Month: March 2015

Manuel Carvalho: um escritor de Montreal em Toronto.
Lançamento do livro “O Homem que Falava com as Flores” e exposição de pintura por Maria João Sousa
Casa do Alentejo
sábado, 11 de abril
18:00
Entrada livre

 

Launch of Irene Marques’ novel “My House is a Mansion”
April 2nd from 5-7 pm
University of Toronto, New College

 

 

1. Acostamento (no Brasil) – berma (em Portugal)
2. Apontador (no Brasil) – afia-lápis (em Portugal)
3. Aposentadoria (no Brasil) – Reforma/pensão (em Portugal)
4. Bombeiro (no Brasil) – canalizador (em Portugal)
5. Bonde (no Brasil) – eléctrico (em Portugal)
6. Bunda (no Brasil) – rabo (em Portugal)
7. Camiseta (no Brasil) – camisola (em Portugal)
8. Cavanhaque (no Brasil) – pêra (em Portugal)
9. Descarga (no Brasil) – autoclismo (em Portugal)
10. Esparadrapo (no Brasil) – adesivo (em Portugal)
11. Estepe (no Brasil) – pneu sobresselente (em Portugal)
12. Fila (no Brasil) – bicha (em Portugal)
13. Goleiro (no Brasil) – guarda-redes (em Portugal)
14. Grampeador (no Brasil) – agrafador (em Portugal)
15. Ônibus (no Brasil) – autocarro (em Portugal)
16. Parada (no Brasil) – paragem (em Portugal)
17. Privada (no Brasil) – retrete (em Portugal)
18. Sorvete (no Brasil) – gelado (em Portugal)
19. Terno (no Brasil) – fato (em Portugal)
20. Trem (no Brasil) – comboio (em Portugal)

 

 

The registrations are now open for the 25th Summer PLE Course at BabeliUM – Language Centre, which will run from July 1st to July 24th. The course has 72 hours of classes and various cultural activities, such as field trips or discussion groups. The course comprises three different levels (A1/A2, B1/B1+ and B2/B2+) and the students will acquire not only language skills, but also cultural ones.

Continue reading “UMinho: 25th Summer PLE Course” →

European Portuguese

 

Beginners – Class A  –  April 24^th        

Fridays, 5 to 8 p.m. 

Module 2 – 36 hours

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Beginners – Class B –  April 7th

Tuesdays, 5 to 8 p.m. 

Module 2 – 36 hours

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Elementary – Class A – April 16^th     

Thursdays, 5:30 to 8 p.m. 

Module 2 – 36 hours

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Elementary – Class B – April 2^nd         

Thursdays, 5 to 8 p.m.

Module 2 – 36 hours

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Intermediate Conversational – April 20^th       

Mondays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Portuguese Culture – 18 hours

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Brazilian Portuguese

Intermediate Conversational – April 7     

Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m.

24 hours

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Elementary  – May 4

Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m.

24 hours

September 11-13, 2015 – University of Toronto, Canada

 

THE VOICE OF GRANDPARENTS:

IDENTITY, MEMORY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

 

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto organizes the IV International Conference on “The voice of grandparents: identity, memory, and cultural patrimony” which will take place on September 11, 12 and 13, 2015, at the ROBARTS library, located at 130 St. George Street, on the University campus.

Continue reading “CALL FOR PAPERS – IV International Conference” →

Attention: parents, schools and teachers! Consult the regulations and inspire your students or children to participate. The Portuguese language must be present in this competition!

www.rainbowcaterpillar.ca/kid-lit-award.html

NeMLA’s  (Northeast Modern Language Association) annual convention is an opportunity for scholars across the range of modern languages and literatures to gather for four days of intensive scholarly inquiry and discovery. The 2015 convention will be held from April 30-May 3, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario.

http://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html

 

Axolotl Roadkill

by Helene Hegemann

Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 pm

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street

 

 

 

 

Please register by email
library@toronto.goethe.org

Copies of the book can be ordered online or ask at your local bookstore. We also carry English and German copies of “Axolotl Roadkill” in our library.