Introduction to the Program

In order to be fluent in Brazil, it is important to have a good proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese. For this reason, this C1 Level Portuguese Language Course is an intensive program that responds to this need, providing students with all the necessary communicative tools to obtain an advanced certification in Portuguese, according to the requirements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.   Colores

By certifying your Portuguese C1 level according to CEFR requirements you will be prepared to communicate fluently in complex environments" 

Brazil is one of the most important countries in the American continent, both economically and culturally. For this reason, speaking fluent Brazilian Portuguese can be a positive turn for those who want to access new opportunities and decide to take the Level C1 certification of this language. This qualification offers its students the possibility to increase their level of Portuguese until they can speak fluently this exciting language, having the option to develop with total security in this American country. 

Upon completion of this course, you will be fluent in Brazilian Portuguese.
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Brazilian Portuguese is one of the most requested languages today. Don't miss this opportunity and enroll.

 

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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 

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Flexible and Tailored 

Take the best language course from home, at your own pace and according to your availability and schedule. 

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Acquire Skills and Abilities

With our method, you will practice and consolidate the skills required for this level.

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Networking

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

Syllabus

This study plan has been designed with the professional and personal improvement of its students in mind, preparing them to pass the Level C1 certificate in Portuguese. For this purpose, the syllabus includes disruptive content designed based on the most innovative teaching methodology in the current educational panorama. From it, students will be able to acquire oral and written communication skills in the Portuguese used in Brazil. With this knowledge, they will be able to move on to new and much more promising career opportunities. 

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Where, When and How is it Taught?

This course takes place over 4 months and is divided into 16 content modules. You can do it completely online, even attending our sessions and tutorials. 

The only intensive program 100% specific for obtaining the CEFR Portuguese Level C1"

Module 1. Healthy Mind Healthy Body

1.1. You Don't Look So Good
1.2. A Sprained Ankle
1.3. I’m Going to Donate Blood
1.4. At the Hairdresser's

Module Objectives

  • Convey content for others with a high degree of accuracy, through notes, paraphrases and summaries
  • Make clear and detailed descriptions of how to carry out a procedure
  • Express physical and mood states, ailments, sensations, symptoms and changes
  • Encourage, advise, react to the ailments of others 
  • Ask for and give detailed information

Module 2. Emotions and Moods

2.1. Platonic Love
2.2. I'm In an Awful Mood!
2.3. You are a Jinx

Module Objectives

  • Understand messages or statements without great difficulty, to the point of being able to identify subtle nuances that include implicit and explicit attitudes and opinions
  • Recognize "slang" used by the group with which they socialize 
  • Exchange information on dates and data
  • Invite, congratulate, express and share sensations and feelings
  • Describe and narrate

Module 3. Names and Paperwork

3.1. Nicknames
3.2. Marriage of Convenience
3.3. Residency Permit

Module Objectives

  • Actively participate in formal discussions 
  • Understand and exchange complex information and advice 
  • Conduct effective and fluent interviews 
  • Summarize relevant information 
  • Follow and propose steps or procedures 
  • Express hypotheses

Module 4. My Friends and Family

4.1. Generational Change
4.2. There’s a Neighborhood Meeting Tonight
4.3. On Sunday We’re Going to a Communion
4.4. At the Awards Ceremony

Module Objectives

  • Recognize the differences in perceptions, values, attitudes and behaviors between the culture of origin and those of the target language

Module 5. Cuisine and Restaurants

5.1. Let’s Make a Toast
5.2. My Dinner Didn't Agree with Me
5.3. At the Candy Store
5.4. The Beach and the Beach Bar

Module Objectives

  • Evaluate alternative proposals 
  • Propose, organize, decline, make appointments, express desires, probability, obligation
  • Relate in time/space 
  • Compare, comment, argue, narrate 
  • Locate information 
  • Describe, express tastes and preferences, choose, explain, justify, value, evaluate 
  • Compromise

Module 6. Studies

6.1. The Study Process
6.2. Choosing Optional Subjects
6.3. I Have to Retake that Exam
6.4. You Should Resume Your Studies

Module Objectives

  • Congratulate and express good wishes and react to them. 
  • Summarize relevant information 
  • Follow and propose steps or procedures 
  • Respond with information 
  • Confirm or refute 
  • Recommend, prevent 
  • Express hypotheses

Module 7. Working Life

7.1. Setting Up a Business
7.2. Public Service Examinations
7.3. A Rewarding Job
7.4. Negotiating Salary

Module Objectives

  • Actively participate in formal discussions
  • Understand and exchange complex information and advice on all matters related to their profession 
  • Conduct effective and fluent interviews  Summarize relevant information 
  • Follow and propose steps or procedures 
  • Express hypotheses

