{"id":571,"date":"2009-06-11T07:01:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T11:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=537"},"modified":"2009-06-11T07:01:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T11:01:11","slug":"portuguese-courses-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/portuguese-courses-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Courses in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For today&#8217;s interactive feature, I want to know if any US-based readers are taking formal Portuguese classes, and what you think about the classes.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: <strong>do you take a Portuguese class at a language school or with a private tutor? Is it helpful? Is it worth the time and money?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though I&#8217;ve never taken a class here in the US, I did take a class at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casadobrasil.com.ar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casa do Brasil<\/a> in Buenos Aires, a language school dedicated entirely to the study of Brazilian Portuguese. The price was reasonable, since it was in pesos, which have a great exchange rate to the US dollar, though one semester wasn&#8217;t enough to make me feel confident about my language skills. Living in Brazil and being immersed in the language was the real key to becoming fluent.<\/p>\n<p>What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For today&#8217;s interactive feature, I want to know if any US-based readers are taking formal Portuguese classes, and what you think about the classes. The question is: do you take a Portuguese class at a language school or with a private tutor? Is it helpful? Is it worth the time and money? 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