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Portuguese listening/reading practice – Figurinhas da copa Posted by carol on Apr 30, 2018
Prática de escuta e leitura em português Boa noite, pessoal! Good evening, everyone! It is time for our April’s listening and reading practice. Today’s selected article is named “O que as figurinhas da Copa ensinam sobre economia?” (What does the World Cup Sticker Album teach us about economy?), recently featured on the economy session from the…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – O Hippie da Corrida Posted by carol on Mar 29, 2018
Prática de escuta e leitura em Português Oi, meus leitores! Hi, my readers! Como está a saúde de vocês? How is your health doing? Today’s listening and reading practice features a text by Brazilian Folha de São Paulo journalist Sérgio Xavier about health habits, work, nutritionists and running. Hope you have a good time reading…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – O filme da sua vida Posted by carol on Feb 27, 2018
Prática de escuta e leitura em Português Bom dia, leitores! Good morning, readers! Today’s listening and reading practice will cover a text by Brazilian comedian and cartoonist Reinaldo Figueiredo, called O filme da sua vida (The movie of your life). His text talks about a passenger whose avião (plane) is about to crash and then…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – Meditação e foco no macarrão Posted by carol on Jan 30, 2018
[Prática de escuta e leitura em Português] Olá, pessoal! Hello, guys! January is up, so it’s time to practice our reading and listening skills! Today’s text is entitled “Meditação e foco no macarrão” (Meditation and focus on the spaghetti) by Brazilian writer and journalist Antônio Prata. He talks about relaxing, anxiety and social media, so…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – Receita de ano novo Posted by carol on Dec 31, 2017
[Prática de escuta e leitura em Português] Feliz ano novo a todos! Happy New Year’s, everyone! Since it is our last post of the year, our listening and reading practice of the mês (month) is going to be a special one: a New Year’s poema (poem) by the celebrated modernist poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987)…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – O ano e o ano que vem Posted by carol on Nov 30, 2017
[Prática de escuta e leitura em Português] Olá, povo! Hello, people! The month is drawing to an end, so this means it is time for our usual listening and reading practice. Our text today is Gregório Duvivier’s “O ano e o ano que vem” (The year and next year). The author discusses the year of…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – “Por dois segundos (…)” Posted by carol on Oct 31, 2017
[Prática de escuta e leitura em Português] Oi, gente! Hi everyone! The time for our listening and reading practice has come! Today’s selected text is called “Por dois segundos eu vi um Brasil que havia superado escravidão dos negros” (For two seconds I saw a Brazil that had overcome slavery) by writer Antônio Prata. It…