking about people: Subject pronouns
Talking about academic life and daily occurrences: Present tense of regular -ar verbs
Specifying gender and number: Articles and nouns
Contractions of a, de, and em with articles
Expressing location and states of being: Present tense of estar
Asking and answering questions: Interrogative words
Mais um passo: Some regular -er and -ir verbs
Liç©o 2:
Estruturas
Describing people, places, and things: Adjectives
Identifying and describing; expressing origin, possession, location of events, and time: Present tense of ser
Expressing inherent qualities and changeable conditions: Ser and estar with adjectives
Expressing ownership: Possessive adjectives
Mais um passo: Some idiomatic expressions with estar
Liç©o 3:
Estruturas
Talking about daily life: Present tense of regular -er and -ir verbs
Expressing movement [or habits? conferir como ficou resolvido]: Present tense of ir
Expressing future action: Ir + infinitive [and other structures? conferir como ficou na vers©o definitiva]
Expressing age, possession, and obligation: Ter and ter que + infinitive
Talking about quantity: Numbers above 100
Mais um passo: Some uses of por and para
Liç©o 4:
Estruturas
Expressing opinions, plans, preferences, and feelings: Present tense of stem changing verbs
Expressing when, where, or how an action occurs: Adverbs
Talking about daily activities: Present tense of fazer, dizer, trazer, sair, and pôr
Expressing how long something has been going on: Faz/há with expressions of time
Mais um passo: The preterir tense of regular verbs and of ir
Liç©o 5:
Estruturas
Expressing ongoing actions: Present progressive
Describing physical and emotional states: Expressions with ter, estar com, and ficar com
Pointing out and identifying people and things: Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Learning useful verbs: Present tense of dar, ler, ver, and vir
Stating what you know: Saber and conhecer
Mais um passo: Some reflexive verbs and pronouns
Liç©o 6:
Estruturas
Talking about the past: Preterit tense of regular verbs
Talking about the past: Preterit of ir and ser
Indicating the object of an action: Direct object nouns and pronouns
Reinforcing inquiries: Tag questions
Mais um passo: Some more uses of por and par
