Colloquial Portuguese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

McIntyre, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113896011X ISBN 13: 9781138960114

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Colloquial Portuguese: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Portuguese as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Portuguese in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Portuguese is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Portugal
• An overview of the sounds of Portuguese

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Portuguese is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Portuguese.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

About this title

About the Author

Barbara McIntyre, Joćo Sampaio

From the Back Cover

This second edition is easy to use and completely up to date. Written by experienced teachers, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Portuguese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 113896011X
• ISBN 13: 9781138960114
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320