Grammar of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese

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Summary: Great for the serious student
Review: I currently use this book for 3rd and 4th semester Portuguese at the university level. The book does an excellent job at explaining grammer and expanding vocabulary. However, I would not recommend this book if you are simply trying to get by in Brazil. If your goal is to become fluent, this is the book for you.

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Summary: very disappointing.
Review: this is a course book not a reference grammar. the layout is unattractive and the ordering extremely strange (Supposedly in the order that brazilian children learn - what does that have to do with foreign language students?). it has been reprinted 12 times, obviously without revision - except the price, of course! grammatical explanations are sometimes poor or unclear and exercises etc are lumped in with the grammar.

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Summary: How it's really spoken
Review: This is a very helpful book for anyone who works with Brazilians or is dating a Brazilian. This is Brazilian Portuguese as it is spoken, not the formal classroom stuff. In combination with a decent vocabulary cassette, for example, Vocabulearn's English/Portuguese, you will get a good start.