Beginner's Brazilian Portuguese with 2 Audio CDs
SKU:
9780781812535
$29.95
$29.95
Learn to speak the national language of Brazil, host of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics!
Brazilian Portuguese is spoken by over 180 million people world-wide, including over 1 million Brazilian Americans.
The vibrant beauty of Brazil’s white sand beaches and Amazon rainforest are only matched by the exuberant nightlife and Carnaval celebrations, attracting millions of visitors to be the most popular tourist destination in South America. Brazil is also the second largest economy in the Americas (after the United States) with thriving local industries such as automobiles, steel, petro-chemicals, aviation, and banking. Beginner’s Brazilian Portuguese is ideal for students, travelers, and business people.
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About the Authors:
Denise Santos is a language teaching consultant and materials writer with broad teaching experience in Portuguese and applied linguistics in Brazil and the U.K. She received an MA from the University of Oklahoma and a PhD from University of Reading (U.K.) and has authored and co-authored several foreign language textbooks.
Glaucia Silva is professor of Portuguese language and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. She received her PhD from the University of Iowa. She is author of Word Order in Brazilian Portuguese and has authored and co-authored several articles about Portuguese.
Brazilian Portuguese is spoken by over 180 million people world-wide, including over 1 million Brazilian Americans.
The vibrant beauty of Brazil’s white sand beaches and Amazon rainforest are only matched by the exuberant nightlife and Carnaval celebrations, attracting millions of visitors to be the most popular tourist destination in South America. Brazil is also the second largest economy in the Americas (after the United States) with thriving local industries such as automobiles, steel, petro-chemicals, aviation, and banking. Beginner’s Brazilian Portuguese is ideal for students, travelers, and business people.
Includes:
- An introduction to Brazil
- Seven practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, andphrases
- Review exercises with answer key
- Brazilian Portuguese-English and English-Brazilian Portuguese glossaries
- Two audio CDs of dialogues and vocabulary with recordings by native Portuguese speakers
About the Authors:
Denise Santos is a language teaching consultant and materials writer with broad teaching experience in Portuguese and applied linguistics in Brazil and the U.K. She received an MA from the University of Oklahoma and a PhD from University of Reading (U.K.) and has authored and co-authored several foreign language textbooks.
Glaucia Silva is professor of Portuguese language and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. She received her PhD from the University of Iowa. She is author of Word Order in Brazilian Portuguese and has authored and co-authored several articles about Portuguese.
