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Re Pronouncing Vowels in Brazilian Portuguese

Niki — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:57:02 +0000

Learn a foreign language on the cheap

admin — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:26:05 +0000

The No Thick Manuals wiki details how to learn a language efficiently using two free, open source applications. The first is jVLT (java Vocabulary Learning Tool), a completely cross platform flash card application.

What is the best way to study a foreign language?

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:09:04 +0000

There are a number of different ways to study a language, each of which has advantages and disadvantages. You may find a combination of these is best for you.

* Taught courses
* Teaching yourself
* Language exchange
* Picking it up by osmosis

5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:36:56 +0000

1. Improve your English - I know this might not make sense at first but hear me out. As a person who speaks only one language you have no basis for comparison; all you know is English. In different languages the same idea is often expressed in different ways. Knowing another language gives you a great measuring stick.

How to Teach Yourself a Foreign Language

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:30:08 +0000

The first step is acquiring the materials you will use to teach yourself. The first thing you need is an audio language course. This is essential for developing your basic vocabulary and, more importantly, your pronunciation.

Portuguese Lessons from the College of the Atlantic

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:21:17 +0000

Bem-vindo!

Over 170 million people in the world speak Portuguese as their first language. The majority (nearly 160 million) live in Brazil while about 10 million of them live in Portugal. Portuguese is also spoken in other lands such as Angola, the Açores, Mozambique, São Tome e Príncipe, Guinea Bissau, Macau, Cape Verde, the Madeiras, and East Timor.

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Lesson 3: Pronunciation of /é/ and /ê/, Public Health and Health Insurance

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:18:32 +0000

Portuguese Language Learning Course from WikiBooks

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:17:00 +0000

Welcome to the Portuguese language Wikibook. Here you can learn the different parts to the Portuguese language through our grammar references and our course. Why not start with the feature word? Previous knowledge on a closely-related language like Spanish or Galician might make studying Portuguese much easier.

There are several differences among the three main dialects of Portuguese: as it is spoken in Portugal (European Portuguese), as it is spoken in Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese) and as it is spoken in Africa (African Portuguese). While their written forms are very similar, there are some differences in the spoken language (both in phonology and syntax) that are specific to each of them. Also Brazilian and African Portuguese show a great influence in their vocabulary and pronunciation from aboriginal languages and Bantu languages which are not present in European Portuguese.

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29 - Slang

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:12:35 +0000

28 - Interview with Selma Ribeiro do Valle

admin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:11:44 +0000