Intended for self-study or class use, this course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Portuguese with no prior knowledge of the language required. It includes exercises for regular practice; a vocabulary and pronunciation guide; answer key; and reference section. By the end of this course the reader should be able to communicate in Portuguese in a range of everyday situations. Two 60-minute cassettes accompany this text. Recorded by native speakers, these cassettes can be used on any audio system and complement the book, helping you with pronunciation and listening skills.
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The second edition of the popular Colloquial Portuguese of
Brazil is easy to use and completely up to date!
Brazil is easy to use and completely up to date!
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the
course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Portuguese
of Brazil. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil your best choice in personal
language learning?
- Emphasis on conversational language with clear pronunciation
guidance
- Grammar section for easy reference
- Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Portuguese-English and
English--Portuguese)
- Stimulating exercises with lively illustrations
By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate
confidently and effectively in the Portuguese of Brazil in a broad range of
everyday situations.
--This text refers to the
Audio CD
edition.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not enough audio
3 Oct 2000
By Hunter W. Wolcott
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Format:Paperback
I think this is a poor choice for the total beginner. The audio starts with fairly advanced dialogue, spoken very quickly. While that may well be the way the Brazilians speak, it is useless to the beginning student. The book is comprehensive, but poor for self study - picture your high school Spanish text, without the teacher. I gave up on this one after two fruitless hours, and bought Pimsleur's Audio course. I may go back to Portuguese of Brazil - The Complete Course for Beginners, but only AFTER I finish Pimsleurs.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Horrible!
24 July 2002
By eddi
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Format:Audio Cassette
This book would be a nightmare for a beginner because it jumps into Portuguese in such a confusing way. It just throws lists of words for you to memorize, and introduces grammar that is hardly even practiced in the exercises.
This book is also very aloof, and hardly forms a "relationship" with the reader. All the explanations are not in-depth. New grammar and vocabulary is just explained with a sentence, and then the reader is left on his/her own.
Here's an example of an exercise:
Exercise 2
Can you remember what the following are in Portuguese?
duty-free, boarding card, departure board, non-smoking, passport control, departure lounge, departure gate
No, I can't remember what they are-all I was given was a list of words!
Compared to Colloquial Icelandic(which is an EXCELLENT Colloquial course), this book is severely lacking, and that is quite surprising. A language spoken by around 200,000 people is taught so much more in depth than one spoken by almost 200,000,000!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOBODY WOULD SPEAK LIKE THAT
24 July 2006
By Jose F. Bacelar
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Format:Paperback
I am a portuguese speaker (Brazilian) and don't know why ALL those colloquial books do not show the way people speak on the streets. As far as I could notice, those dialogues would never take place in Rio or Sao Paulo ou any other city in Brazil. For instance, the placing of an object pronoun deeply differs from Brazil to Portugal. In Brazil, it tends to be at the very beginning of a sentence:
Como e que voce se chama? (What's your name?)
ME chamo Esqualidus. (My name is Squalidus.)
In Brazil we tend to use gerunds, while in Portugal they love to use a preposition plus an infinitive:
For instace, let's see the sentence "What are you eating?":
O que e que voce ta COMENDO? (Br.)
O que estas A COMER? (Port.)
As you could notice above, Brazilian colloquial language is full of expletives. Those expletives are not found in those colloquial books.
It's a crying shame that a so widely spoken language do not deserve a good book for teaching very beginners this beautiful latin language.
Como e que voce se chama? (What's your name?)
ME chamo Esqualidus. (My name is Squalidus.)
In Brazil we tend to use gerunds, while in Portugal they love to use a preposition plus an infinitive:
For instace, let's see the sentence "What are you eating?":
O que e que voce ta COMENDO? (Br.)
O que estas A COMER? (Port.)
As you could notice above, Brazilian colloquial language is full of expletives. Those expletives are not found in those colloquial books.
It's a crying shame that a so widely spoken language do not deserve a good book for teaching very beginners this beautiful latin language.
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