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Title: Ultimate Portuguese: Basic--Intermediate (Living Language Ultimate. Basic Intermediate Series (Manual Only)) by Lourdes Filoco, Christopher O. Medellin, Living Language ISBN: 0609804073 Publisher: Living Language Pub. Date: 18 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8
Rating: 5
Summary: Ultimate Portuguese
Comment: This set is by far the best product available for the intermediate student of Portuguese on the market. It combines a complete review of grammer with extensive vocabulary and idiomatic expressions presented as an introduction to numerous cultural notes. The cassettes are indispensable to the course since Portuguese pronunciation is certainly somewhat trickier than that of other Romance languages for native speakers of English. The accents on the tapes focus on the Brazilian variety and are very easy to understand with sufficient time to repeat for the non-beginner. The set also devotes sufficient time to the culture and accent of Portugal. It even discusses the use of Portuguese in Africa. The book starts with the basics and proceeds to an advanced lever; however, the recorded material may be spoken far too fast without sufficient pause to respond for the absolute beginner. Nevertheless, the course as a whole is fantastic. I especially was impressed with the way that it builds upon materials presented and laps back to repeat certain lessons without becoming boring. I would recommend this set as the best available grammatical review and practice of the spoken language for any student beyond the beginning level.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good value for a great course !
Comment: This is a great course and value for the money. The speakers and recording quality are excellent. After taking Pimsleur Portuguese I and Barron's Portuguese, I found the approach in this course to be fun and interesting with lively, relevant dialogs.
If you already know Spanish, you can pick up Portuguese very quickly after learning the rules of pronunciation, because so many of the words are exactly the same or nearly the same as Spanish. However, be forewarned, Portuguese has several sounds that don't exist in English or Spanish. Also, the same word can have different pronunciations, so herein lies challenges of learning Portuguese. However, the tape series provides you with a realistic experience of the various pronunciations that you will encounter with different Portuguese speaking people.
If you are a raw beginner with foreign languages, then the pace of the spoken dialogs and the rapid introduction of new words and tenses in this series may be challenging, but don't become discouraged. Repetition is the mother of all language learning, so review each chapter and tape several times before proceeding. You will find that it gets easier each time that you review.
My only criticism is the number of typos. I saw 5 in the first 185 pages, e.g. pg. 185, "agora = know", but it should = "now". The book was just published in 2000, so hopefully the editors will correct the errors in future editions. But don't let a few typos stop you from buying and enjoying this course. I have purchased several of the Living Language Spanish tape series in the past, and I found this Portuguese course to be the best and most enjoyable one to date.
Since there aren't as many courses available in Portuguese as some other languages, I just hope that Living Language will soon publish an "advanced" series by the same authors as a sequel.
Rating: 3
Summary: the "meia" question
Comment: Portuguese is my native language too. European Portuguese. European portuguese pronunciation is a bit different from the brasilian one, so I'd just note that we do not use the word "meia" for the number 6.
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