Module 8. Leisure 

8.1. A Night Out
8.2. We’re in the Quarter Finals
8.3. A Different Kind of Exhibition

Module Objectives

  • Manage in intercultural situations
  • Incorporate and activate the knowledge (cultural, sociocultural and linguistic), skills and attitudes that will help them to cope with intercultural situations

Module 9. Media

9.1. News and Rumors
9.2. A Press Release
9.3. On a TV Set

Module Objectives

  • Follow an extended speech even when it is not clearly structured when links are only assumed and not explicitly pointed out
  • Easily follow longer and complex conversations between third parties, in group discussions, lectures and presentations on abstract, complex, and unfamiliar topics

Module 10. My House and My City

10.1. We Have a Leak
10.2. I Need a Loan
10.3. Decorating My Home
10.4. Crime in the City

Module Objectives

  • Formulate hypotheses and respond to them 
  • Describe, compare, predict, prevent 
  • Express feelings 
  • Formulate hypotheses 
  • Connect conditions, causes and consequences. Advise, convince 
  • Present and argue

Module 11. Shopping    

11.1. At Auction
11.2. Today is the Grand Opening
11.3. This is Expired
11.4. Payment by Instalments

Module Objectives

  • Search for information 
  • Show agreement/disagreement 
  • Accept, refuse, compare prices, qualities and payment conditions 
  • Attract attention, wordplay, convince 
  • Complain

Module 12. Travel and Transport    

12.1. Visit to the Transport Museum
12.2. Trip to the Mountains
12.3. A Driving Exam
12.4. Country or City?

Module Objectives

  • Familiarity with and proper use of frequently used colloquial language 
  • Describe, express suggestions, likes and dislikes, give instructions, compare and evaluate 
  • Order something, talk about the ingredients 
  • Reject and justify 
  • Explain and request schedules 
  • Choose, locate and plan

Module 13. Economics and Finance    

13.1. Incorporating a Company
13.2. Investing in the Stock Market
13.3. Looking for a Sponsor
13.4. Industrial Sectors

Module Objectives

  • Define the types of industry
  • Talk and negotiate 
  • Discuss administrative tasks
  • Explain a problem to an administrative employee
  • Manage assets and finances

Module 14. Science and Technology    

14.1. In Biology Class
14.2. Math Exam
14.3. I’ve Bought a Computer
14.4. Lab Experiments

Module Objectives

  • Formulate hypotheses and respond to them 
  • Describe, compare, predict, prevent 
  • Express feelings 
  • Formulate hypotheses 
  • Relate conditions, causes and consequences, advise, persuade, convince 
  • Present and argue

Module 15. Politics and Society

15.1. Social Classes
15.2. A Case of Corruption
15.3. Political Ideologies
15.4. Wars

Module Objectives

  • Synthesize and communicate information and arguments from a variety of sources 
  • Give instructions, indicate directions  
  • Advise, suggest, forbid, forbid, warn 
  • Describe  
  • Exhibit 
  • Narrate

Module 16. Art

16.1. A Cultural Visit
16.2. A Literary Contest
16.3. Box Office Success
16.4. Do You Believe in Reincarnation?

Module Objectives

  • Recognize a wide range of idiomatic and colloquial expressions, appreciating changes of register to assist in third party conversations. 
  • Understand films and plays, identifying details, subtleties, attitudes and implicit relationships between speakers

TECH has the broadest and most complete syllabus on the market: the 60 specific topics required by the CEFR for C1"

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When I completed this program I realized that I could aspire to study at some of my favorite universities in Brazil, so it opened a lot of doors for me. I am now pursuing my studies in the country. I couldn't have done it without this program.

Luz Ramos 
Student from Paraguay
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I am able to manage high-level business conversations thanks to this qualification. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to make a qualitative leap in their level of Portuguese. I guarantee that this program will open many professional doors for you.

Rodrigo Suárez 
Managing Executive of a multinational company

Language Course in Preparation for Portuguese Level C1

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Once said the Portuguese writer José Saramago: Sempre che chega a hora em que descobrimos que sabíamos muito mais do que antes julgávamos"". When that moment comes, it is necessary to start cultivating our skills. It also applies to languages. At TECH, the world's number one digital university, we are sure that you have great potential to understand and speak the ""língua do Brasil"", that's why we offer you the Language Course in Preparation for Portuguese Level C1, a four-month online program based on an innovative methodology that incorporates immersive multimedia and advanced linguistic pedagogy to reinforce previous knowledge and add new competencies required in a complex communicative environment. Do you want to convey information to others with great precision, through notes, paraphrases and summaries, or explain a problem to a government employee in Portuguese? By accessing this course, free of fixed schedules, you will be able to do it with remarkable fluency, which will make you more competitive in the job market.