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Book Review: 50 Ways To Improve Your Portuguese

Posted on March 10, 2020 by nathanalbright

50 Ways To Improve Your Portuguese, by Helena Tostevin and Manuela Cook When it comes to books that talk about learning languages there are a variety of approaches that one can have.  Some books are relentlessly focused on specific parts … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Portuguese For Dummies

Posted on February 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Portuguese For Dummies, by Karen Keller I have to admit that I have a soft spot for the dummies series, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that I do not consider myself particularly a dummy of any kind [1].  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Getting Started In Portuguese

Posted on February 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Getting Started In Portuguese, by Sue Tyson-Ward I have to admit that this review will be colored a bit by the fact that it comes with a cd that I was unable to use because I don’t happen to have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Basic Portuguese

Posted on February 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Basic Portuguese, by Sue Tyson-Ward It is always interesting to me to see how different books approach the issue of learning languages.  How does one learn best?  This particular book does a good job at presenting a goodly bit of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Everything Essential Brazilian Portuguese Book

Posted on February 8, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Everything Essential Brazilian Portuguese Book, by Fernanda Ferreira In general, I have to say that this is a well-organized book for those who want a basic understanding of Portuguese.  I’m not sure exactly how many people are looking for … Continue reading →

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Saber Fazer

Posted on February 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

What does it mean to be able to do something?  I spoke recently about the question of ablism and disablism and how it is that discussions of ability and assumptions about ability currently play off of different senses of ability … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Berlitz Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary

Posted on January 19, 2020 by nathanalbright

Berlitz Brazilian Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary, by Berlitz Berlitz has acquired a good reputation for their efforts to instruct others in foreign languages, and this book certainly demonstrates why that is the case.  This book doesn’t approach Brazilian Portuguese … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rick Steves’ Portuguese Phrasebook & Dictionary

Posted on January 19, 2020 by nathanalbright

Rich Steves’ Portuguese Phrasebook & Dictionary, by Rick Steves It is rather telling that Rick Steves, a notably monolingual person whose appeal to readers is due to his passionate interest in European tourism, ended up writing (or at least giving … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Zilch To Conversational

Posted on January 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

Zilch To Conversational:  A Guide To Quickly Attain Conversational Fluency In Any Language, by Daniel V. Rusten [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookSirens.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] In many ways, this book is … Continue reading →

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Nos E A Gente: A Case Study In Languages

Posted on January 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of the more personally enjoyable aspects of language study to me is the way that such studies of words lead to a great many implications that help to explain the differences between cultural mindset.  One of the first examples … Continue reading →

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