Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation
Learn to speak like a Brazilian!
Series of 5 workshops, 2 hours each
Thursdays – 7:30pm to 9:15pm
Dates: June 10, 17, 24 July 1st, 8
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 June 10
- 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 June 17
- Final M, R and L
- How to pronounce individual words and words within a sentence
- How to link sounds
- Workshop 3 June 24
- The sounds of the consonants and vowels
- Intonation:
- How to differentiate and produce statements, questions and exclamations (sentence rhythm)
- Workshop 4 July 1st
- Nasal sounds (m, n, nh, -ão)
- Intonation and rhythm:
- How to express feelings (surprise, enthusiasm, etc.)
- Workshop 5 July 8
- Main differences between Spanish and Portuguese
- Intonation and rhythm:
- How to express feelings (amiability, displeasure, anger, etc.)