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I'd actually like to rebuttal Duolingo, I've found Duolingo to be rather frustrating as it teaches you exactly zero grammar or sentence structure for most languages.
I've been using Memrise for quite a while now to learn German and I've liked it significantly more. Memrise focuses on a flashcard based learning system, and instead of trying to baby you into a new language it kind forces it down your throat with paced repetition until you've learned it, then it gives you regular recap.
I'm pretty sure Memrise has the option of downloading any course to work on it offline. Moreover, people seem to like this particular app here in the language learning subreddits.
Oh boy, I've heard lots of good things about Duolingo, I'm gonna have to check it out now that Korean is available.
Relating to language learning and learning how to speak Korean more specifically, I've been using Memrise, which I like quite a bit. I haven't had the time to really dive deeply into the more advanced lessons, but I like the design of the app and how it makes the language learning into a little bit of a game.
Tienes ansiedad o bajo autoestima, o ambos. Para empezar tiene que valerte madre todo y digo todo lo que la gente diga o piense de ti. Blanquea tu sonrisa de ser necesario y aprende como sonreír con videos de YouTube, no es para falsear o ser hipócrita, sino para expresar tu comodidad de estar con otra gente, si expresas esos ellos también tendirán a sentirse cómodos contigo.
Haz cosas interesantes para platicar de cosas interesantes. Simplemente di Fuck It y haz cosas que no has hecho antes y comenta acerca de ellas cuando haya un tema relativamente relacionado en la platica.
Empieza con platicas super cortas con cada cajero/cajera que te encuentres, preguntale cuantos clientes loquitos o groseros han llegado hoy o cuantos borrachos han contado en las líneas de la caja hoy y cuando te den la respuesta simplemente diles: "pues suerte y ojalá que no lleguen más, gracias, hasta luego"
Edit: para sentirte más cómodo platicando podrías tomar un suplemento que se llama phenibut, consulta con tu doctor antes de ser necesario.
Y para aprender ingles: la app de Memrise o escucha a Tom Leykis o buscalo en YouTube, él es un locutor y su tono y acento son muy claros y fáciles de entender.
Try the app Memrise. It was developed by teachers and scientists at Oxford University and uses images, sounds, and typing exercises to make you remember stuff. It's free too.
*Edit, link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
This has been a few months in the making, but it's finally ready. This course is intended as a "so, you're visiting the Belt?" phrasebook for Inners who aren't trying to completely learn the language. (A real, complete course that actually goes into the grammar and stuff is in the works, but will take a while. Look for that probably in June?)
I think you may get better information if you use the Android app or the iPhone/iOS app, but you can just do it on a regular computer if you like.
Memrise, Videos von einheimischen die dir zeigen wie man etwas ausspricht, nutze duolingo schon seit über 70 tagen.. es wird fad nach einiger Zeit und memrise bringt frischen Wind rein. Android link : Memrise
I'm using Memrise for a guide at the moment and a bunch of flashcard apps for learning the hiragana and katakana.
EDIT: You guys and gals are great! Thank you for all your help!!
I would suggest to add to the boring grammar studying some more fun way of learning; I use the app memrise, that helps to learn words and expressions, not focusing to the kanji (I also use a grammar to check the expressions)
I've actually been using Memrise a lot and taking the time to learn a new language. It's a nice set your own pace app.
There's also Little Alchemy which I really love. It's a puzzle game where you combine elements to make other things.
Memrise is the best app. This is targeting the improvement of the vocabulary but nothing else. You can select from different word sets. Then it will follow a scientific method to ask you questions until you are fully familiar with the word.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Memrise is like duolingo, except with images as flashcards. It lets you download 'courses' and use the app offline.
Hmm, I just tried downloading this app but don't see ASL as an option to learn? Is there a different app you're using?
Another Redditor recently recommended Memrise as an alternative to Duolingo for European Portuguese. It's in the Android store here. I've only used it a little so far. It's not shy about asking you to pay for the full edition, but it's been helpful.
Memrise App on Google Play.
I can promote Memrise App again. The user created decks are great. You just have to find one that is being maintained by a group of learners.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
First things first: learn to WRITE hiragana and katakana with the correct stroke order.
