When you visit another country, one of the best ways to really get to know the culture is to know the local language or at least some sentences. If you are planning to come to Brazil or simply likes Portuguese, we highly recommend you to take a look at these language-learning apps:
1- Duolinguo
DuoLinguo is a very popular app for those who are learning languages. The app is very easy to use and it offers a lot of vocabulary. A good thing about it is that they mix reading, writing, listening and speaking, facilitating the immersion with the language. They send you daily reminds to study, which actually easy to do, because you can schedule as little as 5 minutes of Duolinguo per day.
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Generally the website has showcases in 40 different languages but luckily for you, Portuguese is part of their strong suit, along with French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek and Chinese. The site has assessment tests to identify your level as beginner, intermediate, or advanced, and accordingly provides PDF vocabulary lists and crossword puzzles. They also offer good quality video lessons.
3- Memrise
For those who are more visual learners, Memrise is a great website because it a bunch of useful colloquial Brazilian Portuguese expressions using images and flash cards.
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4- Bussuu
One of the highlights of this plataform is that is has an international community of more than 40 million people registered as “native speakers” that focus on “help teach each other”. There is good mix of flash cards, writing and answering exercises, audio records, video units and grammar-focused lessons to help the users to learn languages.
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The layout of the website might not be that appealing, but it features many text and audio resources for more than 40 languages. Since the content was esigned by professional linguists for the U.S. government, these free materials are probably the best you can get for free!
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