Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil

This second edition is easy to use and completely up to date. With an emphasis on conversational language and stimulating excercises, this course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Portuguese of Brazil.

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Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Brazilian Portuguese as it is written and spoken today.





Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Brazilian Portuguese in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.





Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.





Key features include:








A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills







Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar







An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises







Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations







Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Brazil







An overview of the sounds of Brazilian Portuguese








Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Portuguese of Brazil.





Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.