Portuguese (Brazilian), Conversational: Learn to Speak and Understand Brazilian Portuguese with Pimsleur Language Programs

by Pimsleur Language Programs

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 Paulo dialect of Brazilian Portuguese.

Brazilian Portuguese, Conversational
Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program.

Genres: Language

Audio CD

First published October 3, 2005

Reviews

[Amanda Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even at 2X speed this Portuguese language class is a little slow. Duolingo got me further along quicker. I liked being able to practice out loud, but it’s a lot of repetition that I didn’t need. Maybe it would be better if I was starting from scratch on a new language.

[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK, so I actually had started these lessons a few years ago and was making fairly good progress with them. I can still remember a few phrases. But, alas, as always life intervened, and my own laziness. It's not the fault of Pimsleur at all; these are well structured and sensible approaches to picking up language in a realistic way. It's funny how the first thing is how to talk to a woman. They get right to the point, no?

[Ryan Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cost to benefit ratio is lacking. Hearing correct pronunciation and going through tandem phrase listening then repetition is helpful to get started quickly, but the distance you can go is only so far. In the end, for the price, I would have purchased something else.

[Elaine]

Since I am going to Brazil next year, I figured it might be a good thing to learn Portuguese. Right now I'm having a hard time because pronunciation is so different from spanish.