Basic Portuguese (Continental) Complete Course: Cassette/Book Package [With Coursebook & Dictionary]

By Living Language and Crown Publishing Group

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• Format: Audio Cassette
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609602705
• ISBN13: 9780609602706
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Living Language
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 4.6" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding for beginners

I wanted a continental version, and it difficult to find. Regret that cds don't exist.

Best bet for the money

This course cannot be beat for the money. I have a Brazilian friend with whom I wanted to go to Rio for a vacation. I spent an hour a day on my lunch break for 1 month, listening to the tapes and following the coursebook, and I can understand quite a bit when spoken to, and I can speak enough to be understood (not so much to hold a casual conversation, but definitely enough for a trip). There are some "slang" differences between the book and the native tounge (so my friend told me), but that's to be expected in any language. For ... a little time over lunch breaks, you can't beat it.

The Only Inexpensive Basic Portuguese Course

Portuguese is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It's unfortunate that such a beautiful language is ignored, because people who actually want to learn it have a hard time finding a company that offers Portuguese courses. Living Language is the only company that offers cassettes in both Brasilian and Continental Portuguese. So when I decided to learn Portuguese, I bought both courses.Unlike the dozen cassette Foreign Service Institute's Portuguese Course (which is actually in Brasilian Portuguese), the Living Language course gives the learner the basics in two cassettes. The forty lessons on the two cassettes are designed in steps. The first four lessons are about pronounciation. There is a noticable difference in the pronounciation and syntax of Brasilian and Continental Portuguese, and Living Language does a very good job in structuring both courses so that the learner is not confused.I also like the Living Language courses because if you follow the directions, they ensure that you will learn the basics of Portuguese. Living Language offers the best variety of basic courses, and it's the only company that offers an inexpensive Portuguese course. If you want to learn Brasilian or Continental Portuguese, this is the company to pick. And remember that after you learn the basics, the best thing to do is to take a trip either to Brasil or Portugal and practice. Immersion will keep the language fresh in your head. I hope you enjoy learning Portuguese as much as I did.

Best I Ever Received

This is the best course I ever received! I received this as a gift and I totally recommend it to anyone wishing to learn Brazilian Portuguese. The pronounciation is crisp and I learned a lot from playing the tapes and reading the textbook. It has inspired me to learn the language further!

great, easy, comprehensive, and portable

I was an exchange student in Brazil. This course was such a vital tool to my success there and to my success at a now fluent speaker of portuguese. The course comes with a dictionary that has the most valid and up-to-date essential vocab words that I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty. If you only buy it for the dictionary it'd be worth, yet the course with the audio help is priceless when really trying to pick up a language.