Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation
Learn to speak like a Brazilian!
Series of 5 workshops, 2 hours each
Thursdays – 7pm to 8:45pm
Dates: March 18, 25, April 15, 22, 29
Instructor: Cristhiane Vieira-Rozenblit
These workshops are for students of all levels who wish to improve their pronunciation and understanding of spoken Portuguese.
Through magazine articles, songs and tongue twisters, you will study the relationship between sounds and letters (how to write a sound, how to read letters).
You can sign up for one or several of the individual workshops according to the skills you wish to reinforce.
- Workshop 1 March 18
- Vowels reductions
- How to pronounce final letters
- Intonation and rhythm:
- When not to link words within a sentence
- When and how to link sounds (within a sentence)
- Workshop 2 March 25
- Final M, R and L
- How to pronounce individual words and words within a sentence
- How to link sounds
- Workshop 3 April 15
- The sounds of the consonants and vowels
- Intonation:
- How to differentiate and produce statements, questions and exclamations (sentence rhythm)
- Workshop 4 April 22
- Nasal sounds (m, n, nh, -ão)
- Intonation and rhythm:
- How to express feelings (surprise, enthusiasm, etc.)
- Workshop 5 April 29
- Main differences between Spanish and Portuguese
- Intonation and rhythm:
- How to express feelings (amiability, displeasure, anger, etc.)