Author Archives: Lauren

Hacking Portuguese: now with better pronunciation

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Lauren

Hacking Portuguese now has a brand new section dedicated to Portuguese pronunciation — you’ll find it up top on the menu. The page on Portuguese for Spanish Speakers already had a huge amount of information on pronunciation, but it was getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Pronunciation, Site news | 4 Comments

The four things you need to learn a language

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Lauren

Salon.com reports on some new efforts to incorporate technology and cognitive neuroscience into language instruction. According to Michael Geisler, vice-president of one of the best language immersion colleges in the US: You need four things to learn a language. First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning Pedagogy | 4 Comments

Vou pra Salvador!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Lauren

Eu menti no meu poste anterior. Acontece que eu não vou mais pra São Paulo. Vou em vez pra Salvador! Especificamente, vou trabalhar numa obra de remediação ambiental em Camaçari, cidade industrial nos arredores de Salvador. Tô animada pra carâmba … Continue reading →

Posted in Escritos em Português, Site news | 3 Comments

Globo.tv, and a new video about Belo Monte dam

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Lauren

I just discovered the Globo.tv app, which lets you watch snippets of Brazilian tv programs on your iPhone. Being the sinister media empire that they are, there are dozens of programs available: cooking shows, telenovelas, documentarios, sports clips. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Making your Portuguese flow

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Lauren

À proposito… (By the way,) Aconteça o que acontecer… (Whatever happens,) De qualquer forma… (In any case,) Using short connecting phrases like these really goes a long way towards enriching your speech by connecting one thought to the next and … Continue reading →

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