How to Learn Portugese Online
Portuguese is the official language of both Portugal and the popular South American tourist destination of Brazil. Learning Portuguese can provide both fun and a sense of accomplishment. Tourists may also meet more people and have a more valuable cultural experience by using Portuguese during a trip. A beginner in the Portuguese language can choose from a variety of online sites to learn Portuguese in the comfort of his own home.
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Learn-Portuguese-Now
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Open the "Brazilian Portuguese Lessons" page on the Learn-Portuguese-Now website. Use the "Previous" and "Next" buttons at the bottom of the page to navigate through the 15 free Portuguese lessons.
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Click on the "Pronunciation" link in the left navigation menu. Use the "Group" links to watch videos and find downloads for each group pronunciation lesson.
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Use the other links in the navigation menu to supplement the 15 free lessons and pronunciation guide. You may learn Portuguese phrases, key vocabulary, basic verbs and other common words used in the Portuguese language. Use the "Podcasts" link to practice your listening. Play each short podcast while looking at the written transcript on each podcast page. You can also use the translation feature to help you learn the vocabulary from the podcasts.
Sonia-Portuguese
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Open the Sonia-Portuguese home page. Sonia Celegatti Althoff, a private tutor of the Portuguese language, provides free online Portuguese lessons through this website.
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Learn Portuguese basics by using the "Pronunciation," "Grammar" and "Phrases" lessons. Click on the links near the top of the home page to study these basic lessons.
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Expand on your basics by using the "Slang" and "Proverbs" lessons. These lessons will expose you to additional common phrases used in everyday Portuguese.
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Visit the "Cartoons" and "Word of the Week" pages for regularly updated Portuguese lessons. You can see comic strips in Portuguese and translations of key vocabulary with the "Cartoons" lessons. Use the "Word of the Week" lessons to see sample sentences incorporating a weekly vocabulary word.
Brazilian Portuguese Pod
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Access the "Podcasts" page on the Brazilian Portuguese Pod website.
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Click the "Play" button for each lesson to listen to the audio. These lessons give sample Portuguese conversations and then explain the meaning of the conversations in English.
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Purchase a subscription by PayPal to get the bonus audio and PDF guides for each podcast. As of 2010, prices range from $42 to $55 for lesson packages and from $20 for a one-month subscription to $50 for a three-month subscription.
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Tips & Warnings
Translation tools provide an invaluable resource once you get beyond the basics taught in these online Portuguese lessons. You may use the Google "translate" tool to learn a virtually unlimited amount of vocabulary. Just enter words or even entire English passages or website pages into the tool and have them translated into Portuguese. You can also translate Portuguese into English.
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