The B1 Portuguese Online Conversation Classes program is an intensive course based on remote classes designed so students can pass the B1 Level oral test in Portuguese as established by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with all the guarantees. Thanks to everything they will learn throughout the program, they will be able to certify their level of Portuguese, thus favoring their personal and professional growth.

Pass the CEFR B1 Level oral test and start mastering Brazilian Portuguese thanks to this comprehensive program”

Some of today's most prosperous countries have a common characteristic: they have Portuguese as their main language. Brazil, for example, is one of the new economic powers, and it offers numerous professional and personal opportunities. That is why learning Brazilian Portuguese can be a great boost for students who decide to embark on this path, and this course is the answer for those who are looking for a quality program to begin mastering this language orally.

The only intensive program 100% specifically designed to develop your speaking skills in order to obtain the CEFR B1 Level in Portuguese.

You will complete more than 100 different oral expression and interaction activities that will prepare you to pass the oral part of the Portuguese B1 certificate.

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 Portuguese conversation program, at your pace and according to your availability and schedule.

Acquire Skills and Abilities

With our method you will practice and consolidate the oral communication skills required at this level.

Networking

Join a large community and exchange knowledge and experiences with students from all over the world.

The course objective is to enable its students to surpass the B1 Level in Portuguese, and to that end it prepares them to be able to orally communicate in the Brazilian modality of the language. So, the syllabus has been designed to delve into essential daily life issues about which students will be able to communicate naturally with other speakers of the language, especially in the Brazilian environment.

Practice with guarantees the oral skills and competences required by the B1 CEFR: more than 100 different practice exercises"

General Objectives

• Solve simple communicative tasks and perform their basic functions 
• Use the language being learned as a means of communication and personal expression, both in the classroom and in a wide range of face-to-face and virtual situations and on both concrete and abstract topics, including cultural ones  
• Understand, interact and express oneself in these situations, orally in an adequate, reasonably flexible, precise and correct way 
• Describe the socio-cultural aspects related to common situations, as well as those related to one's own field and use the appropriate social formulas, gestures, register and treatment in these situations
• Internalize the appropriate and necessary linguistic resources for the planned communicative activities, through functional and formal practice
• Encourage and diversify the use of strategies that speed up communication and facilitate learning
• Manage tools to evaluate and improve one's own learning and use of the language 

Specific Objectives

Oral Comprehension

• Understand concrete everyday or work-related information and identify both the general message and specific details as long as the speech is clearly articulated and with a normal accent 
• Understand the main ideas of clear, standard speech on everyday topics related to work, school or leisure time, including short narratives
• Generally follow the main ideas of a long discussion going on around them, provided that the discourse is clearly articulated at a standard language level 
• Understand, in general terms, simple and short speeches on everyday topics provided they are delivered with standard and clear pronunciation
• Understand a lecture or talk that deals with their area of expertise, provided that the subject matter is familiar and the presentation is simple and clearly structured 
• Understand simple technical information, such as operating instructions for frequently used appliances, as well as follow detailed instructions 
• Understand the main ideas of radio news and other simpler recorded material dealing with everyday topics delivered relatively slowly and clearly
• Understand the information content of most recorded or broadcast material related to topics of personal interest with clear standard pronunciation

Oral Expression

• Carry out, with a reasonable degree of fluency, a simple description of a variety of topics that are of interest to them, presenting them as a linear sequence of elements 
• Give simple descriptions on a variety of common topics within your specialty  
• Give simple narratives or descriptions with a reasonable degree of fluency following a linear sequence of elements 
• Make detailed accounts of experiences describing feelings and reactions
• Report the details of unpredictable events, such as, for example, an accident 
• Relate book or movie plots and describe your reactions to them 
• Describe dreams, hopes and ambitions 
• Describe real or imagined events. Tell stories 
• Provide brief rationales and explanations for opinions, plans and actions
• Develop arguments well enough so that they can be understood without difficulty most of the time
• Make short rehearsed statements on a relevant topic within their specialty, which are clearly intelligible despite being accompanied by an unmistakably foreign accent and intonation 
• Deliver a brief, prepared presentation on a topic within their specialty, with sufficient clarity to be followed without difficulty most of the time and whose main ideas are explained with reasonable accuracy. Can also answer supplemental questions, but may have to ask for repetition if spoken quickly 

Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Competence 

• Know how to carry out a wide range of linguistic functions, using the most common features of these functions in a neutral register Be aware of the most important rules of courtesy and act appropriately Be aware of the most significant differences that exist between the customs, usages, attitudes, values and beliefs prevailing in the community in question and their own, and know how to identify such differences Know how to carry out basic language functions such as exchanging and requesting information and expressing opinions and attitudes in a simple way 
• Adapt expression to deal with less common and even difficult situations Use a wide range of simple linguistic elements with the flexibility to express much of what is wanted to convey 
• Participate in debates on everyday topics using an appropriate phrase to take the floor Initiate, maintain and end simple face-to-face conversations on everyday topics or of personal interest 
• Give simple narratives or descriptions, with a reasonable degree of fluency, through a linear sequence of elements 
• Linking a series of short, specific and simple elements to create a cohesive, linear sequence

Linguistic Competence 

• Possess sufficient linguistic ability to describe unpredictable situations, to explain the main points of an idea or problem with reasonable accuracy, and to express thoughts on abstract or cultural topics, such as music and movies
• Possess sufficient linguistic ability to get by, and sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some hesitation and circumlocution on topics such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel and current events, but lexical limitations lead to repetition and sometimes even difficulties in formulation
• Have sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some circumlocution on most topics relevant to their daily lives, such as family, hobbies and interests, work, travel, and current events
• Demonstrate a good command of elementary vocabulary, even if significant errors are made when expressing more complex thoughts, or when dealing with unusual topics and situations
• Communicate with reasonable accuracy in everyday situations; generally have good grammatical control, although with obvious mother tongue influence 
• Use, with reasonable accuracy, a repertoire of common "formulas" and structures related to the most predictable situations
• Speak clearly and intelligibly, even if the foreign accent is sometimes evident and occasional mispronunciations are made
• Produce continuous writing that is usually intelligible throughout Spelling, punctuation and structuring are correct enough to be understood most of the time

In order to consolidate all these competencies you will have 50 sessions designed by expert teachers and based 100% on the CEFR"

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.

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