Category Archives: portuguese classes

2013

I hope everybody had good holidays. I have been in Brazil for a month to help my mother in a surgery. I am coming back this week with new groups and totally renewed energy after the warmth in the Southern Hemisphere.

Group classes

Mondays – Beginner C in Downtown

Tuesdays – Intermediate A and Advanced in Eagle Rock

Wednesdays – Beginner B in El Segundo

I might start a beginner A in Santa Monica Adj. on Thursdays.

Tips about Brazil

This post about Brazil is hilarious and quite true. 

 

Filmes em português

1 – Central do Brasil  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWgOhRjJmo

2 – O auto da compadecida  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3o1Y8491mA

3 – O primo Basilio  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBljjupF_34

4 – O Divã  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngX6_mPXhSo

5 – O Contador de Histórias  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0c87zwizEA

 
7 – O Samba que mora em mim http://www.osambaquemoraemmim.com.br/
 

Useful Expressions

New sessions starting next week

Beginner B 

El Segundo – Thursdays at 6:30pm

Downtown – Mondays at 7pm

Intermediate A 

Eagle Rock – Tuesdays at 8pm

Advanced (Grammar)

Eagle Rock – Tuesdays at 6pm

Video

Pronunciation 2

Frugal Traveler

Here are some tips from the New York Times about traveling around Brazil. Have a good trip!

Video

Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation

Onde, Donde, Aonde

Skype

I was resistant at first but I just restarted teaching online classes. I have done it before when I worked at Berlitz but we couldn’t see the person. With video calls, there’s a better interaction.