Full Description
Do you want a solid foundation to your European Portuguese studies?
If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Portuguese in no time. Through authentic conversations, clear language presentations, and extensive practice and review, you will learn the Portuguese you need to communicate naturally in everyday situations - from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family.
What will I learn?
Basic Portuguese is slowly and carefully introduced to ensure you progress confidently through the course and build up a foundation to allow you to feel confident in everyday situations and move to the next level of your learning. It teaches grammar, vocabulary and listening, reading, writing, speaking and pronunciation skills. By the end of the course you will reach a solid Novice High proficiency level of ACTFL (The American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and A2 Beginner level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines.
Is this course for me?
Get Started in Portuguese is for absolute and false beginners of Portuguese. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Portuguese. There are extensive illustrations to support the learner working on his or her own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course.
What do I get?
This book has a learner-centred approach that incorporates the following features:
- 10 units of learning content - covering everyday topics from booking a hotel room to talking about friends and family
- Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns yourself to make the language stick
- Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims
- Vocabulary building - thematic lists and activities to help you learn vocabulary quickly
- Test yourself - see and track your own progress
- Native speaker audio - available online
Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com
Where do I go next?
If you want to advance your Portuguese, our Complete Portuguese course (9781444107685) will take you to an intermediate level of Portuguese.
If you want to practice your speaking and listening skills, Get Talking and Keep Talking Portuguese (9781444185492) is the perfect audio course.
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Contents
: About the course
: About the course
: About the course
: Pronunciation guide
: Pronunciation guide
: Pronunciation guide
: 1 Pleased to meet you
: 1 Pleased to meet you
: 1 Pleased to meet you
: 2 Where are you from?
: 2 Where are you from?
: 2 Where are you from?
: 3 Where do you live?
: 3 Where do you live?
: 3 Where do you live?
: 4 The family
: 4 The family
: 4 The family
: 5 Personal tastes
: 5 Personal tastes
: 5 Personal tastes
: 6 At home
: 6 At home
: 6 At home
: 7 Daily life
: 7 Daily life
: 7 Daily life
: 8 Free time
: 8 Free time
: 8 Free time
: 9 The holidays
: 9 The holidays
: 9 The holidays
: 10 Transport
: 10 Transport
: 10 Transport
: 11 Travelling
: 11 Travelling
: 11 Travelling
: 12 In town
: 12 In town
: 12 In town
: 13 Going shopping
: 13 Going shopping
: 13 Going shopping
: 14 Eating out
: 14 Eating out
: 14 Eating out
: 15 Feeling ill
: 15 Feeling ill
: 15 Feeling ill
: 16 Travelling by car
: 16 Travelling by car
: 16 Travelling by car
: 17 Accommodation
: 17 Accommodation
: 17 Accommodation
: 18 Camping
: 18 Camping
: 18 Camping
: 19 Distractions
: 19 Distractions
: 19 Distractions
: 20 Finally...
: 20 Finally...
: 20 Finally...
: Key to the exercises
: Key to the exercises
: Key to the exercises
: A summary of grammar
: A summary of grammar
: A summary of grammar
: Portuguese-English vocabulary
: Portuguese-English vocabulary
: Portuguese-English vocabulary
: English-Portuguese vocabulary
: English-Portuguese vocabulary
: English-Portuguese vocabulary
: Numbers
: Numbers
: Numbers
: Taking it further
: Taking it further
: Taking it further
: Grammar index
: Grammar index
: Grammar index