Can take anywhere between 2 - 4 weeks.
Memerise app - hiragana /katakana course. Genki course
Kanji study app.
Grammar and vocab book: Genk 1 and 2.
You start with Genki after you learned hiragana and katakana. Then slowly work your way in. Try to memorise the conversations in there and repeat everything out loud. Also listen to them daily.
You can use the memerise app to help you with the vocab and kanji study app for learning how to write kanji with the right stroke order.
When learning Kanji always learn words so never it's individual pronunciations.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindtwisted.kanjistudy
I highly recomend MemRise site ---- Android App linkAs either a replacement for duolingo or a suppliment as it has a different take on training different languages I find it easier to learn stuff than duolingo and its free like doulingo.
French, I have been learning it for 8,5 years and I still can't speak/write it properly. I can read it a bit tho ... . But to be totally honest I wasn't really motivated in those 8 years (2 years primary, 6 years secondary school). I am practicing it with Memrise lately.
Oh and AN (Standard Dutch), so the Antwerpenaars understand me ... . xD. \s
Use an app like Memrise so you can revise vocabulary easily when out and about, for example on the bus on the way to school. I used it for my GCSE Latin revision, and it worked like a charm.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion You can start learning the basics of the basics with this app, if you're itnerested in learning a bit of portuguese. I'm doing the same with german.
I really like using Memrise.
for Iphone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memrise.-learn-faster.-500+/id635966718?mt=8
for android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion&hl=en
I personally use the android version. It can give you daily reminders at whatever time you want. I used their website/ site to learn the capital cities of the world. It is a really good language app too. Learned a good number of Spanish words.
Some people just like to be negative. Indeed Portugal is quite progressive. A quick run through of some relevant points,
Abortions allowed up to the 10th week (longer under specific circumstances) and mostly free.
Plan B and contraceptives over the counter (no need for needing a prescription)
Free contraceptives at public health centres.
Gay marriage and adoption.
Decriminalised drugs (not legal though) and emphasis in on healthcare and prevention (e.g. people can exchange needles for new ones at the pharmacy).
Regulated surrogacy (for medical conditions).
Of course, no country is perfect, but indeed there has been an immense cultural shift in the last say, 40 years or so. Older people will be more conservative, but even the culture is one of tolerance, so there is not a lot of resistance to such shifts.
Regarding language.
Most people under 40s will be able to hold a conversation in English, easily. As for older people, it depends on their education and profession.
That said, if you're planning on moving, learning Portuguese is a good idea. In terms of integration it is a big plus. In case it interests you, below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Regarding learning the language, I keep a list of resources for European Portuguese, for the crowd at /r/Portuguese, which I will paste below.
Regarding institutions where to learn Portuguese, here is the relevant page for the Universities of Coimbra with courses of Portuguese for Foreigners.
http://www.uc.pt/fluc/ensino/cpe
And here are some institutions that do immersion courses.
The "Portugues et cetera" centre provides an immersive experience in its courses, via available hosting at Portuguese people's homes, and several events and historical tours.
http://www.portuguesetcetera.com/pt/home
The "See Learning Centre" also provides the same kind of experience in its courses. Hosting at Portuguese people's homes, activities and tours around the country.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIKeSOo2DkrNWCyQxCcYMqfT0QI0mHxIT
Finally the "Universidade Fernando Pessoa" teaches Portuguese to Foreigners that follow EUFICCS (European Use of Full-Immersion, Culture, Content, Service approach for Language Learning). Check the EUFICCS page for more info.
http://ri.ufp.pt/estudar-na-ufp-intercambio/portugues-para-estrangeiros/
http://www.euficcs.eu/homepage-pt
A list of resources for European Portuguese follows.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
I keep a list of resources for European Portuguese. Pasting it below. Good luck!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Olá,
Aprender a Teclar
O único software para ensinar a teclar, que conheço bem, é o KTouch. Tem versão para PT-PT. Mas o KTouch é para Linux/KDE (não tem versão de Windows).
