Portuguese Facts
The Portuguese-Japanese 'Nippo Jisho' of 1603 was the first dictionary of Japanese in a European language, which was a product of Jesuit missionaries in Japan
Portuguese has many obvious grammatical and lexical similarities with other Romance languages, and is to a small extent mutually intelligible with Spanish and Italian: Portuguese speakers would not generally need any formal study of grammar and vocabulary before being able to understand reasonably simple sentences in these languages (and vice versa)
A Romance language, Portuguese originated in what is today Galicia and northern Portugal
Portuguese Courses in Swansea
Your colleagues and yourself can be trained by our native-speaking fully-qualified Portuguese tutors at a time and location to suit you. Classes can take place any day, even weekends, and can happen in the morning, afternoon or evening. If the case may be that your home or office is not convenient, there is always the option to take your classes at the office of your teacher. Study books for the course are provided.
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These courses in Portuguese are meant for those that feel that learning Portuguese would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone Portuguese and e-mail Portuguese skills for communicating, as well as survival Portuguese if a short visit to the country is needed.
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This set of Portuguese tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning Portuguese. Even though all novice students will cover survival Portuguese: enough Portuguese to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these courses have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in Portuguese culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in Portuguese.
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Courses in Portuguese are also accessible for 2 or more studying in tandem (Two-to-One Portuguese Course or Small Group In-Company Portuguese Course). All those involved must have around the same experience of the language, similar needs of areas of proficiency, and must be able to work at the same time and place. Bookings must be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advise classes of more than 6-8 people, although In-Company Taster Portuguese sessions can be run with as many as 12 people.
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Swansea
A Welsh city situated on the South Wales coast, Swansea is home to around 230,000 people. It originally grew to its present importance during the 18th and 19th centuries as a centre of heavy industry, especially in the fields of copper smelting and zinc, tin and pottery manufacture; as well as its status as a useful port. Nowadays Swansea stands primarily as a holiday resort and centre of commerce. There are an array of theatres in the city and surrounding areas, as well as a large number of sporting and other outdoor entertainment venues, especially for watersports such as sailing, swimming, water skiing and surfing.
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"Our native speaker qualified Portuguese language teachers can train you and your colleagues at your office or home at a time to suit you. Classes can be any day of the week (even weekends) in the morning."
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