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Start Portuguese (Learn Portuguese with the Michel Thomas Method)

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25th November 2011

Price: £15.99

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Selected: Audiobook CD / ISBN-13: 9781444139136

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Learn over 50 essential words at the heart of Portuguese and how to put them together to make yourself understood. This 1-hour basic introduction to Portuguese with the Michel Thomas Method will get you speaking the language immediately: no books, no pens, no memorizing – just listen, connect and speak.

How does it work?
During the course, you will join Michel Thomas Method teacher Virginia Catmur and two students in a live lesson, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. Within the very first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or memorizing.

Why is the method so successful?

The Michel Thomas Method was perfected over 50 years by celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas. This unique method works with your brain and draws on the principles of instructional psychology. Knowledge is structured and organised so that you assimilate the language easily and don’t forget it. The method breaks down the language into building blocks that are introduced sequentially in such a way that you create your response and move on to ever-more-complex sentences. You’ll stick with it because you’ll love it.

Where do I go next?
Start Portuguese with the Michel Thomas Method is an hour of essentials taken from Total Portuguese with the Michel Thomas Method. After you finish your Start course, you can move to the Total Portuguese course, which includes 8-hours of audio and a practice CD-ROM. Perfect Portuguese follows on from the Total course with 10-hours of audio and a practice CD- ROM

Learn anywhere

Don’t be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever you want: at home, in your car, or on the move with your MP3 player.

Reviews

"A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages"
Stephen Fry
"Five minutes into the first CD, you already feel like you're winning"
Time Out
"The most extraordinary learning experience of my life"
Emma Thompson
"I never thought I could learn Spanish, but using the Michel Thomas Method has made me realize there is hope..."
Bruce Parry
"The nearest thing to painless learning"
The Times
"For the first time, trying to speak Italian was fun, not frustrating"
TES
"Works like a dream"
The Daily Telegraph
"Michel Thomas is a precious find indeed"
The Guardian
"Thomas makes it simple"
Sunday Times
"A genuinely new way of learning a language"
The Daily Mail