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Portuguese Short Stories: 9 Simple and Captivating Stories for Effective Portuguese Learning for Beginners Kindle Edition

by Language Learning University (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A Fun and Excellent Way to Learn Portuguese


It is generally said that there is nothing better when it comes to learning a language than to live in it, to surround yourself with it, to throw yourself into that adventure and just try your best to deliver your message, to find your voice and understand others.

That is exactly what Portuguese Short Stories for Beginners tries to do. The approach that is adopted is not an intensive reading type of textbook – with customized sentences, constructed to teach bits of the language’s rules and structure. It is, instead, an extensive reading type of book that presents the reader with nine short stories that, although not long enough to become boring or dull, have the sufficient length to engage and captivate the reader, whilst displaying fluent and natural Portuguese dialogue. In fact, it has long been regarded as one of the best methods to teach a foreign language.

In addition, this book changed several structured aspects that these kinds of books tend to follow. The reader is confronted with rich and new but not too complex vocabulary, which is translated at the end of the chapter, avoiding the hassle of having to stop the reading rhythm to look up every word in the dictionary. Every paragraph is translated, as well as the summary of the story, thus providing a clearer comprehension of each sentence, while trying to prevent the temptation that the reader might have, if discouraged, of giving up and reading the whole story in English.

After each chapter, there is a question section, which aims to test the reader’s overall understanding of the story, containing both open-ended and multiple-choice questions. The solved questions are provided at the end, enabling you to check your own answers and, consequently, develop your skills.

Download this magnificent book now to learn Portuguese in a fun way!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CCHH62Y
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3696 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 159 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1647484677
  • Customer Reviews:
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Language Learning University

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Language Learning University is dedicated to providing excellent resources for people who are studying a second language. We believe that we have the ability to teach a language to almost anybody quickly and with ease.

We know how tricky it can be to learn a new language. We also understand that most people can't dedicate an unlimited amount of time to language training. That's why we always have the reader in mind when we create our language books. Our purpose is to simplify the struggle faced by many when it comes to learning a new language.

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Mrs J
5.0 out of 5 stars Really useful for improving European Portuguese language
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2021
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I use this for increasing my vocabulary and improving my reading and comprehension skills. It’s very well laid out. The short stories are simple and interesting and easy to follow.
A useful tool.
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Parks
4.0 out of 5 stars Learn portuguese easily
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2020
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I am learning Portuguese so I got this book to try and improve my speaking. This book gives and gives and gives. It is divided into 9 chapters and each chapter divided into 12 parts. Every part is in Portuguese and then English so even a beginner will be able to understand the story. There is also a lot of information giving you tips to guide you through the book. This book uses an extensive reading method to teach Portuguese. New vocabulary is translated at the end of the chapter, thereby reducing the need for a dictionary. The stories are unusual enough to keep you interested to the end. Very, very helpful book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners and not great.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2021
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Firstly this is NOT suitable for "beginners" ..... you need to be a decent A2 at least for this to be useful.

The layout is odd ..... it flows from Portuguese to English translation ...sometimes in paragraphs and sometimes in sentences and then back to Portuguese again without obvious divisions between the two. It would have been so much better as a "side by side" translation.

The translations in English aren't great and feel quite forced and unnatural. If you run the Portuguese through DeepL Translate you get a more natural sounding translation than is in the book !

The questions at the end are kinda pointless as you have already read the english translation by the time you get to them.

The vocab list at the end of each chapter does not bother to identlfy if each word is a verb, a noun, an adjective, a past participle or much of anything else really..... not very helpful.

The idea behind this book is great ...the content and the execution is not however.

I shall leave you with a translation from the book of just a few sentences and you can decide if this is suitable for "beginners" !

"But now, I would give all of that up to see and be with my family again, – confessed Roberto. – And deep down, I know if I were there, after some time, I would want to come back and be a writer… And that is how my life would be for ever… "

Beginners my a** !!
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