KTouch
https://www.kde.org/applications/education/ktouch/
Para Windows, existe um da Microsoft mas não suporta português. Mas encontrei estes que suportam Português:
Klavaro
http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/pt/index.html
Type Fast Tutor
http://www.typefastertypingtutor.com
Há também alguns sítios na web, que ensinam a teclar, com suporte para português.
Typing Study
http://www.typingstudy.com/pt/
Digicurso
https://www.digicurso.com
Sítios web educacionais
Já agora aqui ficam alguns sítios web educacionais.
Escola Virtual - Sítio dos Miúdos http://www.escolavirtual.pt/sitiomiudos
Ensina RTP - Júnior http://ensina.rtp.pt/temas-artigo/ensina-junior/
Portal das Escolas (ver secção de "Recursos") https://www.portaldasescolas.pt
Aprender Português
Já agora aqui ficam uma lista que tenho construído com material para aprender português (europeu). Espero que ajude!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Regarding Mandarin, you should look at the following centres institutions,
Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau
Escola Chinesa de Lisboa
Instituto Confúcio
Universidade Nova
Museu do Oriente
Instituto de Estudos Orientais Universidade Católica
Regarding Portuguese tutoring, this site lists a few tutors for "Portuguese for Foreigners" in Portugal.
http://www.superprof.pt/aulas/portugues-lingua-estrangeira-ple/portugal/
As another option, perhaps too formal for your liking, Cambridge School also provides Portuguese for Foreigners classes, and in particular one-on-one tutoring.
http://www.cambridge.pt/lições-individuais
http://www.cambridge.pt/cambridgeen/courses-and-classes.aspx
They have schools in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Almada and Funchal.
http://www.cambridge.pt/escolas.aspx
Below are also some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
I really like audio courses for languages. I really like the Michel Thomas method, and there is a course for (European Portuguese).
Even if you're still a beginner, I think it's useful to immerse yourself in the language, watch (subtitled) movies, listen to music (and if you can be bothered read the lyrics sometimes). This establishes some level of familiarity. You'll notice yourself picking up more and more as you improve.
Also if you have texts in Portuguese and English (or some languageI you know), it's cool to try read the Portuguese first, then the translation, then the Portuguese again.
I'll paste some resources I gathered below that you may find useful (focus on European Portuguese).
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government (for foreigners)
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Portuguese Government (primarily directed at native speakers)
The "Português Mais Perto" project is primarily directed at the kids of Portuguese expats. It includes Portuguese classes from pre-school to 12 grade. It's still a good resource for anyone with at least some basic knowledge of Portuguese, even just A1.
The site includes a placement test to help you choose where to start. It also includes sample classes to give you a feel for the material.
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt/PT/lojaST.html
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Below is a list of (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd here at /r/Portuguese.
If you are going for European Portuguese, I'd say a good way to approach it would be using "Michel Thomas" Portuguese audio course, plus a couple of apps (e.g. the official app by the Portuguese Government + memrise).
If you want to add more to that, and are willing to invest some money, possibly use one of the mentioned books on the side, and/or some online classes.
I'd also suggest to immerse as much as possible in Portuguese from the beginning, so you get used to the sound of it. So use the subtitled video and music resources listed below.
Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Pasting a list of resources below, focused mainly on European Portuguese. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government (for foreigners)
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Portuguese Government (primarily directed at native speakers)
The "Português Mais Perto" project is primarily directed at the kids of Portuguese expats. It includes Portuguese classes from pre-school to 12 grade. It's still a good resource for anyone with at least some basic knowledge of Portuguese, even just A1.
The site includes a placement test to help you choose where to start. It also includes sample classes to give you a feel for the material.
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt/PT/lojaST.html
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Hello, these two should be quite good:
I keep a list of resources for European Portuguese, which I will part below in case it's useful. Good luck!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Regardless of your choice, it may be useful.
Regarding PT-PT or PT-BR, there's advantages and disadvantages for either pick in your situation. I don't think there's a better choice nor that it matters that much. As some have said, it's like US vs GB English, but with a few more stylistic grammatical differences. You'll be fine either way.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Hello, hope you enjoy your time in Portugal!
