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.
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
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.
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.
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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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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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Audio - The Basics of Learning Portuguese, Useful phrases in Portuguese (with audio!), Portuguese Lessons (with audio!) and more.
Say it in Portuguese…
A conversation guide.
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A lively introduction to the language in ten short parts with slideshows and video clips set in Portugal and Brazil, useful phrases with sound and quizzes.
Click on the topics to start:
* Greetings
* Introducing yourself and others
* Saying a bit about yourself
* Buying coffee and drinks
* Finding your way
* Shopping for food
* Finding and booking a room
* Getting around by public transport
* Ordering a meal
* Summer in Brazil
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Webapp Mango offers 11 free foreign language courses in Spanish, Russian, Greek, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian and Polish. Simply sign up with your email address and you’re ready to go. Choose any of the available courses and view slideshow presentations instantly.
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