Easy Portuguese Course for Beginners: Learn the basics for everyday conversation (Collins Easy Learning Audio Course)

Learn the basics for everyday conversation

By: Collins Dictionaries

Narrated by: Margaret Clarke

The perfect Portuguese course for travel in Portugal. It is designed to help you ask for the things you’re most likely to need when visiting Portugal and to give you the skills to cope with situations you might find yourself in.

The accompanying free booklet is also available to download at: collinsdictionary.com/resources.

It is different from other courses in that you also learn to understand the likely replies to your questions. You will hear key words and phrases used in dialogues between native speakers, so you learn not only how to say them but also how they are used in conversation.

Topics covered:

Unit 1: Hello!
Unit 2: Excuse me
Unit 3: Where's the hotel?
Unit 4: Over there
Unit 5: What would you like?
Unit 6: Have you got..?
Unit 7: Can you help me?
Unit 8: I want to go to…
Unit 9: Do you go to..?
Unit 10: It hurts
Unit 11: For when?
Unit 12: What's it like?

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Great way to start!

I bought this book a while back before going to Portugal. The lessons a very appropriate for a person visiting Portugal as the lessons are very similar to what you are likely to encounter. I liked the pace of each lesson and will certainly recommenced this book for beginners. I found watching TV with subtitles while I was in Portugal greatly enhanced my vocabulary and provided me with a list of daily used words within a short space of time. I felt confident going out and trying to speak with the locals. Is there part two of the book?

ease of understanding

presentations of new words were easy to repeat and remember. building upon learning to create phrases was simple with many opportunities for frequent repetition.

best portuguese audio book i found!

this company makes the best language learning audio books! i used the language basics throughout portugal!

Solid basics for travelers!

While most of the locals we met in Portugal spoke English (and/or Spanish), this book had most all of the necessary vocabulary to figure out the context of conversations and ask/answer basic questions. It was also fun, and very helpful with pronunciation. Would love to do another of these books, and even a second level.