Learn How To Speak PortugueseTo learn how to speak Portuguese it's important to have somebody who truly speaks a great Protuguese and knows how to pronounce this soft and very melodious language. The ideal Protuguese teacher is somebody whose first language is Portuguese. then you are 100% sure that the pronunciation is correct and that you learn true Protuguese like the Portuguese in Portugal speak.
If there are no Protuguese classes in your area and you can't find a private Portuguese teacher who meets the requirements, then using audio files to learn Protuguese is a good alternative. The Pimsleur European Portuguese audio classes are excellent and will allow you to study Portuguese when you want and where you want. In only 30 minutes per day you will make rapid progress and within a few weeks you are going to be albe to hold short and meaningful conversations in Protuguese. Listen to a sound sample of this great Portuguese course; click on the sound icon below the cover image to hear about 5 minutes of the first course. (Link 'Pimsleur Protuguese Download' to the left).
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It's not
allways easy to find native Protuguese speakers, and
learning this great language from books only is not
recommended, you are most likley going to end up with some
really pronunciations!What customers say about the Pimsleur PORTUGUESE audios:
Great beginning
language course for those long commutes
The
Pimsleur series is very different from the other language CDs I
have tried. It uses repetitive short conversations and
sentences to intuitively learn grammar and structure without
formally "thinking" about the grammar and structure. This
approach is slow, but very effective. Each lesson is 30 minutes
in length and gradually adds to the previous lesson. Other
language CDs often just have you mimic and repeat different
words or sentences over and over, which gets old fast. Pimsleur
has you repeat the words a few times, but then asks you to
recall them on your own, and puts them in context using short
conversations where you ask and answer questions with an
imaginary Brazilian woman sitting next to you (presumably at a
bar). The Conversational series are just an introduction to
PImsleur Level I courses, so you won't know much by the end of
them, and will need to buy the full set. --
M. White, Silver Spring, MD, USA
I love the method that Pimsleur employs to make a new language stick to the grey matter between my ears. The CD says the words in English and then in Portuguese, with careful pronounciation. There are nice, long pauses to repeat the words aloud. As the lessons progress, the prompts vary from just a translation to things like "Say 'good morning, miss'". It teaches a few phrases, then adds a few more, then goes back to prompt you to recall what you learned a lesson ago and combines it with the new phrases. I hope to visit Portugal someday, and Pimsleur will help me function as a tourist! -- Wendy Black,Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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