SEMESTER COURSE 6 ECTS

2024/2025 school year

Target audience: Adults for whom Portuguese is not their mother tongue, with the exception of citizens from countries where Portuguese is the official language.

Teaching mode: face-to-face

Duration: 64 hours

ECTS: 6

Levels:
A1 Breakthrough
A2 Elementary
B1 Threshold
B2 Vantage
C1 Advanced

Students can only enroll in one level per semester.

Vacancies per level: 20 (each level only opens with a minimum number of 8 students).

Dates:

 

1st semester

2nd semester

Classes

16th of September to 20th of December 2024

10th of February to 30th of May 2025

(Carnival break: March 2rd to March 4th 2025 and Easter break: April 14th to April 21st 2025)

Application period

15th of July to 6th of September 2024

16th of December 2024  to January 31st 2025

Before enrolling, students will have to take a placement test. Take the placement test HERE. The result will be sent to you via e-mail.

Enrollment: enrollment instructions will be sent along with the results of the placement test.

 Schedule for the 2nd semester 2024/2025:

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*You can only choose one class (A, B, C, D…) and you cannot change classes/timetable after the start of the course.  Please note that the schedule is subject to change without prior notice.

Note: Classes A1-C, A2-C, and B1-C are not available to enrollment by Erasmus+ NOVA students.

Note 1: Class A2- B is primarily intended for SUPERNOVA students

Location:  School of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University Lisbon – Avenida de Berna 26 C, Lisbon (see map). Check our campus map HERE

Prices:

  • External students: €450 + €10 (mandatory school insurance)
  • Erasmus+ NOVA FCSH students (with a Portuguese as a foreign language course in their Learning Agreement): free;
  • Erasmus+  students from other schools of NOVA University (with  a Portuguese as a foreign language course in their Learning Agreement): €10 (mandatory school insurance) -* check the curricular unit codes below;
  • Students at NOVA FCSH(including Erasmus + students without a Portuguese as a foreign language course in their Learning Agreement as well as Freemover and ICM students): €150;
  • Academic staff, researchers, and other workers at NOVA FCSH: €150 + €10 (mandatory school insurance);
  • Students, professors, researchers, and workers from other schools of Universidade  NOVA de Lisboa: €350 +€10 (mandatory school insurance)

*If you need a declaration of registration, please contact us. The declaration costs 6€, will take 3 to 5 working days to be issued and can only be issued upon payment of the TOTAL course and school insurance fees.

Payment method: PAYPAL, MULTIBANCO reference and onsite at the treasury department (payment instructions will be given via email after application validation)

  • ERASMUS+ STUDENTS

In order to place the Portuguese as a Foreign Language course in your Learning Agreement, you must use the following codes, depending on your level:

Course

Curricular Unit

Code

Portuguese as a Foreign Language – A1 Level – Breakthrough

Portuguese A1

2112343

Portuguese as a Foreign Language – A2 Level – Elementary

Portuguese A2

2112357

Portuguese as a Foreign Language – B1 Level – Threshold

Portuguese B1

2112368

Portuguese as a Foreign Language – B2 Level – Vantage

Portuguese B2

2112379

Portuguese as a Foreign Language – C1   Level – Advanced

Portuguese C1

2112396

General conditions of the course:

  1. Each level of the semester course, successfully completed, awards 6 ECTS.
  2. The result of the placement test is not binding – in the 1st class, the teacher will reevaluate all students.
  3. Attendance begins to count on the day the course begins, and not when the student begins attending the course.
  4. The justification of absences is only valid upon the presentation of an official document.
  5. Attendance of 75% of the classes is mandatory to take the final test.
  6. The number of justified absences cannot exceed the number of classes attended.
  7. Assessment is continuous and based on: attendance and oral participation (10%), written and oral assignments (30%), a mid-term test (20%), and a final test with five components – reading, writing, listening, speaking and grammar (40%).
  8. The same rules established in the NOVA FCSH Assessment Regulation for undergraduate courses apply to the semester courses in Portuguese as a Foreign Language.
  9. The language of instruction is Portuguese.
  10. Schedules may be subject to changes.
  11. The payment is valid ONLY for the date(s) of the course(s) that you enrolling in.
  12. Payment is non-refundable, except if the course you enrolled in does not open because there is not a minimum number of 8 students.
  13. If a student is unable to attend the course for reasons beyond his/her control, he/she may request a transfer of the amount paid to the next edition of the course within a maximum of nine working days from the day after the start of classes. To do so, they must submit a written request along with supporting documentation proving the reason for their absence. The fee transfer to the next edition of the course may only be granted once.