The course aims to introduce students to the linguistic and sociolinguistic study of European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. For this reason, elements of phonology, syntax and pragmatics of the Portuguese language will be presented to the student. For a study of the main socio-linguistic aspects of Lusophone variants, translation problems and communication fields, various types of material will be presented during the course (literary, technical-scientific and audiovisual material). The course aims to provide students with the terminological and technical tools to understand the main linguistic productions subdivided by genres. The teaching contributes to the achievement of the educational objective of the course of study by providing students with the linguistic and cultural interpretation keys for the development of linguistic competence in L2, aimed at a continuation of linguistic studies or aimed at creating a specific specialized professional profile. in the Portuguese language.