Learning Portuguese

Re: listening & comprehension skills - Message posted by Sonia on June 16, 2009

M. If you want to practice your listening and comprehension skills, check out my new website for kids: www.sonia-portugueseforkids.com

Re: conjugador de verbos - Message posted by Sonia on Jan 15, 2009

M. If you want to learn Portuguese verbs, check out this website: http://linguistica.insite.com.br/cgi-bin/conjugue  Remark: In my grammar book and course, you can find all the esssential aspects of Portuguese verbs.

Re: listening skills - Message sent by Richard (USA) on Jan 10, 2009

Q. I am learning Portuguese because I travel to Brazil quite a bit. I love the country and now will marry a Brazilian women. My progress with writing and speaking Portuguese is coming along fine, but I need to hear more Portuguese spoken so that I can understand what people are saying to me. What do you suggest? Thanks, Richard

A. Listen to the radio, watch Brazilian movies and TV, read a lot to improve your vocabulary and practice with your girl friend. You can find TV online, radio stations and magazines on my website (see Links). 

Re: stories by Eliane de Araujoh - Message posted by Sonia on Nov 21, 2008

M. If you want to read some estories in Portuguese, check out this website: http://www.conscienciacosmica.com.br/hist.htm Remark: The book "Histórias para Sua Criança Interior" by Eliane de Araujoh has 71 short stories, which are very nice and easy to understand. For your information, visit her website: http://www.amx.com.br/_model1/produto.asp?produto=0261&emp=CCosmica 

Re: TV Globo online - Message posted by Sonia on Nov 21, 2008

M. If you want to watch Brazilian TV, check out this website: http://www.justin.tv/fabiotv 

Re: picture dictionary - Message posted by Sonia on Oct 20, 2008

M. If you want to improve your vocabulary, I highly recommend the Oxford Picture English-Brazilian Port Dictionary to you: 

http://www.oup.com.au/titles/dictionaries/dictionaries_for_english_learners/9780194362818

Re: dictionary - Message sent by Stefan (Rolânida, PR, Brazil) on Sept 23, 2008

Q. I am a great fan of your grammar and am now in need of a good and reliable dictionary - not too brief. As I will work as a university lecturer here in Brazil (Theology) I will need something bigger. Could you please point my attention in the right direction? At Amazon I encountered a volume from Porto Editora - I do not know whether this would be a good one. Surely you will have a good overview of the market. Thanks for your help on this, Stefan

A. I don't know Porto Editora dictionary. I use Collins and Longmann Pocket dictionaries and I am happy with them. Michaelis dictionary is also very popular in Brazil and it's available in Portuguese, Portuguese/English, Portuguese/German, etc. Check out the Michaelis online version: http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php  Aurelio Portuguese dictionary is also good (http://www.aureliopositivo.com.br/aurelio/default.asp).

Re: practice your listening skills - Message posted by Sonia on June 3, 2008

M. If you want to practice your listening skills, listen to Brazilian radio stations (http://www.sonia-portuguese.com/text/links.htm) and songs (http://www.sonia-portuguese.com/songs/songcont.htm), watch Brazilian films, TV online http://www.sonia-portuguese.com/text/links.htm), you Tube and talk to your Brazilian friends.

Re: Portuguese problem - Message sent by Rattan on March 10, 2007

Q. I am learning portuguese for the last 4 months but I was never serious but now I have taken it very seriously. Can you give me an idea, how much time it will take to speak good portuguese because right now, I am hardly able to understand portuguese. Actually what you suggest, first I should work on written and then go for speaking or I should do it together. Thanks and regards. Rattan

A. It depends on you. Some people learn easily, some people need more time. Usually you learn to speak and read first and by doing the exercises, you learn the writing. You can find tips on learning Portuguese on my website (http://www.sonia-portuguese.com/text/faqs.htm). If you want and need to learn Portuguese beyond the basics, I highly recommend my CD-ROM course and grammar book to you, which are available for sale only through my website. Both materials are designed for self-study and one complements the other.

Re: Portuguese for children - Message sent by Kathryn (USA) on March 6, 2007

Q. Hi, I have a question for you. I am American and I can't speak Portuguese very well. My husband is from Brazil. We live in the United States and we have a son who is 3. He doesn't speak at all in Portuguese. I want him to learn, but I don't know what to do. All the programs that I find are for adults or people that can read. Do you have any idea what I can do to teach him. My husband says some things to him. I believe that he needs more. Thank you for your help. Kathryn

A. You can find many Brazilian sites for children at the Links section on my website. I suggest that your husband speaks to your son only in Portuguese so he can learn Portuguese from him.

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