I can't be a pen pal now, but here are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope this may help!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Memrise is your alternative
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese.
This is pretty much a canned answer, I'll try to add some more useful information in another comment soon.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
> We speak very limited Portuguese
...
> If there is any further information I can provide, please just let me know.
If you're interested in improving your Portuguese skills, below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
I currently learn German and use the app Memrise to do that. To be honest, it's really good. When learning the language I can see words and listen to how they are pronounced. It doesn't focus on grammar though. Only words and phrases. It works for me because it's not boring.
I've looked up Russian in the app and I saw that there're 7 official courses made by the Memrise staff. I took a brief look and can say that it's pretty much the same as German.
The words and phrases are clearly voiced by native speakers, although sometimes they sound a bit artificial -- probably because they were processed by a computer.
It's available on Google Play and iTunes. It also has a web version.
P.S. Of course for such a large and complex language it's not enough, but I think it's a good starting point.
Here is list of (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd here at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Too far away from Algarve, but hope you enjoy your time and meet some people.
In any case, I've compiled a list of resources over time, for the people who request them over at /r/Portuguese. Maybe some will be useful for you if you would like to learn the language.
Cheers!
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + portuguese government app & simple beginner apps/games + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Pasting a list of resources below, focused mainly on European Portuguese. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Memrise is pretty great, and let's you become a teacher too. They need Xhosa ;)
Michel Thomas
O curso de Português do Michel Thomas é Português Europeu.
Existem uma app para iOS mas talvez não suporte Português (no site não refere). A Amazon tem streaming de samples, e como indicado na Amazon, está disponível no audible.
Plimseur
Existe também o Plimseur para Português Europeu. Com registo tem uma lição grátis.
Memrise Flashcards de Português Europeu
Na Web:
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
Mobile app: Android - iphone.
Portuguese with Carla
O site Portuguese with Carla é dedicado a português europeu e tem uma secção de freebies com vídeos e podcasts.
Governo Português - Oficial
O Governo Português tem uma Online Platform for Portuguese, que serve para auxiliar o estudo de português europeu, e ajudar a testar o conhecimento adquirido.
Pasting a list of resources below, focused mainly on European Portuguese. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Oi! Aqui está alguma lista de material que fiz para o /r/Portuguese. Espero que ajude!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Hello,
There is a Skype group in /r/Portuguese for practise (see the sticky). Unsure how many Portuguese are there, but worth a shot.
I'll leave you with some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Quite a few focus, or include, listening comprehension auds. E.g. audio courses, social learning tools, subtitled videos, lyric music videos, etc. Take a look and try what you like.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
I'd recommend memrise.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
> I've got a lot of friends in Portugal and I want to learn EU PT rather than BR PT.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese.
Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Hello! You'll be welcome in Portugal. Best luck with your endeavours!
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. You already know some, like Michel Thomas or Memrise, but there are other interesting resources you may not know, like the new Portuguese Government app for learning Portuguese, op Ed's published in both English and Portuguese etc.
Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Eu penso que o futuro é mais usado no Brasil do que em Portugal. Mas posso estar enganado.
De qualquer forma, o futuro usa-se em ambos os países. Como já foi dito, pelo menos em Portugal é mais formal dizer,
Amanhã iremos à praia
Mais informal dizer
Amanhã vamos à praia
Mas ambas são corretas.
Já agora, aqui fica algum material que te pode ser útil:
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Below are some resources for European Portuguese. I think a good way to start is:
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + portuguese government app & simple beginner apps/games + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Try Memrise.
I'll paste below some resources I gathered, that focus on European Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government (for foreigners)
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Portuguese Government (primarily directed at native speakers)
The "Português Mais Perto" project is primarily directed at the kids of Portuguese expats. It includes Portuguese classes from pre-school to 12 grade. It's still a good resource for anyone with at least some basic knowledge of Portuguese, even just A1.
The site includes a placement test to help you choose where to start. It also includes sample classes to give you a feel for the material.
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt/PT/lojaST.html
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a discord server for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/5hh6v9/discord_server_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Olá!
