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Intermediate Portuguese Short Stories: 10 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Brazilian Portuguese & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
Improve your Portuguese skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Brazilian Portuguese short stories!
The best part of learning a new language is experiencing the culture and diving into activities that will enrich your life and vocabulary. The best way to learn a new language is by reading, and in this Portuguese book you will find yourself turning page after page to get to the end of each captivating story that will engage your mind and help you improve your Portuguese.
In this book you will find:
10 captivating stories among topics that you will find easy to relate to. The stories are broken down into manageable chapters, so you always make progress with the story. Carefully written stories with you as an intermediate level reader in mind, using straightforward grammar and commonly used words so you can enjoy reading while learning new grammatical structures without being overwhelmed. Plenty of natural dialogues in each story that you would actually use in an everyday conversation, which will drastically improve your speaking and comprehension ability at the same time! At the end of each chapter there will be a comprehensive guide specially designed for beginner level readers, it will take you through a summary of each story followed by a vocabulary of some of the words from the story to make sure that you understand the story fully. Chapter by chapter you will find yourself effortlessly reading each story. Not struggling like in basic textbooks or boring reads. You will get involved by reading the dialogue of the characters by learning how to express yourself in different contexts and more importantly by learning new Portuguese words that will get you closer to your goal of becoming fully conversational.
This book has been written by a native Brazilian author and is recommended for B1+ level learners.
The best part of learning a new language is experiencing the culture and diving into activities that will enrich your life and vocabulary. The best way to learn a new language is by reading, and in this Portuguese book you will find yourself turning page after page to get to the end of each captivating story that will engage your mind and help you improve your Portuguese.
In this book you will find:
10 captivating stories among topics that you will find easy to relate to. The stories are broken down into manageable chapters, so you always make progress with the story. Carefully written stories with you as an intermediate level reader in mind, using straightforward grammar and commonly used words so you can enjoy reading while learning new grammatical structures without being overwhelmed. Plenty of natural dialogues in each story that you would actually use in an everyday conversation, which will drastically improve your speaking and comprehension ability at the same time! At the end of each chapter there will be a comprehensive guide specially designed for beginner level readers, it will take you through a summary of each story followed by a vocabulary of some of the words from the story to make sure that you understand the story fully. Chapter by chapter you will find yourself effortlessly reading each story. Not struggling like in basic textbooks or boring reads. You will get involved by reading the dialogue of the characters by learning how to express yourself in different contexts and more importantly by learning new Portuguese words that will get you closer to your goal of becoming fully conversational.
This book has been written by a native Brazilian author and is recommended for B1+ level learners.
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128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 29, 2019
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September 3, 2019
‘Profissionalismo’ – Professionalism!
Lingo Mastery has embarked on a mission – to make Portuguese more accessible to a wider population. In the Introductory Note of Beginning Portuguese the goal was stated well: ‘Learning a new language can be compared to starting to swim as a child; it’s actually one of the best analogies you can make about it. At first, you’ll stand on the shore or the edge of the pool and look at that great mass of liquid, wondering just how you’re going to start. After all, if you don’t get it right, you’ll start drowning and your interest in learning probably won’t last much longer after that. So you wait patiently and lick your lips in anticipation. Finally, you dare to make a move and jump inside. What you do next will decide just what kind of a person you are. I use this comparison because many people are too afraid to dare to jump into that pool and take a chance at learning a new tongue — a language that can open new doors for you in your future and become a tool that you’ll use to communicate with an entirely fresh community. There are over 250 million Portuguese speakers in the world and many of the biggest companies in the world will value a worker that speaks two languages. Since Brazil is a rapidly growing economy many international companies will try to establish themselves there sooner or later and then Portuguese will certainly be helpful! If you’ve picked this book up, you’re already made good progress in learning the language. Our goal with this book will be to supply you with useful, entertaining, helpful and challenging material that will not only allow you to learn the language but also help you pass the time and make the experience more fun – like any particular lesson should be.’
Each of the ten stories follows the pattern Summary of the story, Vocabulary Questions about the story, and Answers. Or as the authors state, ‘Each story will tell a different tale involving unique, deep characters with their own personalities and conflicts, while ensuring that you understand the objective of the particular language device in Portuguese. Conjugation, Comparisons, Tenses, Passive and will be covered in this Intermediate-level book. At no point will we introduce concepts too difficult for you to grasp, and any complicated vocabulary will be studied at the end of each story.’
The stories vary, as do the lessons taught. This is a very fine continuing introduction to Brazilian Portuguese, appropriate for all age levels, and a book much needed at this time in our national status!
