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Summary: I am always learning each time I repeat the course!
Review: I wanted to learn Portuguese fast because my fiancee is a Brazilian. When I bought this Beginning Brazilian Portuguese, I had about 4 weeks before I visited my sweetheart. Two weeks before my trip to Brazil, I studied it and I concentrated just in the part where two instructors teach you in the form of a dialogue. My goal was to just get use to the portuguese sounds. I did a few of the excercises and to my surprise this basic level of study helped me understand my sweetheart when she spoke to me in Portuguese. I recognized some of the words and expressions. I realized that Beginning Brazilian Portuguese is a very practical language course. It does teach you the everyday Brazilian Portuguese words and phrases such as "nao é?" It also let's you in the culture. For instance, in my humble opinion there is no word for breakfast in Portuguese. They use "Café da Amanha." I kept asking my sweetheart how to say "breakfast" in portuguese and she did not understand me. When I came back and repeated the course for a second time, I learned about Cafe da Amanha. Yes, from the moment I studied this course I became captivated by it.When I came back from Brazil to the USA, I have repeated this course about 4 times already. This course is very rich in the way that it has been put together. Personally, I would not be able to learn everything in one repeat. I learn bits by bits and I first just went through entire course because I wanted to get use to the Brazilian Portuguse sounds. When I came back I studied the multiple questions and paid attention based on my experience in Brazil and learn more words. I repeated it and took dictaction and listen to a couple of songs in the course. Finally, I am still studying it and learning the grammar. Guess what? I never dreamed that I would write Portuguese. I am successfully writing letters in Portuguese to my fiancee and she understands me well. I am beginning to speak it. And all of this because I keep repeating the course: Beginning Brazilian Portuguese. The whole point: Beginning Brazilian Portuguese is a fantastic course put together. With patience you can acquire a very strong base in the Portuguese language from the Brazilian Portuguse course. (Why not Portuguese in general!) We humans are not recorders and so we cannot learn a language in 10 days but with work and effort one can learn a language in a few months. I am happy with this course and will keep on studying it and will end up with a very strong foundation. I am going back to Brazil in July and will test again my Beginning Brazilian Portuguese. Have fun! Vem vindo ao Brazil! Everett Larreynaga
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