Oi! Aqui está alguma lista de material que fiz para o /r/Portuguese. Espero que ajude!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Hello,
I have keep a long list of resources for European Portuguese which I will paste below. You may want to browse through it and pick what you think may be of use.
With regard to specific suggestions:
Do check the app section in the list below. There is an app by the Portuguese Government and flashcards by Memrise that focus on European Portuguese. These may be a good alternative/complement to Duolingo (whose focus is Brazilian Portuguese).
In case you're ever interested, there is a European Portuguese distance course directed at Spanish speakers, by Instituto Camões. Of course you also have courses directed at English speakers.
The list of resources follows.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
You should check out memrise https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
But it's Western Armenian.
Memrise. Give it a try.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Memrise
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion&hl=ja
http://www.memrise.com/
ユーザーが作った単語帳で勉強するアプリ。単語を覚えやすいように関連画像が選べるようになっています。(この画像も色んなユーザーが追加してる)
ユーザーメイドなんで玉石混交ですが、ケンブリッジ大学出版局が作った"Upper-Intermediate English"がオススメ
単語の説明(英文)から、単語を選んでったりするので、最初は辛いけど英文も読めるようになる。(気がする)
(Edit 追記) http://www.memrise.com/course/48407/upper-intermediate-english/
For the sake of different opinion and to show other options besides Duolingo:
https://synergyspanish.com/cb/synergy-spanish/
(worth every penny in my experience)
https://www.languagetransfer.org/complete-spanish
(completely free)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
(basic course is free with paid features)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/memrise/id506043249#
(I have no experience with the Apple version sorry)
I didn't really get a lot out of duolingo when I used it honestly, it helped increase my vocabulary and give me extra practice but that was mainly it. I gravitate to memrise more than duolingo to be honest, it works better for me. The first two courses listed (Synergy Spanish and Language Transfer) were the backbone of my introduction to Spanish.
Memorization: Memrise (Memrise Courses), Wanikani.
Production: Lang-8 (<em>Sign-ups currently suspended :(</em>), Hello Talk.
Misc: Kanji Study
I've paid for a lifetime membership for WaniKani, Memrise and Kanji Study, so your mileage may vary if you're using their free options.
I use Kanji Study to look up stroke order and how to write the kanji by hand, and practice with a Kanji Practice Book (https://www.amazon.co.jp/KANJI-LOOK-LEARN-Workbook-坂野/dp/4789013502/),
In case it may help, here is a list of resources I gathered for Portuguese (focus on pt-pt).
Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government (for foreigners)
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Portuguese Government (primarily directed at native speakers)
The "Português Mais Perto" project is primarily directed at the kids of Portuguese expats. It includes Portuguese classes from pre-school to 12 grade. It's still a good resource for anyone with at least some basic knowledge of Portuguese, even just A1.
The site includes a placement test to help you choose where to start. It also includes sample classes to give you a feel for the material.
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt/PT/lojaST.html
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
I'll paste below some resources I gathered, that focus on European Portuguese.
Regarding strategy it's useful to immerse yourself in the language, watch movies, listen to music (and if you can be bothered read the lyrics sometimes). This establishes some level of familiarity. You'll notice yourself picking up more and more as you improve.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government (for foreigners)
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Portuguese Government (primarily directed at native speakers)
The "Português Mais Perto" project is primarily directed at the kids of Portuguese expats. It includes Portuguese classes from pre-school to 12 grade. It's still a good resource for anyone with at least some basic knowledge of Portuguese, even just A1.
The site includes a placement test to help you choose where to start. It also includes sample classes to give you a feel for the material.
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt/PT/lojaST.html
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a discord server for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/5hh6v9/discord_server_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Hello,
If you consider paying for classes, then you may be interested in the online course by Instituto Camões directed at Spanish Speakers:
Portugués para Hispanohablantes, Nivel A1/A2
Other than that, check the list below, for many (European) Portuguese resources.
I keep a list of resources for European Portuguese. Pasting it below. Good luck!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Not to disappoint you, but I find what parent said very very strange.
Universities determine the language in which the course is lectured well in advance. Not after student registration. That doesn't make any sense.
