Author: PimsleurPublisher: PIMSLEUR
ISBN: 9781442347083
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
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Book Description
Surprise your friends! Astonish your family! With Pimsleur, you’ll be speaking and understanding like a native in no time. 30 minutes a day is all it takes. This Brazilian Portuguese course includes all of Phases 1 and 2 -- 30 hours of spoken language practice and two hours of Reading Lessons providing background on the Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. With this product you start from zero, learning first survival phrases and vocabulary, and eventually progressing to a mid-intermediate level of speaking, understanding and reading Brazilian Portuguese. Every lesson contains an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures, as well as full practice for all vocabulary introduced. Emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension. At the completion of this course, you’ll speak confidently using your wide-ranging vocabulary, and experience the language and culture with a deepening insight into a new world. Reading Lessons are included to provide you with an introduction to reading Brazilian Portuguese. These lessons, which total about one hour for each Level, are designed to teach you to sound out words with correct pronunciation and accent. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format. About the Brazilian Portuguese Language Portuguese is the mother tongue of about 170 million people, mainly in Portugal and the Portuguese islands in the Atlantic, Brazil, and Portugal's former overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Pimsleur's Brazilian Portuguese teaches the São Paolo dialect of Brazilian Portuguese.
