Overview
The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Portuguese-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method) utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. With the translation on the same page, you can effortlessly learn what any unfamiliar words mean. You can quickly pick up new vocabulary and phrases that are used over and over in the book. As you read the book, your brain begins to remember words and phrases simply because you are exposed to them several times. You don't even realize, until you have to recall what you've learned, that you have already learned the new words and phrases. The audio tracks are available inclusive online. With the help of QR codes, call up an audio file without manually entering web addresses. This book has already helped a lot people to discover their true language potential. Twenty minutes a day is the rule for success!
Full Product Details
Author: Paula Tavares (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)
Publisher: Audiolego Sp. z o.o.
Imprint: Audiolego Sp. z o.o.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.286kg
ISBN: 9788365242600
ISBN 10: 8365242605
Pages: 138
Publication Date: 13 May 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
This is a beginning reader for Portuguese. It is not a novel, and if you are trying to learn another language this is the type of book you need. It repeats simple phrases that you should already know and adds words. You will be encouraged at how much you do know, and challenged about how much you still need to learn. Every chapter has all of the new words at the beginning of the chapter, then a series of short paragraphs, and then the translations of the paragraphs (numbered) at the end of the chapter. I appreciate the Portuguese and English columns side-by-side. My only complaint is this book is Portuguese Portuguese, not Brazilian. That is not a huge problem, but I have learnt a few differences, such as Brazilians having fazendas but Portuguese having quintas. I've only just started using this book but so far am finding it really useful. I've been using Earworms Portuguese and Michele Thomas method Portuguese which are both fantastic but it struck me that I need to get familiar with the written language. This is great to do in little chunks as obviously it's hard to make such simple sentences exciting but it really gets you thinking in the language.