Anyway I read you're a Spanish speaker. Quite frankly you should pick up Portuguese really quickly.
Start learning in advance, before coming to Portugal so you get a head start. Of course you won't be fluent by the time you arrive. But soon you'll be able to read a lot of Portuguese and understand much of it if people speak slow.
Below are some resources for European Portuguese, which I gathered over time for people at /r/Portuguese. Hope it may help! I think a good way to start is:
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + portuguese government app & simple beginner apps/games + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Below are some resources for European Portuguese, which I gathered over time for people at /r/Portuguese. Hope it may help! I think a good way to start is:
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + portuguese government app & simple beginner apps/games + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
I used Memrise to learn the alphabet.
Like /u/cheripai says, Obenkyo is great.
My most used apps are Memrise for vocab, Human Japanese for vocab/general tips/etc, and Kenji Renshuu for Kanji (uses SRS method, which is very helpful), this app pairs really well with writing all your Kanji down as you can easily view the stroke order.
Other apps I have but don't use as much:
Tae Kim Learning Japanese I should use this more. Lots of grammar and vocab
Akebi and Takoboto are both good dictionaries.
Kotoba-chan TONS of vocab
Takos Learning Japanese I've only used this for Hiragana/Katakana but it does Kanji as well. Has mini-games and you have to write everything in the correct stroke order.
This one, right? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
How much does it cost?
Pasting a list of resources below, focused mainly on European Portuguese. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government (for foreigners)
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Portuguese Government (primarily directed at native speakers)
The "Português Mais Perto" project is primarily directed at the kids of Portuguese expats. It includes Portuguese classes from pre-school to 12 grade. It's still a good resource for anyone with at least some basic knowledge of Portuguese, even just A1.
The site includes a placement test to help you choose where to start. It also includes sample classes to give you a feel for the material.
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt
http://www.portuguesmaisperto.pt/PT/lojaST.html
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Subtitled Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
PsyLogicDrawing is a pop science, psychology channel. The narration is slow enough, and the enunciation is great. Plus you have subtitles available.
http://www.youtube.com/PsyLogicDrawing
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
I use memrise. I like it a lot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
It reminds me of Memrise
Just Memrise
I have skype lessons with a private tutor! I know a lot of people are learning Korean on their own but I really appreciate having a tutor providing me with more structure and that I can easily ask questions and be corrected when I make mistakes.
That said, for actual study material, Korean Grammar in Use is basically my bible. it's so, so useful to have and I keep going back to it to check things. The other grammar resource I really like too is How to study Korean. Their explanations and examples are really clear. The search function of the site isn't that great though so it's easier to search for specific grammar points through google.
For vocab, I like the app Memrise and the Topik Guide's most common words lists.
For conjugation, Dongsa is the best! They also have an app.
For little bilingual texts, I've found Beelinguapp quite nice, but honestly haven't used it much myself.
If you don't like Duolinguo, you could perhaps give Lingodeer a try? I've not really used it, but I've heard Duolinguo is more suitable for European languages and Lingodeer is quite a good tool.
Hope that helps :)
Memrise: vocab https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Tangoristo: reading news app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tangoristo
Japanesetest4you.com : everything
Newsinslowjapanese.com : reading/listening
YouTube: Nihongo no Mori : everything https://www.youtube.com/user/freejapaneselessons3
Is this the same memrise? Looks totally different. It looks broken. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
From an app called Memrise. Here's the link,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
There was a similar thread a couple of days ago. I wrote this.
> I currently learn German and use the app Memrise to do that. To be honest, it's really good. When learning the language I can see words and listen to how they are pronounced. It doesn't focus on grammar though. Only words and phrases. It works for me because it's not boring.
> I've looked up Russian in the app and I saw that there're 7 official courses made by the Memrise staff. I took a brief look and can say that it's pretty much the same as German.
> The words and phrases are clearly voiced by native speakers, although sometimes they sound a bit artificial -- probably because they were processed by a computer.
> It's available on Google Play and iTunes. It also has a web version.
> P.S. Of course for such a large and complex language it's not enough, but I think it's a good starting point.
