- Audio CD
- Publisher: Pimsleur; 30 Lessons + Reading edition (Jun 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671776266
- ISBN-13: 978-0671776268
- Product Dimensions: 33 x 29.3 x 5.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,436,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
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 S‹o Paolo dialect of Brazilian Portuguese.Can learning another language be as easy as speaking your own? Yes - with Pimsleur it’s that easy. Learn on your own time, at your own pace, and wherever you choose. Brazilian Portuguese II, Comprehensive includes 15 hours of spoken language practice and one additional hour of reading instruction, and is designed to be used after completing Level I.
- In the first 10 lessons, you begin to use the past tense. Structures become more complex and informal speech is introduced. Conversations become fuller, and learners are able to discuss business and social activities, manage shopping situations, and express their interests. As you progress, vocabulary is expanded and fluency increases.
- The next 10 lessons allow you to further combine and build upon known elements, and produce longer and more complex sentences. You learn to bargain with shopkeepers, deal with business situation, get and give medical information, and discuss the weather.
- In the final 10 lessons, you’ve doubled your vocabulary and have several hundred structures to draw upon. You’ll gain experience asking for assistance, finding a location that is some distance away, and using relative structures – faster, slower, etc. Sports and leisure activities are explored, as well as shopping, changing money, and future travel plans. By the end of Level II, you’re speaking at a mid-intermediate level with near-native pronunciation, and you are comfortable meeting most social demands and limited job requirements.
Reading Lessons are included at the end of this unit. These lessons, which total about one hour, are designed to give you practice reading Portuguese and to provide you with some insight into Portuguese culture with proverbs, common expressions, and a broad look at some of the things you’ll see when visiting a Brazilian Portuguese-speaking country. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format.
About the Author
Dr. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience and research, Dr. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles: the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.” This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Ainda o melhor sistema para voce estudar,
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This review is from: Portuguese (Brazilian) III, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand Brazilian Portuguese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
Finally, a usable Portugese language program. I live in Brazil about 3 months of every year, and I speak quasi-fluently. I find that this is an excellent refresher course to keep current. I also learned many expressions and constructions that I was previously unaware of their use. I cannot tell you how many audio language instruction programs I have bought. I think I have purchased all of them on Amazon[.com] (for Portuguese, at least), and this is the first one I have found useful. However, unless you have some background, or have listened to Pimsleur I and II, it is NOT for beginners.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Top Notch Program. No need to look further.,
By Napoleon Solo (Ipanema, San Francisco) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Portuguese (Brazilian) III, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand Brazilian Portuguese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
The statement made by the guy from Houston does not make sense. This is a CD program and he says his cassette tape does not work. Hello?!
1.0 out of 5 stars
poor quality tapes,
By A Customer
This review is from: Portuguese (Brazilian) III, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand Brazilian Portuguese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Audio CD)
I bought this set new, and at least two tapes will not play. I have contacted Pimsleur customer service five times about replacements (as they instruct you to do on their website) and have been ignored every time.A product is worthless if you can't use it.
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