# PORTUG 15 - Intensive Beginning Portuguese: A Pathway to Luso-Brazilian Cultures Semester: Spring | Year offered: 2026 | Link: [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-156944/2025/spring/17095) This intensive Beginning Portuguese course provides an accelerated introduction to Portuguese with emphasis on interpersonal communication and interpreting and producing language in written and oral forms. Goals include building students' vocabulary, fluency, proficiency, and confidence. Students will experience Brazilian Portuguese and culture through music, cinema, and various media sources. The course covers the equivalent of a full first-year of Portuguese language study. --- ## Course Head [### Cristiane Soares ](/people/cristiane-soares) Senior Preceptor in Portuguese Academic Degrees: Ph.D. in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory, UMass- Dartmouth; M.A. in Applied Linguistics, UMass- Boston; B.A in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Roles: Coordinator of the... ![Cristiane](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2025-04/Screenshot%202025-04-15%20at%2010.28.54%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=xE4RWgCf) See also:- [ Language ](/class-categories/language) - [ Portuguese language ](/keywords/portuguese-language) - [ Portuguese ](/language/portuguese) - [ Cristiane Soares ](/language-instructor/cristiane-soares) - [ Spring 2026 ](/class/term/spring-2026)