Teach Yourself Brazilian Portuguese Complete Course (book + CD pack) (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)

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Summary: Good reader interaction
Review: I don't understand all the poor reviews for this book. I have completed both this book and the "Living Language Portuguese Coursebook" - I found "Teach Yourself Brazilian Portuguese" to be much more helpful for me to begin to learn the language. It is very interactive, including much listening for comprehension, and creatively writing and responding. The course also holds your interest through it's interesting story of a British visitor to Brazil - the course helps you learn about the culture of Brazil as this fictional visitor travels around the country.

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Summary: This book is okay if you already speak some portuguese
Review: This book is Okay if you already know the basic words and phrases, It helped me to learn some of the different tenses, and SOME gramatical rules; but it is not put together in a logical way, where you can just turn to a certain chapter to refresh your memory on how to say a particular phrase. I would not reccomend it to people who have never studied portuguese or spanish before, becuase it will not give you the tools to form sentances properly. It seems to be more for a traveler who is planning to go to Brasil for a couple of weeks and only needs to know certain phrases. It also bothered me that it is written in British english, not North American. If you are trying to speak fluently, I would definitly not waste your money.

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Summary: It takes you nowhere
Review: This course is too disorganized. It throws the language at you, jumps from one thing to another, you get nowhere. Nothing is properly coordinated. I much prefer The Living Language Portuguese, because it is more organized. You know where you are going, you feel you are getting somewhere.