Description
Timi is a 4-level project for teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language (PFL) / Portuguese as a Second Language (PL2) to primary school children (ages 5 to 10).
The primary objective of this project is to teach the foreign language through a communicative, fun approach, presenting grammar and vocabular content in a gradual and systematic way so that it is absorbed almost imperceptibly.
Through a group of students and Timi - a friendly, mischievous turtle -, the children explore familiar themes from their daily lives such as school, family, animals, etc. The aim is to stimulate oral comprehension, reading and oral and written expression.
Timi is a course based on oral expression and is aimed at students who are starting to read in Portuguese as a Foreign Language and Portuguese as a Second Language.
Timi`s components:
- Student`s Book with illustrated vocabulary, dialogues, games and varied exercises. Includes audio files available online at www.lidel.pt/en/download-contents/ (Timi, Timi 2 and Timi 3) and an audio CD (Timi 1) featuring presentation of vocabulary, dramatisation of stories in comic strip form, oral comprehension exercises and a song per unit with original music and lyrics.
- Timi Para Consolidar: Workbook containing suggested exercises designed to reinforce learning of gramatical structures, vocabulary and creative writing.
- Teacher`s Book offering step-by-step suggestions for exploration per exercise, as well as numerous ideas and resources for each unit. Includes a synopsis of the content of each unit, keys to the exercises and posters with the illustrations and vocabulary of the opening pages of each unit of the Student`s Book.
Target-Audience
Children who are in primary education and who are reading in Portuguese.
Authors
Isabel Borges
Licenciada em Língua e Cultura Portuguesa, possui pós-graduação em Relações Interculturais e european master em Comunicação Intercultural. Foi leitora de Língua e Cultura Portuguesa na Alemanha. Atualmente é professora de PLE na Escola Alemã do Estoril.
Martina Tirone
Professora de Ensino Básico. Lecionou em Berna. É, desde 1994, professora primária na Escola Alemã do Estoril.
Teresa Gôja
Professora do Ensino Básico e Educadora de Infância. Lecionou como educadora de infância e professora do ensino básico durante 6 anos. Leciona Português há 18 anos na Escola Alemã do Estoril.