Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (January 19, 2021) © 2013

  • Clemence de Jouet-Pastre Harvard University
  • Anna Klobucka University of Massachusetts
  • Patricia Sobral Brown University
  • Maria Luci de Biaji Moreira College of Charleston
  • Amelia P. Hutchinson The University of Georgia

For courses in elementary Portuguese.

Contemporary Portuguese language, the way you want to teach it

Ponto de Encontro: Portuguese as a World Language is the 1st Portuguese language textbook that works for instructors whether they choose to teach Brazilian or European Portuguese. Culture-based sections throughout develop students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, providing authentic, meaningful environments for skill-development in each area. Coverage of essential vocabulary and grammatical structures is reinforced by targeted practice with vocabulary and proper grammar usage.

The 2nd Edition of this best-selling text is completely updated to reflect the 1990 Acordo Ortográfico (spelling reform), ensuring students learn how to accurately read and write in Portuguese today.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Works for instructors teaching Brazilian or European Portuguese and helps students understand how they differ.
  • Teaches effective communication in spoken and written Portuguese with a variety of guided and open-ended activities.
  • Integrates culture and cultural exchange, providing an array of insights into the cultural, social and political realities of the Portuguese-speaking world.
  • Presents grammatical structures as a means to effective communication.
  • Builds vocabulary seamlessly with exercises throughout that reinforce vocabulary and proper grammatical usage in real-world situations.
  • Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills with culture-based sections that create authentic, meaningful environments for skill-development in each area.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: Completely updated to reflect the 1990 Acordo Ortográfico (spelling reform), ensuring students learn how to accurately read and write in Portuguese today.
  • NEW: The text's photography program presents a wide range of imagery that highlights the diversity of the Portuguese speaking world.
  • NEW: All readings have been thoroughly reviewed, and in many cases revised, to reflect changes in society and the most recent cultural data available (such as new census figures).
  • NEW: Vamos analisar exercises in the “Estruturas” section precede each formal grammar explanation and introduce students to new grammar structures in a contextualized manner.
  • NEW: A Projeto final section in each chapter reviews the chapter's featured vocabulary and grammatical structures in the context of a meaningful, task-oriented goal that students must communicate in Portuguese to achieve. Each assignment takes students through a series of interconnected, real-world tasks, such as the various stages of planning a party.
  • Lição preliminar: Primeiros passos
  1. A universidade
  2. Entre amigos
  3. Horas de lazer
  4. A família
  5. A casa
  6. A roupa e as compras
  7. O tempo e os passatempos
  8. Festas e tradições
  9. O trabalho e os negócios
  10. A comida
  11. A saúde e os médicos
  12. As férias e as viagens
  13. O meio ambiente
  14. A sociedade
  15. A ciência e a tecnologia

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