PAL Updates

     Students in D.Marcela's class have been working on the following items: 

- Vocabulary: names of the continents, names of countries, family members, greetings (bom dia, boa tarde, boa noite)

- Grammar: present tense of the verbs ficar (used to express location of countries, cities, buildings and places in the city) and ser (verb to be); DE as a preposition used to indicate origin (similar to the preposition from in English), EM as a preposition used to indicate location (similar to some usages of the prepositions IN, ON and AT in English), grammatical gender of words (feminine and masculine).

     -  Structures:

- Oi! Tudo bem? (Hello! How are you?)

- Tudo, e você? (I am fine. And you?)

- Qual é o seu nome? (What is your name?)

- Meu nome é... (My name is...)

- De onde você é? (Where are you from?)

- Eu sou DO/DA/DE (nome do país) (I am from + name of the country)

- Qual é o nome dele/dela/da sua mãe/do seu irmão? (What is his/her/your mother's/your brother's name?)

- O nome dele/dela é... (His/her name is...)

- De onde ele/ela é? (Where is he/she from?)

- Ele/ela é da/do/de... (He/she is from + names of the countries)

- Onde fica o Brasil? (Where is Brazil located?)

- O Brasil fica NA América do Sul. (Brazil is located in South America)

    Students also took a small break to talk about Carnaval in Brazil, some traditions and music and the students researched similar celebrations in their own countries.