course for foreigners

I highly recommend the language program of Português Carioca because the focus is on speaking. Most of us expatriates are only here in Rio for a couple of years and what we really want and need is to be able to communicate verbally with the locals.  Professora Marcia teaches you to sound like a Carioca. She has [...]

Portugues Carioca is in a class by itself… I remember that first day, sitting there thinking “how is she getting me to say all of this  when I don’t speak any Portuguese yet?!”  But it’s just building block on building block – starting with the basics and adding on.   The methodology focuses on teaching structures that are immediately [...]

I notice I am able to understand people as I walk down the street, my pronunciation and grammar are much better and I have more confidence.  I don’t have to stop and think about each word then fit together like a puzzle.  I am now thinking in phrases and putting the phrases together.   This method of learning is working for me, and [...]

Emma loved the “games” they played together.  We think the lessons made a HUGE difference in Emma’s comfort level in Brazil.  Emma was much more comfortable here once she was able to start understanding the language – what she heard on the street, on the beach, in restaurants, etc. Thank you so much!  We would [...]

…The jewel in the crown for me was that they also arranged for my daughter and her friend who are both beginners and at the same learning stage to meet once a week and have a “fun” learning session with a teacher who comes to our house, they play games, talk about animals, music, loads [...]