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This post is available in Brazilian Portuguese only. Please access the website in Portuguese to read it.

Registration is open for the Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese – A1 [Level 1] course, to take place between 15 February and 25 February. This course is offered to students, researchers, foreign professors and external community members who need an introduction to the Portuguese language.

The aim is to enable participants to master the structures, expressions and sentences of everyday use, allowing them to communicate in a simple way, introduce themselves and others, ask questions and give answers about personal aspects and their surroundings. The course will also present elements of the Brazilian culture through relevant texts and famous MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) songs.

This 20-hour, self-instructional course will be held online through the virtual teaching and learning environment Moodle. To progress in the course, students need to view all contents and complete the activities proposed at the end of each module. For approval in the course, they must obtain a final grade equal to or higher than six (6.0).

At the end of the course, participants who complete all required activities and obtain the minimum grade required will receive an electronic certificate issued by UFSC and valid throughout the country.

Register until 14 February through the link: https://inscricoes.ufsc.br/activities/7905.

Read the course plan here.

This post is available in Brazilian Portuguese only. Please access the website in Portuguese to read it.

This post is available in Brazilian Portuguese only. Please access the website in Portuguese to read it.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) has launched the course “Culture in focus in German texts: a translation project” targeted at the UFSC community. Registrations are open from 7 to 22 November 2022, on this link.

The course aims to develop a translation project based on functionalist approach to translation. The aim is for participants to perceive the cultural aspects within different textual genres in German, as well as to recognize the essential factors of the functionalist approach to translation, which is the focus of the project. As an outcome, participants are expected to feel capable of developing a translation project based on the textual analysis model for translation.

The synchronous classes will take place online, via Google Meet, from 23 November to 14 December, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Wednesdays. The course totals 16 hours and has 20 places. Participants are required to have A2-level proficiency in German to participate. Should you have any questions, please contact Juliana de Abreu at cursonilt@gmail.com.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) announces that registrations are open for the course “Francophonie et mobilité étudiante” [Francophony and student mobility], to be held  in a self-instructional online format. Register here until 30 October.

The course will address the following questions: What is francophony? How far does the French language go? What are the different university models?

The classes are targeted at students, faculty members and administrative staff interested in undertaking mobility in one of the French-speaking countries. The aim is for participants to establish their first contact with French culture and become familiar with the francophone university education system. A B1-level proficiency in French is required for this course.

The course totals eight hours and will remain open from 31 October to 30 November.