Category Archives: Reviews

Laurena Rowe, who runs the excellent Portuguese Blog (and who, I suspect, isn’t getting as many readers as her wonderful new blog deserves, so go check it out!) has written several fascinating posts on Brazilian gîria. Slang is always difficult … Continue reading →

Hacking Portuguese reader Phil, who I first met through the comments here on HP and who has been regularly reporting on his progress with Portuguese, has started his own blog: Learning Brazilian Portuguese. He already speaks French, Spanish, Latin and … Continue reading →

I stumbled onto Real Brazilian Portuguese by accident while searching for new resources on the web. At first, I was turned off by the familiar sight of the ‘endless webpage of hype’, not to mention the ‘ew, grammar is so … Continue reading →

The University of Texas at Austin’s BrazilPod continues to impress me with its wealth of materials for students at all levels. I’ve already reviewed their beginner-level podcast Tá Falado, which was one of the first resources I discovered when I … Continue reading →