Category: Portuguese

• Want to get to know a country? Read the street art: 17 things I learnt from graffiti in Argentina and Brazil

  

  You learn a lot about the history and the mindset of a people when you pay attention to their “unofficial” messages. Start with street art.

  Lucy

  June 28, 2023

  Portuguese, Spanish, travel, travel-study-live abroad

  abortion, argentina, brazil, buenos aires, cidade invisivel, cristina fernandez de kirchner, culture, femicide, feminicidade, flor gomez, florianopolis, get to know a country whilst on holiday, history, how to learn more about a country, la penha drink, marielle franco, montevideo, panmela castro, peronismo, Portuguese, praia dos ossos, rio de janeiro, santa teresa, Spanish, street art

• 5 free ways to become the ultimate active listener when learning any foreign language

  

  Find listening in your target language really hard? Zone out when talking gets too quick? It’s time to learn how to be an active listener.

  Lucy

  May 20, 2023

  French, German, Italian, learning strategies, more languages, Portuguese, Spanish

  A1, A2, active listening, audio books, B1, B2, chatterbug, eReaders Black Cat and Cideb, films, French, German, how to improve my listening in a foreign language, how to improve my listening skills, Italian, learn with songs, learning strategies, more languages, music, other languages, podcasts, Portuguese, Spanish, tv series, what is active listening, youtube

• Learn Portuguese with Brazilian humour: 3 Brazilian comedy acts you should know about

  

  Make a Brazilian laugh and you’ll have a friend for life!

  Lucy

  May 10, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

  are brazilians funny, brazilian humour, comedy, culture, humour, o jeitinho carioca, paul cabannes, porta dos fundos

• 8 excellent podcasts with free transcripts for A1-B2 Portuguese learners

  

  Bored of listening to other people learn? Zone out when natives speak too quickly? Here are 8 podcasts that will actually improve your Portuguese.

  Lucy

  May 7, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

  A1 Portuguese, A2 Portuguese, active listening, B1 Portuguese, B2 Portuguese, brazilianing podcast, culture, duolingo podcast, improve your portuguese with podcasts, learning portuguese is fun, learning portuguese with podcasts, learning strategies, podcasts, Portuguese, Portuguese podcast teach yourself portuguese, portuguese podcasts for learners, portuguese with leo, portugueselab podcast, radio novelo apresenta, storyglot

• 6 simple steps to read effectively in a foreign language (A1-B1)

  

  Fall asleep any time you try to read in a foreign language? Or get red with rage with all those words you don’t know? The solution: follow these 6 steps.

  Lucy

  April 26, 2023

  French, German, Italian, learning strategies, more languages, Portuguese, Spanish

  A1, A2, B1, black cat and cideb, bon patron, French, German, graded readers, Italian, italian checker, language tool, learning strategies, Portuguese, read in a foreign language, reading, reading skills in a foreign language, Spanish, spanish checker

• What are the different CEFR levels, and how do I get to the next level? CEFR explained with Emily in Paris

  

  A great way to track your progress is to base your knowledge on the CEFR, and who better to model their French than the cast of Emily in Paris?

  Lucy

  April 24, 2023

  French, German, Italian, learning strategies, mindset, more languages, Portuguese, Spanish

  A1, A1 French, A2, A2 French, B1, B1 French, B2, B2 French, C1, C1 French, cefr, citizenship, exam, French, french level test, German, how do I get to b1, how do I get to b2 in French, how do I get to b2 in Italian, how do I get to b2 in Portuguese, how do I get to b2 in Spanish, Italian, italian level test, learning strategies, mindset, more languages, Portuguese, portuguese level test, Spanish, spanish level test, study, what are the different cefr levels, what is my level

• Try this easy Brazilian passion fruit caipirinha recipe to “matar saudades”

  

  Make the most delicious passion fruit caipirinhas with just 5 ingredients for that feeling of warm winds and samba rhythms.

  Lucy

  April 23, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

  brazil, brazilian cocktail, caipirinha, cocktail, culture, drinks, Portuguese, recipe

• 5 apps to use alongside Duolingo that will improve your listening, reading, speaking, writing and pronunciation

  

  Ditch Duolingo in favour of 4 apps guaranteed to improve your listening, reading, speaking and pronunciation.

  Lucy

  February 8, 2023

  French, German, Italian, learning strategies, more languages, Portuguese, Spanish

  A1, A2, apps, apps like duolingo, black cat and cideb, chatterbug, does duolingo make you fluent, does duolingo teach you a language, does duolingo work, duolingo, French, German, hellotalk, Italian, italki, language learning, learning strategies, lingoclip, more languages, Portuguese, Spanish

• How to sound like a Brazilian: 13 key expressions

  

  Become the hilarious gringo with these 13 Brazilian expressions that’ll have you sounding like a native in no time.

  Lucy

  January 17, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

  A1 Portuguese, A2 Portuguese, B1 Portuguese, brazil, brazilian, brazilian sounds, comedy, culture, how to sound like a brazilian, language tips, learning strategies, porta dos fundos, Portuguese, tom jobim

• “Can I learn a language in my sleep?” and 9 other language tips to ditch

  

  Forget that panic that you’re not doing ALL THE THINGS ALL THE TIME to improve your language skills; instead learn 10 things you can stop doing now.

  Lucy

  December 28, 2022

  French, German, Italian, learning strategies, more languages, Portuguese, Spanish

  1-2-1, can you learn a language in your sleep, change phone language, comic books, do classes help you learn a language, do memory apps work, dual language books, French, German, Italian, language tips, learning strategies, memory, phone, phrase books, podcasts, podcasts for learning a language, Portuguese, sleep learning, Spanish, what doesn’t work when learning a language