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Description
This level B2 Portuguese Language Course is an intensive program with prepares students to obtain the certification in this level of Portuguese according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). For this reason, all the elements of this program are aimed at achieving this goal, putting special emphasis on the Brazilian version of this language. In this way, our students will be able to communicate with the millions of people that speak this language.
You won’t find a better program to help you pass the Level B2 Portuguese of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages”
Portuguese is the language of the moment. Thousands of people across the world want to master this language which will allow them to communicate with millions of speakers in America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Furthermore, countries such as Brazil have become truly economically powerful countries and having the necessary skills to communicate in Portuguese has become a basic need if you want to progress professionally in that country. For this reason, this qualification offers our students a simple and effective way to learn Brazilian Portuguese so that, upon finishing the course, they can obtain a B2 level certification and can communicate fluently with speakers of this language.
Speak Brazilian Portuguese with complete fluency thanks to this excellent program.
Students will have access to 450 different activities with which they can prepare themselves perfectly to obtain their B2 certificate and master Brazilian Portuguese.
It is proven that learning languages increases your Intelligence. Learning a foreign language strengthens the brain's neural networks”
José Antonio Marina.
Philosopher, writer, and teacher.
A unique and stimulating experience
Flexible and Tailored |
Take the best language course from home, at your own pace and according to your availability and schedule.
Acquire Skills and Abilities |
With our method, you will practice and consolidate the skills required for this level.
Networking |
Join a large community and exchange knowledge and experiences with students from all over the world.
Objectives
The main objective of this B2 Portuguese Language Course is to help students achieve this level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. In order to achieve this goal, we offer them a series of linguistic competencies in Brazilian Portuguese that will help them to pass the test easily and quickly, all thanks to the efforts of the students and the personalized support from the teachers at TECH.
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Practice the speaking skills and abilities required by the B2 CEFR: more than 400 different practice exercises"
General Objectives
- Understand, interact and express yourself in a extensive range of situations, both orally and written, with good control of linguistic resources and with a degree of precision and ease that allows for natural communication with native speakers
- Acquire deeper knowledge of sociocultural aspects related to this situations and alter your register, attitudes and gestures appropriately in each situation
- Internalize new linguistic resources through functional and formal practice and to reinforce the use of those already known; to reflect on mistakes in order to be able to correct yourself
- Become aware of the communication and learning strategies that help you the most, so that you can use them intentionally
- Develop autonomy in the planning, carrying out, evaluation and improvement of your own learning
Specific Objectives
Oral Comprehension |
- Understand the main ideas of a linguistically complex speech, dealing with both concrete and abstract topics delivered at a standard language level, including technical discussions within their field of expertise
- Understand extended speech and complex lines of argument, provided the subject matter is reasonably familiar and the development of the discourse is facilitated by explicit markers
- Understand any type of speech, both face-to-face conversations and broadcast speeches, on topics, usual or not, of personal, social, academic or professional life. Only excessive background noise, inadequate structuring of speech or idiomatic use of language affect their ability to understand
- Pick up with some effort much of what is being said around them, but may find it difficult to participate effectively in a discussion with several native speakers if they do not modify their speech in some way
- Follow lively conversations between native speakers
- Understand the main ideas of linguistically complex lectures, talks and reports, and other forms of academic and professional presentation
- Understand declarations and messages on concrete and abstract topics, in standard language and at a normal pace
- Understand most radio documentaries and other recorded or broadcast material spoken in standard language, and be able to identify the speaker's mood and tone
- Understand recordings in standard language that may be encountered in social, professional or academic life, and identify the speaker's points of view and attitudes, as well as the content of the information
Reading Comprehension |
- Read with a high level of independence, adapting reading style and speed to different texts and purposes and use appropriate reference sources selectively. Have a large active reading vocabulary, but may have some difficulty with infrequent idioms
- Read correspondence related to their specialty and easily grasp its core meaning
- Quickly search through long and complex texts to locate relevant details. Quickly identify the content and significance of news items, articles and reports on a wide range of professional topics and decide whether further analysis is appropriate
- Understand articles and reports related to current problems in which the authors express specific viewpoints
- Obtain information, ideas and opinions from highly specialized sources within their field of interest. Understand specialized articles that are not in their field of expertise as long as they can use a dictionary from time to time to confirm their interpretation of the terminology
- Understand lengthy and complex instructions that are within their expertise, including details about conditions and warnings as long as they can re-read difficult sections
- Understand most television news and current affairs programs. Understand documentaries, live interviews, debates, plays and most standard-language films
In TECH's CEFR B2 Language Course, students will find more than 300 pronunciation and phonetic activities.
