Download or read book Language Is Music written by Susanna Zaraysky and published by Create Your World Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language is Music focuses on making learning foreign languages fun, easy and affordable for anyone with a desire to communicate effectively with people around the world. By applying over 100 simple tips to things you already do, such as listening to music or surfing the Web, you can experience the joy of "fluency" in any language without having to study abroad or spend money on private tutors. In Language is Music, Susanna Zaraysky masterfully shares her listening methods so that anyone can have fun learning any language. With over 100 tips and 100 free or low-cost Internet resources, you will learn how to use daily activities, such as watching T.V. or listening to music; conversation partners; and attendance at cultural events to become a masterful speaker of any tongue. "Learning foreign languages is like learning to sing a song or play music," says self-made linguist Susanna Zaraysky and author of Language is Music. Zaraysky has what you might call "an ear" for languages, having used music to successfully learn English, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Serbo-Croatian-all with excellent accents. Advance Praise for Language is Music "I love it! I think it will help people who want to learn, and those who are curious about additional language learning. Many people want to learn a language but are frightened, or disappointed by the courses they have taken. Reading Language is Music will encourage them to try again, on their own and with friendly supporters." -Dr. Elba Maldonado-Colon, Professor Department of Elementary Education Bilingual Program, San Jose State University LET IT JUST ROLL OFF YOUR TONGUE. With lyrical insight and solid experience, Susanna Zaraysky, author of Language is Music, provides easy steps for learning a language. Gone are the boring, disconnected strategies that most of us remember from school. You've never learned a language this quickly and easily. Zaraysky's methods embody fun, connection, rhythm, and above all...music. -Suzanne Lettrick, M.Ed Educator and Founder of The Global Education and Action Network "Forget dictionaries and phrase books . . . Susanna Zaraysky's easy-to-use guide to language learning is indispensable for any serious language learner wanting to become fluent--not just conversationally proficient--in another language. Language is Music will teach you how to make language acquisition a part of your daily life, and to recreate the kind of total-immersion environment necessary for fluency. Highly recommended reading for aspiring polyglots. Pick up this book and you too will be all ears!" -Justin Liang, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Marshallese, intermediate Spanish Back in France, I spent many years learning "academic" English in school. But I progressed much faster when I forced myself to listen to the BBC or not look at the subtitles when watching an American movie. I wish I had Susanna's book with me then. It's full of creative ideas and practical tips that are indispensable complements to the traditional methods of learning foreign languages -- and it's coming from someone you can trust, she speaks so many of them! -Philippe Levy, French native speaker This book is great. It showed me another aspect and a new approach of learning a language. I will put the book to good use. As a foreign English speaker, I spent many years at school learning English and did not make much progress. A lot of the tips that I read in this book, I learned them with time. However if I had read this book earlier, it would have made my life much easier and I would have saved so much time. I am going to apply the tips in Language is Music into learning a third language: Spanish. This time, I am sure I will make huge progress much faster. Not only is Language is Music useful in acquiring a foreign language, but the resources and websites in the book are valuable for someone who wants to travel abroad. -Fabien Hsu, French native speaker

Download or read book The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book written by Fernanda Ferreira and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazilian Portuguese made easy--and fun! The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book makes Brazilian Portuguese a breeze to learn! Author Fernanda L. Ferreira, Ph.D., provides you with step-by-step instruction in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Learn how to: Understand Portuguese grammar Improve pronunciation Ask questions in Portuguese Have basic conversations when traveling, dining out, conducting business, and shopping Packed with dialogue examples, self-tests, and English-to-Portuguese and Portuguese-to-English dictionaries, The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book will have you speaking--and understanding--Portuguese in no time.

Download or read book Pronouncing Brazilian Portuguese written by Richard V. Teschner and published by Linguatext, Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese written by James P. Giangola and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Say It Right in Brazilian Portuguese written by EPLS, NA and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-03-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revolutionary system that eliminates your common Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation mistakes The innovative teachers at Easily PronouncedLanguage Systems (EPLS) have created a revolutionarypronunciation system: easy-to-readvowel symbols that, when combined withconsonants, read in a straightforward manner,rather than in transliteration jargon. Almostinstantly, you will be able to confidently pronounceand use 500 essential words and phrases in Brazilian Portuguese.

Download or read book The Way of the Linguist written by Steve Kaufmann and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.

Download or read book Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 written by Esmenia Simões Osborne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know Brazilian Portuguese already and want to go a stage further? If you're planning a visit to Brazil, need to brush up your Brazilian Portuguese for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills. Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Brazilian Portuguese, it has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and vocabulary. Key features of Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil 2 include: Revision; material to help consolidate and build up your basics A wide range of contemporary authentic documents Lots of spoken and written exercises in each unit Highlighted key structures and phrases, a Grammar reference and detailed answer keys A broad range of everyday situations, focusing on Brazil. Supplementary exercises and Brazilian Portuguese language web-links at www.routledge.com/languages This pack contains the book and 120 minutes of audio material, provided on CDs. Recorded by native speakers, this material includes scripted dialogues, texts and extracts from authentic interviews as well as interactive exercises, and will help you perfect your pronunciation and listening skills.

Download or read book Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook written by John Whitlam and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Brazilian Portuguese, ideal for use alongside the Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar or as an independent resource. The book is divided into two sections. Part A provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures whilst Part B practises everyday functions, including making social contact, asking questions and expressing needs. This third edition offers a greater variety of exercises, including exercises designed to practice concepts introduced in the "Notes for Spanish Speakers" sections of the Grammar. Exercises from the second edition have also been revised and expanded upon and a comprehensive answer key at the back of the book enables you to check on your progress. The Modern Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners who have a basic knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese, including undergraduates taking Brazilian Portuguese as a major or minor part of their studies, as well as intermediate and advanced school, adult education and self-study students.

