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  • Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners

  • Read for Pleasure at Your Level, Expand Your Vocabulary and Learn Brazilian Portuguese the Fun Way!
  • By: Olly Richards
  • Narrated by: Rafael Argenton Freire
  • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners

By: Olly Richards
Narrated by: Rafael Argenton Freire
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Publisher's summary

Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A1-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening.

What does this book give you?

  • Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller
  • Making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary - Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently
  • Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability
  • Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration
  • Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way

Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including:

  • A glossary for bolded words in each text
  • Full plot summary
  • A bilingual word list
  • Comprehension questions after each chapter.

As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying listening, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners will make learning Brazilian Portuguese easy and enjoyable.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Olly Richards (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Critic reviews

"Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" (Barbara Oakley, PhD, author of New York Times best seller A Mind for Numbers)

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False reviews?

It looks as if someone is writing false reviews. There was no profanity, there was no jumping of the stories, and it is an interesting way to learn and to be exposed to different Brazilian accents.

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Don't set your expectations too high?

I've been reading the audible reviews and I'm pretty sure people are either A)setting their expectations too high or B)listening to the wrong thing?
The audiobook follows the book exactly, so I don't know why people are saying there are swear words. You can easily teach this in a high school class without getting the book banned.
Of course the stories aren't good! It's for beginners. It's not meant to be a literary classic (and trust me, I've read a LOT of literary classics). It's meant to be an easy way to learn words and get use to listening to the language.
The book literally says it's for beginners. It's for people who are new to the language. Believe it or not, but some people DON'T know the basic Portuguese words like 'sim' and 'bem'. It's good for people who want to start reading right away without getting to an A2 level or above. If you're above A2, then this audio will be too easy.
Overall, I would say it accomplished its goal--it's spoken by a native speaker, the stories are interesting enough to listen to (again, don't expect literary fiction--expect college freshmen level storytelling here, and it's much better than reading dry text), the words are pronounced clear so you can actually 'hear' each word being spoken (and therefore know what the word sounds like--again, beginner level), and by the time I finished the audio my listening level increase immensely. It's clean, it's organized, its appropriate level for its target audience.

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Don't waste your time or money.

One hour of my life wasted that I’ll never get back. Don't waste your time or money.

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Not worth your time

I was hoping to leverage the book to expand my vocabulary. But it was so basic I got absolutely no value. Not worth your time

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Are you kidding me.

Are you kidding me. The author doesn’t even say the title of the story? I don’t even know what I’m hearing.

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Boring Short Stories

Extremely predictable and flat storyline, with the possible exception that it leaves many loose ends. A very dull listen.

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couldn't have been more predictable.

I rate this 1 star. Possibly, I confused the author with someone else because I was expecting something else completely.

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This story is skips around

When you are listening to one story, it will keep jumping to other stories. Very bad editing to make sure it was recorded properly.

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