The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Portuguese
Whether you want to travel, communicate with friends or colleagues, reconnect with family, or just understand more of what's going on in the world around you, learning Brazilian Portuguese will expand your horizons and immeasurably enrich your life.
The best part is that it doesn't have to be difficult or take years to master. Thirty minutes a day is all it takes, and we get you speaking right from the first day. Pimsleur courses use a scientifically-proven method that puts you in control of your learning. If you've tried other language learning methods but found they simply didn't stick, then you owe it to yourself to give Pimsleur a try.
Pimsleur Makes Learning Easy
¿ 30-minute core lessons you can take anywhere, or do at home with Amazon® Alexa®
¿ Sync progress across devices
¿ Stream lessons or download to use in offline mode
¿ Individual progress tracking for one main account holder and up to 3 additional household members
¿ Car mode for easy driving and learning
¿ Compatible with Amazon® Echo® devices for doing lessons at home
Why Pimsleur?
¿ Quick & Easy - Only 30 minutes a day.
¿ Portable & Flexible - Core lessons can be done anytime, anywhere, and easily fit into your busy life.
¿ Proven Method - Works when other methods fail.
¿ Self-Paced - Go fast or go slow - it's up to you.
¿ Based in Science - Developed using proven research on memory and learning.
¿ Cost-effective - Less expensive than classes or immersion, and features all native speakers.
¿ Genius - Triggers your brain's natural aptitude to learn.
¿ Works for everyone - Recommended for ages 13 and above.
What's Included?
¿ 150, 30-minute audio lessons, all featuring native speakers
¿ 5 levels of Brazilian Portuguese reading instruction and practice
¿ a digital Reading Booklet for each level
What You'll Learn
This program includes the complete Brazilian Portuguese language program - 150 spoken language lessons and 5 levels of reading instruction and practice. With this program you start from zero, first learning survival phrases and vocabulary, and eventually progressing to a high-intermediate level of speaking and understanding Brazilian Portuguese. Every lesson contains an introductory conversation and isolated vocabulary and structures, as well as full practice of all vocabulary introduced. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension to promote proficiency in spoken Brazilian Portuguese. At the completion of this program, you'll be speaking and understanding Brazilian Portuguese with near-fluency and with impressive conversational skills.
Reading Lessons are included with each level. These lessons are designed to give you practice sounding out Brazilian Portuguese and then to help you progress to reading for meaning. They also provide extensive additional vocabulary. You'll be reading Brazilian Portuguese with the ease and flexibility of a native speaker.
Learning the sound of each letter alone and in culturally distinct combinations allows your brain to process what you're hearing in the audio lessons from a new and different perspective. It's a powerful combination that makes Pimsleur different from every other method on the market.
The Pimsleur Method
We make no secret of what makes this powerful method work so well. Paul Pimsleur spent his career researching and perfecting the precise elements anyone can use to learn a language quickly and easily. Here are a few of his “secrets”:
The Principle of Anticipation
In the nanosecond between a cue and your response, your brain has to work to come up with the right word. Having to do this boosts retention, and cements the word in your mind.
Core Vocabulary
Words, phrases, and sentences are selected for their usefulness in