Download or read book Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation written by Christopher Stavrou and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Everything Essential Brazilian Portuguese Book written by Fernanda Ferreira and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contains material adapted and abridged from 'The everything learning Brazilian Portuguese book' ... copyright 2007 by F+W Media, Inc."--Title page verso.

Download or read book Portuguese as Spoken in Brazil written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conversational Brazilian Portuguese written by Cortina Schools and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1990-09-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step By Step, these attractive and interesting lessons make it possible for you to understand and speak Brazilian-Portuguese in the shortest possible time. The Cortina Method combines a selection of practical phrases of everyday use and the absence of complicated grammatical rules, to make the study of spoken Portuguese quick, easy and effective. A Comprehensive Reference Grammar is provided following the lessons. This section which also contains a guide to pronunciation will prove a handy and invaluable aid to the student. Useful Dictionary This Portuguese-English Dictionary of about 1,200 words also has an index of grammatical points which will be found especially practical because, in addition to giving the translation of the most important words, they refer to sections of the grammar where they are covered. For students who desire a rapid mastery of spoken conversational Brazilian-Portuguese, the Cortina Academy has recorded the vocabularies and conversations of this book using voices of native Brazilian instructors chosen for their excellent accent and pleasing tone. Anyone interested in a full description of these recordings and a FREE Sample Record in Brazilian-Portuguese has only to send the postcard inserted in the back of this book. Cortina's Short-Cut Method has received the approval of students, teachers, schools, colleges, and business firms all over the world.

Download or read book The Everything Brazilian Portuguese Practice Book written by Fernanda Ferreira and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 million people worldwide speak the beautiful and alluring language of Brazilian Portuguese. Tapped as a language with the highest possibility for growth internationally, beginners everywhere have begun to study Portuguese, making it one of the most popular languages in the world! This book is the ideal workbook if you're looking to learn the basics of the language, whether you're a beginner or intermediate student. Featuring interactive exercises and lessons that help you: Study nouns, conjugate verbs, and perfect pronunciations Learn common words and phrases Have a conversation with a native speaker Read and write the language Master past, present, and imperfect tenses Complete with a Portuguese-English glossary and an arsenal of useful vocabulary, this book will have you speaking and writing Portuguese in no time!

Download or read book Pronunciation Instruction for Brazilians written by Ubiratã Kickhöfel Alves and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Departing from an emergentist approach to Second Language Acquisition, Pronunciation Instruction: Bringing Theory and Practice Together presents a discussion of the sources of difficulties which are likely to be faced by Brazilian learners during the process of acquiring English phonetics and phonology, by presenting empirical data garnered from Brazilian studies of this issue and by proposing communicative activities aimed at helping speakers of Brazilian Portuguese to overcome their pronunciation difficulties in English. This book is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1, Cognition and Second Language Acquisition, briefly introduces the reader into the world of cognition, focusing on issues such as L1-L2 transfer, the link between language perception and production, as well as the effects of explicit instruction. This chapter is of special interest for teachers who are interested in Second Language Acquisition or graduate students in the field of Applied Linguistics. Chapter 2 deals with transfer processes used by speakers of Brazilian Portuguese when undertaking the acquisition of North-American English L2 phonology. These transfer processes will be described and discussed, along with presentation of empirical data providing evidence of the need for explicit instruction. This will set the scene for the proposal laid out in the Chapter 3, which presents instructional activities designed to help students overcome the difficulties reported in the empirical findings. These practical classroom activities are organized in nine separate units – from Intro to Unit 8 – which can be worked from beginning to end or just by choosing some exercises in the range that is presented within each unit. The practical part can be used by Brazilian learners of English in the classroom or for self-study, as the book includes an answer key and CD. The target readers of Pronunciation Instruction: Bringing Theory and Practice Together are teachers and Brazilian students of English, living in Brazil or abroad, in any level of proficiency, who intend to work on their pronunciation, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of TSLA/TESL/TEFL and Applied Linguistics.

Download or read book Pronunciation Instruction for Brazilians written by Rosane Silveira and published by Cambridge Scholars Pub. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are looking for information or activities concerning the problematic /r-l/ phonemic distinction in English, look elsewhere. If, instead, you are interested in finding out about the pronunciation problems that afflict Brazilian learners of English, then you will find this book a goldmine. Pronunciation Instruction for Brazilian Learners: Student's Book was designed with a specific target of learners in mind: Brazilian Portuguese speakers learning English as a foreign language. What is unique about Pronunciation Instruction for Brazilian Learners is its approach to teaching pronunciation. It brings together current developments in Applied Linguistics, insights from recent empirical studies on the acquisition of English phonology, and effective practices in pronunciation instruction, within a communicative approach to teaching foreign languages. Filled with clear and succinct explanations about difficult and hard-to-perceive sounds in English, the book provides eye-pleasing and practical activities that cover the different steps involved in the mastery of a foreign sound system, going from the mechanical articulation of a problematic sound to its ultimate use in an authentic communicative interaction. This is an important contribution to the field of pronunciation teaching and, accordingly, a must-read for anyone interested in studying and teaching the pronunciation of English as a second or foreign language.

Download or read book Complete Brazilian Portuguese written by Dulce Marcello and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unabridged.

Download or read book Talking Brazilian written by Mário A. Perini and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: