Quote: (05-09-2013 02:14 AM)bacan Wrote:
Let's keep talking about how to learn portuguese better. Really wanna improve my vocab this month.
If you like Reggae, I recommend checking these guys out. They sing slow and are easy to understand. You can either try translating or you can ask here what words mean. I don't know your level though. The lyrics aren't super advanced
Portuguese, so if you are really looking to dig deep, you may want another source. But they helped me learn a bit.
This one is a bit tougher, different artist.
Another way to make it easier, look up the lyrics.
I'd also recommend going on some
language sites where you can interact with other people. Try and find people you can exchange english for
Portuguese with on Skype. I can't remember any of the sites, but I found a couple, just google it. Also, you can try adding Brazilians on facebook and see if you can chat them up in
Portuguese. You can even meet some cute girls this way. I guess everyone has different ways of learning, but that's really how I learned, through conversation and music with a little bit of studying. Once I got the bit of studying and basics down I stuck mostly with conversation though. It was always hard for me to bust out a book or even Roseta Stone got boring to me. Google Translate is a savior. Though it isn't always right, it will give you the right idea and the person you're talking with will help you correct your errors if they are a good teacher. An instant messager works great too. You'll have time to think and learn to write as well (This is also where google translate comes most handy). To be honest, I think instant messaging was really what got the ball rolling for me in
Portuguese. You're also definitely going to want to speak as well to get down pronunciation and be able to understand the
language spoken. But like I said, everyone learns different, I'm just telling you how it worked best for me. Maybe you'd do better with a
language program, who knows?
