The course is designed to enhance general language skills, to develop the ability to use different levels of language and to adapt to different varieties of Portuguese. The programme exposes the student to Portuguese as an international language, incorporating written, audio, and video materials from the different Portuguese-speaking countries. These materials will form the basis for students to conduct research and analysis, and to report and discuss their findings.

The student will be able to: In written production: 1. Write argumentative texts (introduction/development/conclusion) in order to show a cohesive and coherent point of view (dissertation). In oral production: 1. Produce expositive oral presentations (seminar); 2. Produce oral argumentative texts in order to discuss themes and issues (debate). In oral/written comprehension: 1. Identifying different textual genders and its social functions (the chain of ideas and the structure of the logic applied in texts); 2. Identifying the structure of texts and the contents/senses constructed by them.