Alternativ gibt es gute Apps, wie etwa Memrise
As far as online resources go, I'd recommend:
First, I'd take the time to learn hangeul if you haven't already. It tends to take people anywhere from a few hours to as little as 30 minutes to do so. I'm a visual learner, so this worked well for me: http://www.ryanestrada.com/learntoreadkoreanin15minutes/.
To learn the Korean language, I highly recommend at least starting with Talk To Me In Korean (http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/). Start with the curriculum. TTMIK's lessons are 10-20 minutes each, which makes it easy to do as much or as little as you want. It may feel like they get off to a slow start, but they do a great job of getting across fundamentals that you can later expand on through interaction with other sources. I know many non-natives who have reached near-fluency; all either studied for years in grade school/university or used TTMIK. I personally was able to have basic conversations within 30 or 40 lessons.
If you learn well from repetitive drilling, flashcard apps like Memrise (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion&hl=en) and AnkiDroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ichi2.anki&hl=en) both have extensive Korean flashcard decks.
Finally, for easy conversation practice, there's an app called HelloTalk (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk&hl=en) which allows you to message people with the opposite language profile (e.g., native Korean learning English). I got a lot of practice putting what I learned to use through this app - there's (literally) millions of Korean speakers out there trying to learn English, too!
I'm sure that there are other resources out there; these are just some of the resources that I and many of my Korean-learning friends found to be helpful.
I keep a list of (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd here at /r/Portuguese. I'll paste below.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses - Portuguese Government
The Instituto Camões (IC), founded by the Portuguese Government, provides online courses for foreign students (amongst many other services). Here is a promo clip
The IC courses range from beginner to advanced (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1). There is also a beginner's course geared towards Spanish speakers.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-estrangeiros
There are also courses to meet specialised needs. Such as Portuguese for Law, Business, Journalism, or Creative Writing.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/portugues-para-fins-especificos
As well as specialised courses for advanced students, in e.g. Translation and Linguistcs Information Technology, or in History and Sociology of Portuguese.
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/centro-virtual/cursos-de-especializacao
There's also courses for teachers and others. See their full range of classes here:
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-que-fazemos/aprender-portugues
Online courses - Others
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
Due to their nature, it's not guaranteed there will be European Portuguese speakers in group practice. But chances are there will be.
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
There are also Telegram Communities. Check out this post by Captain-Davy. Currently the Portuguese groups are:
Beginner's portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz5qWfJ9piwjA95EXg
Advanced Portuguese: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz4Squ-j88gFg9zZ_w
Portuguese Voice Only: https://telegram.me/joinchat/CLreZz6LIHPwj-9Q6HxsqA
For info in case the links become outdated, pm @polyglossia_bot.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Certification
The Instituto Camões provides live certification around the world.
Below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese. Hope it helps!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
By the Portuguese Government
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Memrise
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Learn Portuguese - 6000 words
Has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
and verbling
https://verbling.com (you can add keywords in your query, so you may e.g. add "Portugal" to find Portuguese teachers)
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Verbling has communities
https://verbling.com/community
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Educational Podcasts
"Say it in Portuguese" is a podcast about European Portuguese expressions. Intended for students of the language but fully in Portuguese, so not for absolute beginners.
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out:
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries:
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
As others said, you should be fine.
I don't have any specific advice for living in Lagos/Portugal. I can tell you though that from my experience living abroad (in the UK), personally I am happy to have chosen not to immediately look for other Portuguese ex pats. It is obviously very tempting and convenient, but from what I've seen many people end up stuck in that bubble, which diminishes the experience IMO.
Of course knowing the local language helps mingling with local people. Still if suggest you try to mingle with locals from the beginning, even if you still can't talk Portuguese. Signing up for activities you like is a good way to make friends.
Regarding the language, below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese, which you may find useful.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
(Part 3) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4vi7ay/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/
Use Memrise to learn a new language. You can download courses to access offline.
- Language learning/studying: Memrise Free, has paid features worth the $
- Drawing: Cloverpaint Free, has paid features worth the $
- Game: You must build a boat Also a similiar game called 1000000
- Game: Knights of pen and paper Both 1 and 2.