Hi Nicole, I have learned Portuguese primarily from Brazilians but feel I will be able to do ok when I get to Portugal and the Azores. I watch satellite TV channels from both Brazil and Portugal. Its useful to hear both accents, it is not all that bad, sorta like American English vs. English English. The important things is to LEARN the language!! Guida
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Besotes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Besotes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Looking for a Portuguese Teacher To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 7:10 AM Nicole - My Grandmother purchased Maria Oliveira's book and tapes (back then that's all they had). It was very helpful. Now, she offers online courses and CD's. >From personal experience, I had been practicing with the tapes before our trip then everything came in the place once I arrive in the azores in regards to speaking the language. Since the only place for me to personally hear people speak Portuguese was our local festa. Everyone else in our prior generations who spoke the language fluently have passed on. Good luck, Robin Borba Besotes http://www.learn-to-speak-portuguese.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