Lingo Mastery has embarked on a mission – to make Portuguese more accessible to a wider population. In the Introductory Note of Beginning Portuguese the goal was stated well: ‘Learning a new language can be compared to starting to swim as a child; it’s actually one of the best analogies you can make about it. At first, you’ll stand on the shore or the edge of the pool and look at that great mass of liquid, wondering just how you’re going to start. After all, if you don’t get it right, you’ll start drowning and your interest in learning probably won’t last much longer after that. So you wait patiently and lick your lips in anticipation. Finally, you dare to make a move and jump inside. What you do next will decide just what kind of a person you are. I use this comparison because many people are too afraid to dare to jump into that pool and take a chance at learning a new tongue — a language that can open new doors for you in your future and become a tool that you’ll use to communicate with an entirely fresh community. There are over 250 million Portuguese speakers in the world and many of the biggest companies in the world will value a worker that speaks two languages. Since Brazil is a rapidly growing economy many international companies will try to establish themselves there sooner or later and then Portuguese will certainly be helpful! If you’ve picked this book up, you’re already made good progress in learning the language. Our goal with this book will be to supply you with useful, entertaining, helpful and challenging material that will not only allow you to learn the language but also help you pass the time and make the experience more fun – like any particular lesson should be.’
Each of the ten stories follows the pattern Summary of the story, Vocabulary Questions about the story, and Answers. Or as the authors state, ‘Each story will tell a different tale involving unique, deep characters with their own personalities and conflicts, while ensuring that you understand the objective of the particular language device in Portuguese. Conjugation, Comparisons, Tenses, Passive and will be covered in this Intermediate-level book. At no point will we introduce concepts too difficult for you to grasp, and any complicated vocabulary will be studied at the end of each story.’
The stories vary, as do the lessons taught. This is a very fine continuing introduction to Brazilian Portuguese, appropriate for all age levels, and a book much needed at this time in our national status!
November 26, 2021
I'm fluent in Portuguese, but somewhat out of practice, so I thought this would be a good primer for getting back to reading in Portuguese. While I can't say it didn't help, I find its approach to helping Portuguese learners baffling in some ways.
Regarding the stories themselves, I can't be too critical, because their purpose is clearly more pedagogical than literary. They mostly center around cultural aspects of Brazil, and some contemporary issues, such as mental health. Some are enjoyable, some are all over the place, and some read more like treatises on a particular topic than a story as such.
What I really find unusual and ineffective about this book is the words/terms the book chooses to define for the readers, and the ones which it doesn't. It will often define very basic words, or obvious cognates, and fail to define more obscure or advanced words. The most obvious example of this is in a story whose focus is teaching idioms, without defining a single one of them. At one point it discusses someone having "dor de cotovelo," literally "elbow pain," but figuratively referring to jealousy. The book makes no attempt to explain this, or any of the many idioms included in the story, but does inform the reader that "negativo" means negative, and "desinteresse" means disinterest.
I'm glad that I read this as a primer to get back into reading Portuguese, but I feel like the book is lacking as a tool for teaching Portuguese. I assume most intermediate learners will find that it tells them things they already know, and will leave them having to do their own research on more advanced words and phrases.
Regarding the stories themselves, I can't be too critical, because their purpose is clearly more pedagogical than literary. They mostly center around cultural aspects of Brazil, and some contemporary issues, such as mental health. Some are enjoyable, some are all over the place, and some read more like treatises on a particular topic than a story as such.
What I really find unusual and ineffective about this book is the words/terms the book chooses to define for the readers, and the ones which it doesn't. It will often define very basic words, or obvious cognates, and fail to define more obscure or advanced words. The most obvious example of this is in a story whose focus is teaching idioms, without defining a single one of them. At one point it discusses someone having "dor de cotovelo," literally "elbow pain," but figuratively referring to jealousy. The book makes no attempt to explain this, or any of the many idioms included in the story, but does inform the reader that "negativo" means negative, and "desinteresse" means disinterest.
I'm glad that I read this as a primer to get back into reading Portuguese, but I feel like the book is lacking as a tool for teaching Portuguese. I assume most intermediate learners will find that it tells them things they already know, and will leave them having to do their own research on more advanced words and phrases.
May 18, 2021
Great book for advancing Portuguese learning
Love the topical short stories that expand your vocabulary beyond the normal. Right length for learning and difficulty to use without a lot of frustration.
Love the topical short stories that expand your vocabulary beyond the normal. Right length for learning and difficulty to use without a lot of frustration.
September 29, 2021
Uma ferramenta bem útil para ler português para iniciantes e mais.
September 16, 2025
Great book
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