Hi, there! In our trial lesson, I would like to get to know who you are, why you want to study Portuguese and check your level of the language. Knowing that will make our next classes more entertaining and interesting. After a chat, let's figure out what you already know in Portuguese - you might think you know nothing about it, but I bet I will surprise you :) and explore some everyday sentences you would certainly hear while in Brazil. 

Based on those sentences, we're going to analyse how Brazilian Portuguese structures its sentences. As we study and discuss, I'll be giving you some sociolinguistic insights as well, for I believe languages can never be dissociated from their cultural and social contexts.

This course will guide you through Brazilian Portuguese, from basic to upper-intermediate level, including cultural and social aspects of Brazil. We are going to understand and study how the language is structured, the differences between standard and informal Portuguese and learn grammar and pronunciation points as we go.

I believe in organic learning and learning from authentic materials, so everything I offer to you is based on:
Songs
News segments
Personal and educational experiences
Exercises
Youtube videos
Articles
Etc.
 
We'll be practicing reading, writing, listening and speaking altogether, for one skill cannot exist without the other. Throughout the course, special attention is given to pronunciation, since that is something complex about Brazilian Portuguese. 

If you have no or little knowledge of Portuguese, we'll start from the basics: greetings, the alphabet, numbers, daily situations, verbs in the present and in the past, nationatlities etc. If you already have the basics covered, we'll study more complex structures, like the conditional, the future, pronouns, and have conversations about detailed and more specific topics. No matter the level you are at, you'll have the chance to speak and communicate in every lesson!

You can expect to be assigned homework every lesson, since it's important that you study on your own and keep in touch with the language as often as possible. I can also share textbooks and PDFs via Google Drive and recommend Youtuve channels, podcasts, playlist and other materials. 

Welcome!

PS.: Si eres hablante de español, te recomiendo que te apuntes en el curso específico para hispanohablantes, una vez que es mucho mas enfocado en las diferencias del portugués y el español. Además de aspectos estructurales, estudiamos con profundidad diferencias de pronunciación.

Curso de português e cultura brasileira [from beginner to upper-intermediate]

This course is focused on having relaxed and/or specific conversations in Portuguese, rather than explanations about grammar or pronunciation points. Of course we can stop to discuss something you don't understand, that's not a problem at all, but the main idea is to creat a more fluid atmosphere and focus on speaking. 

Some topics I'm enthusiastic about:
- Psychology
- Philosophy
- Mental and physical health
- Exercising
- Cooking
- Languages
- Music
- Travelling
- Self-knowledge

Feel free to reach out to me with topics you're interested in and I'll be more than glad to discuss them with you ;)

Please, only choose this course if you feel confident enough to have a conversation entirely in Portuguese. If you still fell a little insecure, I highly recommend you choose the "Curso de Português e cultura brasileira", once you'll be able to study more aspects of the language and still have the chance to speak in every lesson.

Welcome!

Conversação e tópicos avançados [Advanced level]

Hola, ¡compañeros hispanohablantes! Este curso está diseñado especialmente para ustedes, personas que hablan español como primera o segunda lengua. ¿Por que he decidido crear un curso sólo para hispanohablantes?

Bueno, la respuesta es sencilla: el portugués y el español son tan similares que resulta MUY aburrido y pesado para que se aprendan como aprendemos una lengua completamente diferente. ¿Por que vamos a tener clases enteras sobre verbos en presente en portugués, si las conjugaciones regulares son casi iguales? ¿Por que vamos a profundizarnos en explicaciones gramaticales que funcionan de la misma manera en los dos idiomas? Como estudiante y profesor de español, a mí no me parece interesante.

Lo que he decidido hacer es crear un curso que enfoque en las tres cosas mas importantes que un hispanohablante tiene que concentrarse para perfeccionar el português: pronunciación (sabes la diferencia entre "dose", "doce" y "doze"?), falsos amigos (¿qué quiere decir "boato" en portugués?) y estructuras y lógicas ESPECÍFICAS de la lengua (en portugués, "a gente" se refiere a "nosotros", no se dice "me gosta algo", y se pone mucho mas énfasis en los sujetos que en los verbos y pronombres). 

Además de explicarles con cuidado y paciencia los tópicos de arriba, en todas leciones vamos a tener oportunidades de hablar, expresarnos y conocernos mejor. Les garantizo que las clases son muy fluidas y divertidas. Trato de utilizar materiales auténticos (muchas canciones, videos de Youtube, noticias, poemas, textos, etc.) y hablo español perfectamente, así que pueden estar seguros de que estarán en un ambiente favorable para el aprendizaje. 

¡Los espero!

Portugués para hispanohablantes [todos niveles/ enfocado en pronunciación]

The contract recognizes that I worked as a temporary Portuguese teacher in Cuba for 20 days in 2016.

The certificate recognizes that I taught Portuguese at University for three semesters and assisted the weekly Portuguese Teaching Seminars, from 2014 to 2015.

I spent two years having teaching seminars every week, while I was taking my Master's Degree, and teaching Portuguese to foreign students. I learned a lot about creating materials, planning classes, solving problems and encouraging and assessing students. I was able to prepare students to take the Certificate of Proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese (Celpe-Bras) and discuss a lot of aspects of Brazilian culture in class.