Learning Portuguese: My Method

Today’s post is about the Portuguese language. I’ll be talking about the methods I use to learn the language. So let’s get started.

I’ve been learning Portuguese for about a year. More consistently during quarantine. I think it’s a beautiful language that brings music to my ears.

Like French, I have two main resources I’m using at the moment. A grammar book and a website.

Although I’m still a beginner in Portuguese, I wanted to buy a grammar book to help me understand the language a bit better. I managed to find the grammar book pictured below. After reading reviews about the book, I bought it and I have to say I love it. In fact, it’s increased my motivation to learn Portuguese. What I like about it, is that it’s easy to follow and it’s full of exercises.

Grammar Book Cover

LingQ is a website and language learning platform founded by Steve Kaufmann. A man of many languages. I got inspired to use the platform from a language exchange partner. I’ve watched a few Steve Kaufmann videos on YouTube when seeking information and inspiration for languages.

LingQ focuses on listening and reading. I just started using LingQ so I’m not totally familiar with everything on the website. But from what I’ve picked up so far, I have to say I’m really enjoying it. There’s a lot of input and exposure to a lot of vocabulary.

LingQ on my phone

Similar to how I’m learning French, but with a different resource, I’m listening and reading to content at the same time. LingQ makes this really easy by providing text, audio and translations through a variety of content. I’m currently using the “Getting Started” guided course (above).

So, that’s a wrap. I have other secondary resources I’m using but more on that in a later post. The next post will be my methods for the Spanish language. Até logo!