Portuguese is the language of Portugal, including the autonomous regions of the Azores (Açores in Portuguese spelling) and Madeira. Additionally, it is the official language of Brazil, Mozambique (Moçambique), Angola, Guinea-Bissau (Guiné-Bissau), São Tomé e Príncipe, the Cape Verde Islands (Cabo Verde), and East Timor. It is also still spoken in Macau and Goa. Over four million Portuguese who have emigrated to various countries retain their first language. Galician, spoken in northwestern Spain, is very similar to Portuguese. Altogether, Portuguese is the native language of approximately 240,000,000 people. It is the sixth most spoken language and it ranks third, behind English and Spanish, among European languages used around the world.
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Our Portuguese offerings are a sequence of lower and upper division courses which form an official minor. Many departments recognize this minor as a fulfilling requirement for their major programs.
A Special Major in Portuguese Studies is available by completing all requirements for a Minor in Portuguese at SJSU and completing additional units through certain departments on campus and summer courses at other universities in the USA, as well as in Brazil or Portugal. For more information, please contact:
Dr. Virgínia Da Luz Tarver
Coordinator / Advisor of Portuguese Studies Program
Clark Hall 412J
408-924-4022
vdaluztarver@comcast.net
Available for students minoring in Portuguese:
In order to support the Portuguese Studies Program, a Portuguese Endowment Trust (PET) has been established through the generosity of the Portuguese Ministry of Education, the Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon, the Luso-American Education Foundation, and other organizations and individuals in the Portuguese community.
Portugal, The Age of Discoveries and The Story of a Volcano
Two exhibits on loan from the Portuguese Historical Museum in History Park-San Jose.
Martin Luther King Library
Second Floor
May 21st through September 30th during library hours.
Join us for the Open House on Saturday, June 6th from 2 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Dia de Portugal
Join us for this Annual Celebration June 13th
FREE Admission. Children’s Activities, Traditional Parade, Art and Book Fair. Entertainment, Cooking Demo, Food Booths.
History Park at Kelley Park: Kelley Park, 1650 Senter Road, San José, CA
http://www.historysanjose.org/visiting_hsj/history_park/
For more information:
(415) 302-2934
www.DiaDePortugalCA.org
DiaDePortugalCA@yahoo.com
For more information on art, music, news, language, online dictionaries, and other cultural or language references on the various Portuguese-communities around the world, please go to:
http://www.well.com/user/ideamen/portugal.html
http://www.italki.com/resources/694/learn_portuguese_in_english.htm
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rll/resources/portuguese/pop_culture.html
http://www.allwords.com/Learning_Foreign_Languages_Portuguese.php
http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/portuguese-grammar-lessons.html
Dr. Virginia Da Luz Tarver
Coordinator / Advisor of Portuguese Studies Program
Clark Hall 412J
408-924-4022
vdaluztarver@comcast.net
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