Timi is a teaching manual for Portuguese, both as a foreign or as a second language, divided into four levels, for children in primary school ages 6 to 10.
The main purpose of the books is to teach the language in a communicative and playful way, introducing grammar and vocabulary in a structured and gradual progression, to be taken in with subtlety.
Accompanied by a group of pupils and the friendly and mischievous turtle Timi, the children deal with topics related to their day-to-day life such as school, family, pets, etc.
Timi 3 is the fourth volume of a PLE/PL2 course. It is based on oral expression, also giving importance to the development of written expression.
Timi 3 follows Timi, Timi 1 and Timi 2, going towards the student`s cognitive abilities, either they have Portuguese language skills or not. It stresses the student`s tastes for music, games, stories and arts, preparing them to communicate and to develop their language skills.

Timi 3`s components:
· A Student`s Book with an illustrated vocabulary page, role plays, games and a variety of exercises;
· A Workbook containing suggested exercises designed to reinforce learning of grammatical structures, vocabular and creative writing;
· Audio files with the recorded vocabulary, all dialogues, spoken solutions of the exercises and the sing-along songs of each unit, available for download at www.lidel.pt/en/download-contents/;
· A Teacher`s Book giving a step-by-step guidance to the approach of the exercises as well as suggestions regarding the contents of each unit. The solutions to every exercise can be looked up as well as the summary of all the grammatical content. It includes posters with the images and the vocabulary of all units` initial pages of the Student`s Book.

Young learners of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (9-10 years old).

Isabel Borges
Licenciada em Língua e Cultura Portuguesa, pós-graduada em Relações Interculturais e european master em Comunicação Intercultural. Foi leitora de Língua e Cultura Portuguesa na Alemanha. Atualmente é professora de PLE na Escola Alemã do Estoril.

Martina Tirone
Professora de Ensino Básico. Lecionou em Berna. É, desde 1994, professora primária na Escola Alemã do Estoril.

Teresa Gôja
Professora do Ensino Básico e Educadora de Infância. Lecionou como educadora de infância e professora do ensino básico durante 6 anos. Leciona Português há 18 anos na Escola Alemã do Estoril.