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Teach Yourself Brazilian Portuguese: Cassette Pack (Teach Yourself Languages) [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Sue Tyson-Ward (Author)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Teach Yourself Books (1 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340860340
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340860342
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 6.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Although it is aimed at those with no previous knowledge, this course is equally suitable for anyone wishing to brush up existing skills and aims to help users progress from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing Brazilian Portuguese with confidence. Key structures and vocabulary are introduced in 18 thematic units progressing from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations to using the telephone and talking about the past. The book follows the journey of Sylvia Peters on a six-month trip to Brazil as she endeavours to make social, cultural and business links for future exchange. The emphasis is on communication throughout with important language structures introduced through dialogues on the accompanying recording. There are plenty of exercises to practise the language as it is introduced and tips throughout to help with pronunciation and grammar. Two revision units help the learner to check their progress halfway through and at the end of the course. Cultural information sections give useful advice and information for anyone planning a trip to Brazil.

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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, 11 Dec 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Brazilian Portuguese (Teach Yourself) (Audio Cassette)
This course has nice pictures but poor teaching. Some dialogues are unrealistic. A lady has lost her handbag, goes to the lost property office, does not report the lost bag, but the officer promises to look for it. How did he know she had lost the bag?

The course is rather heavy on grammar but does not explain it well. It says that 'Faca o favor de trabalhar' means Please work. This is talking to one person. To ask more than one person you change the verb from 'faca' to 'facam'. Then it goes on to say that you may also hear another form, 'Faz o favor de trabalhar' with an identical meaning when talking to just one person. End of explanation, The book does not seem to be aware that in this case you change the veb from 'faz' to 'fazem' to ask more than one person.

Some verbs appear in early units but are explained only fifty or more pages later. The future is introduced in dialogue 1 of unit 1 and explained in unit 14. The past is introduced in dialogue 1 of unit 7 and explained in unit 15. The reflexive verbs are introduced in dialogue 2 of unit 1. There is a brief explanation in unit 2 and in the Grammar Index there is a promise of a further explanation in unit 20. But there isn't a unit 20! The last one is unit 18.

This is all rather disappointing. I shall not be using this course with my students.

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96 of 98 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars It defies the basic rules of teaching, 26 Aug 2003
By Mary Heath (Brighton, E. Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brazilian Portuguese (Teach Yourself Languages) (Paperback)
Normally material is presented; then it is explained; finally the learner is tested. It is different in this course. In the dialogues of unit 1 and 2 you come across vai,vamos,vao plus infinitive. This verb construction is not explained in the grammar sections. But you are tested on it at the end of unit 2. You are expected to produce the answer 'Vou te dizer...' This defies the basic rules of teaching. This is not the only way this course defies normal teaching practice. Material is not graded. A new dialogue may introduce a number of new grammatical features at the same time, not step by step, and only some of these features will receive a (brief) explanation anyway. I would not call this a course. I would call it a random selection of dialogues and grammar notes.
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29 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent starter course, and fun to work through!, 2 Jan 2002
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This review is from: Brazilian Portuguese (Teach Yourself) (Audio Cassette)
I actually enjoyed working through this excellent book/cassette pack. I found the various topics covered in each chapter interesting and useful for real-life situations when I arrived in Brazil. This course offers a good foundation for conversational & travel Portuguese, plenty of vocabulary & adequate explanations of necessary grammar. The best thing about the course is that it is specifically teaching Portuguese spoken in Brazil, where I found I was well understood by the local people. What more could you ask from a beginners' language pack?
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