Portuguese in 10 Minutes a Day

10 Minutes a Day

by Kristine K. Kershul

PORTUGUESE in 10 minutes a day® Book
132-page illustrated workbook
Full color throughout
Organized in 25 easy steps, by essential categories
150 Sticky Labels for home and office
Ready-made Flash Cards
Cut-out Menu Guide
Pronunciation Guide
Over 300 Free Words
Glossary of over 2,000 new words, definitions and pronunciation

PORTUGUESE in 10 minutes a day® CD-ROM
Included with the 10 minutes a day® Book
Special language learning software features interactive Sticky Labels, Flash Cards, Colors and Numbers
See and hear the words as you play with them on your computer screen
PC and Mac friendly

Imagine ordering an icy caipirinha on the beach at Ipanema, all in Portuguese! The ever-popular PORTUGUESE in 10 minutes a day® Book now comes with a new CD-ROM, full of fun computer activities including interactive Sticky Labels, Flash Cards and more! You ll learn everything you ll need for your travels, from making reservations to ordering a meal and finding your way around town. This book/CD-ROM combo is not just another language book for your shelf; it s a complete, and fun, hands-on language learning experience that will help you live your travel adventures!

Genres: Travel, Portuguese Literature, Language, Nonfiction

Paperback & CD-ROM

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Dr. Kristine K. Kershul is an author, publisher, linguist and teacher. She founded Bilingual Books, Inc. in 1981 with the publication of her first book, "German in 10 Minutes a Day." She has authored books, audio CDs, phrase guides and interactive computer software for 20 languages.

Kershul attributes her lifelong passion for languages to her family: she grew up in a trilingual home on the where, in addition to English, her father spoke Croatian and her mother spoke Danish.

Reviews

[Cara Roesch · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're just trying to get a taste of portuguese, and understand the pronunciations (which are awesome!), this book is a great place to start. The only problem is that I was trying to learn Brazilian Portuguese, and the pronunciations are a little different from Portugal portuguese. Brazilians don't pronounce the "s" at ends of words as a hard "s", not "sh". Really the only problem I encountered. The rest is great!

[Xisa Dove · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to help anyone learn Portuguese easily and quickly. As a college student, my time is very limited and its a simple and easy to use book for someone who wants to be self taught with Portuguese. It includes activities, charts, stickers, flash cards, you name it. It contains everything you need to learn Portuguese without having to take a class.

[John Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

kinda looks like a 4th grade workbook with all the colours. i find it useful, but if you don't already have some prior knowledge about pronunciation, then the phonetic spelling convention they made up may end up confusing you.

[Dana Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Not a great way to learn a language, but has some useful exercises and the stickers and flash cards are nice.

[Jonathan]

None

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is mainly to help someone who plans vacation in a Portuguese speaking country so it wasn't quite what I need but still a good way to start learning the language and its rules.