Full Description
Colloquial Portuguese: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Portuguese as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Portuguese in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Colloquial Portuguese is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Portugal
An overview of the sounds of Portuguese
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Portuguese is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Portuguese.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Contents
Introduction 1 A guide to pronunciation 1 Olci, tudo bem 1 Hello, how are you? 2 Gosto de viajar I like to travel 3 Parabens! Congratulations! 4 Desculpe! Excuse me! 5 Posso ver . . 1 Can I see ... ? 6 Uma ida para Lisboa A single to Lisbon 7 Nao me sinto bem I don't feel well 8 Nao desligue ... Hold on ... 9 0 tim de semana The weekend10 Moro num apartamento I live in a flat 11 Encontramo-nos mais tarde? Shall we meet later? 12 Exmo. Senhor ... Dear Sir ... 13 A Internet .. . The Internet .. . Reference grammar Key to exercises Portuguese-English glossary English-Portuguese glossary Topic index Grammatical index
