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Introduction

Welcome and thanks for buying Sonia's Portuguese Course, a complete and practical language course on contemporary Brazilian Portuguese, which is the result of two years hard work and my experience over 20 years as a private tutor.

Sonia’s Portuguese Course is designed for self-study and intended for people who really want to take the Portuguese language beyond the basics and not just "get by".  It can be used by beginners, intermediate or advanced students because it is divided into three levels: basic (Lesson 1-17), intermediate (Lesson 18-33) and advanced (Lesson 34-50).

There are 50 lessons in Sonia’s Portuguese Course. Each lesson is divided into sections:

  • A list of points covered in that particular lesson.

  • A dialogue in Portuguese, followed by a vocabulary list in both Portuguese and English. The stress on the syllables in each word in this dialogue is highlighted to help with the correct pronunciation of the words.

  • A grammar section in Portuguese and English presented with examples of usage taken from common everyday conversations.

  • A conversation section, which consists of at least 8 short authentic real-life dialogues in Portuguese, followed by a vocabulary list in both Portuguese and English. All dialogues are illustrated with lively cartoons to make learning easier and fun.

  • A practice section, which consists of numerous (nearly 200) and varied interactive exercises (gap-fill, matching, crosswords, multiple-choice, etc.) in Portuguese with English translations. Note that occasionally I had to use a literal translation from Portuguese into English in order to make the grammatical point clear.

Each lesson concentrates on a particular point of grammar and includes idiomatic phrases, expressions and colloquialisms used in everyday conversations. Dialogues and exercises focus on the points covered in these lessons. There are reviews of points previously after every tenth lesson (5 reviews in total). If you need further explanation, Sonia’s Portuguese Grammar book will give you a more comprehensive explanation of grammar points.

Sonia’s Portuguese Course includes a detailed pronunciation guide with MP3 audio files, which introduces sounds available in Brazilian Portuguese, 40 cartoon strips with audio files covering five everyday situations and vocabulary list (Portuguese/English in alphabetical order) of all words that appear in the dialogues in the 50 lessons.

 

Upon successful completion of Sonia’s Portuguese Course,  you will be able to speak, understand, read and write in Portuguese.

In order to learn more idiomatic expressions and to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension, you should also read newspapers and magazines, which are easily accessed on the Internet (see Links at www.sonia-portuguese.com)

Sonia's Portuguese Course will be valuable, either for people just beginning to learn Portuguese or advanced students who just want to brush up their Portuguese.

 

I hope everyone who takes Sonia's Portuguese Course will enjoy it and take pleasure in learning Brazilian Portuguese.

 

Sonia Celegatti Althoff

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Copyright by Sonia Celegatti Althoff (www.sonia-portuguese.com)

 

Introduction  E-mail  sonia-portuguese.com  Books  Copyright

Sonia's Portuguese Course

Instructions  Pronunciation  Lessons  Interactive Exercises  Cartoons  Vocabulary  Print  Acknowledgements