Written Expression |
- Express news and points of view effectively when writing and establish a relationship with other people's points of view
- Write letters that convey emotion and highlight the personal significance of events and experiences; comment on the news and views of the person they are writing to
Oral Expression |
- Participate in conversations with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that enables regular interaction with native speakers without strain for either party. Emphasize the personal importance of certain facts and experiences, express and defend points of view with clarity, providing adequate explanations and arguments
- Speak fluently, accurately and effectively on a wide range of general, academic, professional or leisure topics, clearly marking the relationship between ideas. Communicate spontaneously and have good grammatical control without showing many signs of having to restrict what is said and adopting a level of formality appropriate to the circumstances
- Understand in detail what is said in standard language, even in an environment with background noise
- Approach in a clearly participatory manner extensive conversations on most general topics, even in a noisy environment
- Have conversations with native speakers without unintentionally amusing or annoying them, and without demanding different behavior from them than they would have with a native speaker
- Convey a certain emotion and highlight the personal importance of facts and experiences
- Follow the rhythm of lively discussions between native speakers. Express ideas and opinions with precision, present complex lines of argument convincingly and respond to them
- Take an active part in informal discussions that happen in daily situations, making comments, clearly expressing their point of view, evaluating alternative suggestions, coming up with a hypothesis and responding to these
- Understand with some effort much of what is being said around them, but it can be difficult to participate effectively in a discussion with several native speakers if they do not modify their speech in some way
- Express and uphold their opinions in discussions by providing appropriate explanations, arguments, and comments
- Keep up with heated discussions and accurately identify the arguments of different points of view. Express ideas and opinions with precision, present complex lines and respond to them with conviction
- Understand, with complete certainty, detailed instructions. Contribute to the progress of the work by inviting others to participate, speak up, etc
- Outline an issue or problem clearly, speculating on the causes or consequences and comparing the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches
- Negotiate the resolution of conflicts, such as claiming an unfair traffic fine, claiming financial responsibility for damages caused in an apartment or for culpability in an accident
- Express their opinions in the event of damages, using persuasive language to claim compensation, and clearly establish the limits of any concession they are willing to make
- Explain a problem that has arisen and make it clear that the service provider or the customer must make concessions
- Understand and exchange complex information and advice in all issues related to their profession. Communicate detailed information with complete certainty
- Provide clear and detailed descriptions on how to carry out a process. Synthesize and communicate information and arguments from a variety of sources
- Conduct effective and fluent interviews, even spontaneously departing from prepared questions, following the thread and giving interesting answers
- Take the initiative in an interview, and expand and develop their ideas, either with little help or getting it if
Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Competence
- Broaden and diversify your knowledge of sociocultural aspects of communities where they speak the language, acquiring a natural and confident manner of speaking, which doesn’t attract attention nor leads to special treatment, different to that given to native speakers. Furthermore, gain knowledge of how to adjust your behavior, reactions, attitude, message and wording to any changes in situation, style and emphasis
- Identify the most important aspects of a variety of common formal and informal oral and written registers, and appropriately use the expressions, pronunciation and intonation of the most common registers with which you are in contact more frequently
- Perceive the differentiating characteristics of the Italian language pattern in relation to other widespread or nearby patterns
Linguistic Competence
- Manage a wide and varied repertoire of linguistic resources, including complex syntax and textual grammar, in order to approach, with naturalness, precision, clarity and cohesion, texts on a wide range of situations and topics, almost without showing that he/she has to limit what he/she wants to say
- Flexibly adapt to changes in direction, register and emphasis, although hesitations and circumlocutions can still occur
- Efficiently use a variety of connectors and discourse markers to clearly show the link between different ideas and successfully make the speech cohesive in a flexible and efficient way
- Possess good command of linguistic resources with very few mistakes. When using complex structures, especially in discourse development, and even more so in oral communication or in less common situations, there are sometimes cohesion or inappropriate register mistakes, as well as sporadic slips or some "resistant" errors in less commonly controlled situations. In these cases the student will be capable of self-correcting
To consolidate all these skills, you will have more than 500 lexical, vocabulary and sociocultural activities to help you achieve the level of Brazilian Portuguese that you want"
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Did you know?
Communicative competence is not merely limited to the knowledge and ability to use the linguistic code, but has other broader dimensions, which place it in direct relation with other competences such as information processing and digital competence, learning to learn, social and civic competence, or cultural and artistic competence.
This implies a cultural immersion that is only possible to recreate in the online format through simulated scenarios, storytelling, videos and real situations.
Only TECH offers videos with the 180 specific situations required to master the CEFR B2.
B2 Portuguese Language Course
Do you have some proficiency in Portuguese? Here's one reason why you should perfect it: it is the second fastest growing European language by demographic distribution with strong potential to become one of the key foreign languages in global communication within the near future. In some regions as far away from Brazil as Macao in China, it is officially used, which is advantageous when, for example, doing business with the Asian world power. Why not take advantage of this opportunity? TECH Global University offers you the B2 Portuguese Language Course so that you can enhance your language skills and expand your professional goals. Through 100% online and flexible classes, you will have access to specialized digital content, aligned with a unique methodology that facilitates the memorization and internalization of content in a solid way. In this way, you will be able to develop various skills, from proposing activities, making appointments, giving instructions, refusing, accepting and declining an invitation, thanking and regretting, to familiarizing yourself with and properly using colloquial language that is frequently used.
Improve your level of Portuguese with TECH
Achieving a B2 grade in the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) is synonymous with opening new doors in the professional environment, as several companies that offer excellent positions, ask as a requirement to have a high intermediate command in a second language. At TECH, we facilitate the way by providing you with the necessary knowledge to understand and speak with relative fluency the ""language of Camões"". Thanks to our extensive audiovisual, graphic and interactive material, you will delve into key aspects such as grammar, spelling, reading comprehension and oral expression, all in convenient asynchronous lessons that you can combine with your daily routine. You will see a total of 14 modules that explore practical topics at a conversational level (professional life, customs and traditions, health, fashion, culture and entertainment, economics, etc.), which will allow you to reinforce various skills such as conducting effective and fluent interviews, summarizing texts or even talking about culinary ingredients. Looking for quality multilingual education? Enroll at TECH.