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Listening Comp: Brazilians in Japan Posted by Rachel on Sep 28, 2009
Today, we’re going to do an upper intermediate listening comprehension exercise using a short documentary filmed at a Brazilian festival in Japan. There are subtitles but surprise! They’re in Japanese. So you’ll have to listen very carefully to answer the questions. Questions 1. What is the woman featured in the video asking Brazilians to do?…
Listening Practice: São Paulo Graffiti Documentary Posted by Rachel on Aug 27, 2009
Today, we’re going to do a listening comprehension activity with a great thirteen minute documentary on graffiti art in São Paulo. Watch the video clicking the link above (which has subtitles) and then take a look at the questions to see how well you picked up on vocabulary in the video. Photo: Alexandre Orion (artist…
Beyond Ipanema Documentary Posted by Rachel on Aug 3, 2009
Released in March, Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music, recently premiered in New York at MoMA’s Annual Brazilian Film Festival. The documentary is about the popularization of Brazilian music outside of Brazil, and how different genres of Brazilian music have been popularized. The movie includes interviews with some of Brazil’s biggest stars, including Caetano…
Portuguese Video Learning Series: Capoeira Posted by Rachel on Mar 16, 2009
Today on the video learning series, we’re going to take a look at a type of Brazilian dance/martial art form called capoeira, which originated during the colonial period from the African slaves. This documentary originally aired on ESPN Brasil and discusses the development of the dance form, the music and instruments used to accompany the…