Brazilian Portuguese Beginner Level 2 *In-Person*

Portuguese, the native language of Brazil, is spoken by approximately 180 million people around the world, including one million in Massachusetts! This series of engaging courses emphasizes spoken production and interaction. This level is for students who have at least 10 hours of classroom time in Brazilian Portuguese within the last year, can ask and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need in Brazilian Portuguese, and can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where they live and the people they know. Following the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference, students at this level will learn to identify common words concerning their immediate concrete surroundings, read very simple sentences, ask and answer simple questions on very familiar topics, and write a short, simple note. 

Instructor: Alexia Penney