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Feb 21
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How to Became Fluent in Portuguese

By About Portuguese, Language Learning, Video
Check out the steps Sacha did to learn the language on his own. The first one? Get out of your house and communicate; pay attention to the way people talk around you. We agree with that! Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Everybody does it! Also, you can take online classes with a Native Speaker to make this learning process faster. Take a 30-minutes Trial and begin speaking with ease!...
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Feb 02
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20 Idioms Very Used in Brazil (Audio)

By Idioms, Language Learning
This handout presents 20 different idioms (expressões idiomáticas) we do use in Brazil in informal conversations.   Yes, I want the Free E-book! If you want to learn much more and speak Brazilian Portuguese as a local, DOWNLOAD OUR FREE E-BOOK with 500+ Real Brazilian Portuguese Phrases - Portuguese Audio and English Translation included.  At BOOST BRAZIL you can also choose a plan that fits your schedule and goals. Take...
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Oct 03
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Why Learn Portuguese? (Video)

By About Portuguese, Video
Portuguese is currently the 6th most widely spoken language in the world! There are over 260 million speakers of Portuguese from Europe to Africa, Asia to North and South America – with large Lusophone communities in the U.S., including Massachusetts (one of the most difficult words for Brazilians to pronounce!), Florida, New Jersey, California, New York, and others. The language is extremely important in the world economy. If you want...
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Mar 29
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Nelson Mandela
Feb 21
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Brazil: A Look into Latin America’s Largest Startup Ecosystem

By Business
In September 2012, Forbes published a lengthy feature heralding Brazil’s arrival as “one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world.” At the time, the South American giant had been powering through a global recession, with growth rates that drew the envy even of its surging companions in the emerging-market bloc. Roughly 25 percent of Brazil’s workforce was self-employed in some capacity, and small businesses were accounting for two-thirds of...
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Feb 17
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Brazilian Brigadeiros as a Business for a Lovely Family

By Business, Culture, Video
Check out this lovely video of a family that makes our national dessert brigadeiro their success (craft) business in San Francisco and around the world. "People will forget what you say, people will forget what you did but they will not forget how you make them feel. That is what we believe. We want people to remember how they feel good after eating our chocolate. We put our love in...
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Feb 10
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it from you. O mais belo em aprender é que ninguém pode tirar isso de você.

B.B. King
Feb 09
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Do you Speak Spanish? Use it to Learn Portuguese!

By About Portuguese, Language Learning
Spanish fluency can go a long way towards helping you learn Portuguese. Here’s how!   So, you have mastered Spanish and are ready for the next linguistic challenge. Do you learn Chinese, Arabic, or Pashtun? Language acquisition (LA) is like any other skill, the more you practice, the better you get. Before committing to a thousand hours of Chinese classes, try honing your skills with a smaller step towards Portuguese....
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Jan 11
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How Learning a New Language Makes you Feel More Tolerant

By Language Learning, Video
Learning a language has a lot of benefits... "A high tolerance of ambiguity brings many advantages. It helps students become less anxious in social interactions and in subsequent language learning experiences. Not surprisingly, the more experience a person has with language learning, the more comfortable the person gets with this ambiguity. And that’s not all. Individuals with higher levels of tolerance of ambiguity have also been found to be more entrepreneurial (i.e.,...
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Nov 09
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Portuguese learner and Youtuber Gavin, from Small Advantages, playing guitar and singing

2 Great Youtube Channels to Follow!

By Language Learning
Olá, pessoal! This post is, in reality, a great tip for you! There are 2 Youtube Channels that I highly recommend for your Portuguese/English improvements. Despite the fact that these two Youtubers - Gavin and Carina Fragoso - make their videos in order to teach English to Brazilians, the opposite can also work to the ones interested in training its listening and speaking skills. The good thing about the native American...
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