Curso Básico de Portugués para Hispanohablantes (click here)
This is a beginning course designed for students fluent in Spanish who have limited or no background in Brazilian Portuguese. The class emphasizes oral and written communication skills using Spanish as a reference, and upon completion the student will have acquired basic conversational skills. This class will cover: pronunciation (comparing Portuguese and Spanish sounds); grammar (gender, subject, object, prepositions, and pronouns); verb conjugation (present, past, and future tenses – regular and irregular); vocabulary (numbers, date, time, occupations, nationalities, family, clothing and food). Moreover, conversational structures will be used throughout the class. THE INSTRUCTOR WILL BE SPEAKING PORTUGUESE DURING THE ENTIRE SESSION. This class runs for 12 weeks, and meets once a week for 2 hours at a time. After this class the student is ready to take Intermediate Portuguese 1. This class is taught by a native Brazilian instructor with a Spanish background, who has been teaching Portuguese and Spanish in different capacities for over 8 years.
Material:
Falar…Ler…Escrever: Um Curso Para Estrangeiros (textbook) by Emma Eberlein Lima and Samira Abirad Iunes.
Complementary Material (Optional):
Com Licença! – Brazilian Portuguese for Spanish Speakers by Antônio R. M. Simões .University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-71142-5 (Price ranges from $25 to 30)
Upcoming classes
Starting Date …......... Day …................. Time
03/12 …........................ Wednesdays …...... 7:00-9:00 p.m.
04/19 …........................ Saturdays …......... 10:00a.m.-12:00 p.m.
06/10 …........................ Tuedays …........... 7:00-9:00 p.m.
07/16 …........................ Wednesdays …...... 7:00-9:00 p.m.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL STUDENTS ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS!
Number of Students
Minimum 4 & Maximum 10
Instructor
Marcelo Jarmendia
Location
Casa de Cultura Brasileira – 1022 W. Argyle Street suite 202, Chicago, IL 60640.
Fee
$350.00 (+$60 book, to be used on next levels) = $410.00, which can be paid in two payments. Friends of the Brazil Foundation have a 5% discount off the tuition price.
For more information contact our office at (773) 782-6442 or email us at info@brazilinchicago.com.
Casa de Cultura Brasileira
The “Casa” is located at 1022 W. Argyle Street, Suite 202 – in the heart of Little Vietnam, and its mission goes beyond that of a language school. We are constantly in touch with Brazilians working with different aspects of Brazilian culture and are scheduling a number of presentations, workshops, lectures and shows on music, dance, culinary, religion and much more.
Casa de Cultura Brasileira first opened its doors in January 2007 and is proud to announce that by the end of that same month we had eight groups, ranging from a beginner course to conversation classes.
Soon Casa will be also an open space for everyone interested in Brazilian culture. There will be a library with books and videos; live Brazilian TV and, of course, “cafezinho” for our visitors and students.
Please join our mailing list so that we can keep you updated on all the activities going on at Casa de Cultura Brasileira.
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Testimonial
Marcelo is simply a great teacher. He has the ability to roll with the conversational punches…”
-Dr. Jeff Dreyfuss, PhD (Private student)
“Quero dizer, LEGAL!...It’s amazing how much Portuguese I learned in just two months. Muito obrigado.”
-Jeremy Cadiz
Marcelo’s ability to patiently transmit his knowledge of teaching and learning languages will allow you to securely use your beginning and emerging skills from the first class.
-Maria Eliza Hamilton Bispo de Jesus Abegunde, Poet
