UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON
Department of
Foreign Languages & Literatures
910.
962-3340
WHY STUDY PORTUGUESE?
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Brazil is one of the BRIC countries (Brazil,
Russia, India and China) of emerging economies.
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Spoken by more than 200 million people, it is the 7th most spoken language.
Compare: German (10th), French (11th),
and Italian (15th).
One
in three South Americans and one in five Americans speak Portuguese.
Portuguese is the official language of eight countries
in
It is the unofficial
language of numerous islands in
There are over 1.3 million native speakers of
Portuguese living in the
and features the Amazon jungle, and over
6,000 miles of beaches.
The
Portuguese-speaking population of the
by as
much as 20 percent a year in places such as
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Half
of all
A growing number of businesses in
the Southeast of the
United
States have interests in
Since
it is rarely studied, its knowledge is a marketable skill,
especially in commerce and banking.
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Capoeira, and Jiu-Jitsu
THINK DIFFERENT
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UNCW
PORTUGUESE
PROGRAM
INTRODUCTORY
LANGUAGE
PORTUGUESE
101, 102
PORTUGUESE
201, 202
THINK DIVERSITY
LITERATURES AND CULTURES
OF THE
PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD
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THINK GLOBALLY
THE NEW PORTUGUESE PROGRAM
COMPLEMENTS THE
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES MINOR
WITH PORTUGUESE YOU HAVE
A STEP INTO
The Community of
Portuguese-Language Countries
ACROSS FOUR
CONTINENTS
STUDY ABROAD
OPPORTUNITIES
STUDY ABROAD AND EXCHANGE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE AND ARE ALSO BEING EXPANDED
VISIT:
CALL:
(910) 962-3685