Portuguese Advanced
Description
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good basic knowledge of Portuguese to develop the four skills further. Students should then be able to converse reasonably fluently with native speakers and discuss personal, practical, social and current issues using appropriate structures.
Main topics / themes to be covered
- Schools and universities, choosing a profession, careers;
- The weather / climate / temperature and its influence on activities, nature's phenomenon;
- Money and economic stability, baking, administration of money;
- Superstitions, simpatias, popular beliefs, Brazilian legends;
- Trade / services and potential problems;
- Urban traffic, behavior in traffic, transportation, car, insurance;
- Leisure activities, excursions, Brazilian popular music, football, Brazilian personalities in the arts and sports, television, media;
- The Portuguese of Brazil, the Portuguese in Portugal.
Linguistic Structures
Phonetics:
- problematic consonant sounds: r / rr, h;
- difficulties involving spelling.
Grammar:
- Present subjunctive (regular and irregular verbs) and its usage;
- Demonstrative pronouns + adverbs of places;
- Impersonal expressions + present subjunctive;
- Conjunctions + present subjunctive;
- Indefinite words + present subjunctive;
- Imperfect subjunctive;
- Conditional + Imperfect subjunctive;
- Future subjunctive;
- Compound subjunctives;
- Personal Infinitive (infinitivo pessoal);
- Use of há (to indicate time or existence);
- Conditional with "se" + Imperfect compound subjective;
- Relative pronouns;
- Indirect speech.
Cafetalk's cancellation policy
Before request is confirmed (fixed)
- Cancellation possible at any time without charge.
After request is confirmed (fixed)
- More than 24 hours before lesson start time.→ Cancellation is possible at any time.
- Less than 24 hours before lesson start time.→ The tutor may take a cancellation fee.
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No-Show→ The tutor may take a cancellation fee.
(Please check with the tutor for details.)
Lessons by this tutor
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Living in Brazil
tips for foreigners who want to live in Brazil - dicas para estrangeiros que querem viver no Brasil40min 1,900P -
Portuguese - 10 lessons package
From beginner to advance with the textbook Novo Avenida Brasil40min X 10 14,500PPack of 10 -
Portuguese - 5 lessons package
From beginner to advance with the textbook Novo Avenida Brasil40min X 5 8,000PPack of 5 -
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Portuguese - 10 lessons 20 minutes package
From beginner to advance with the textbook Novo Avenida Brasil20min X 10 9,000PPack of 10 -
Português para crianças - Portuguese for children
Português para crianças entre 5 e 12 anos de idade. Portuguese for children between five and twelve years old35min 1,700PHas Trial -
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Let's write in Portuguese (advanced students)
Vamos treinar a escrita em português (para alunos avançados).40min 1,900P -
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Brazilian Portuguese course for beginners
This Brazilian Portuguese course is a beginners Portuguese course and provides the foundation for the Portuguese language. It focuses on basic greetings, personal information, expressing yourself and introductory grammatical structure.40min 1,700PHas Trial -
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conversation lessons in Spanish
In this conversation lessons, we focus on developing your communication skills and vocabulary through speaking.25min 800P -
Planning your trip to Brazil
We are going to make a good plan to you enjoy your trip in Brazil40min 2,100P -
Brazilian Cuisine - Let's cook Brazilian food on holiday!
Learn how to make typical Brazilian dishes40min 2,100P -
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Female Brazilian singers and songwriters
Bossa Nova, Carnival songs and classical music40min 1,900P -
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