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Olá! I'm Virginia Langhammer, your Brazilian teacher. Welcome to my podcast!
I created this podcast to help you learn authentic Brazilian Portuguese.
In this podcast, I publish the audio of my YouTube lessons every Friday with tips on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese. If you prefer watching, click here to go to my YouTube channel.
Since 2024, I have also offered a free worksheet with each lesson to help you practice what you've learned. Look for the download link in the show notes.
About our school: Speaking Brazilian Language School specializes in teaching Brazilian Portuguese as a second language. We offer digital courses, group classes, and private lessons. We work with a team of experienced teachers who are passionate about teaching the Portuguese language.
Would you like to learn more? Send us an email: school@speakingbrazilian.com
See you in the next lesson!
Your teacher,
Virginia
Episodes
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet PDF 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/prepositions-quiz
Our lesson today will be in quiz format. Let’s see if you can complete a few sentences with the correct preposition. The quiz includes 20 questions to help you practice using the prepositions "a", "de", "em", "com", "para", and "por" in Brazilian Portuguese. If you already know how to use these prepositions, this is a great opportunity to review. If you don’t yet, this is your chance to learn!
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Friday Jul 25, 2025
Friday Jul 25, 2025
Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet PDF 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/festa-junina
Today you're going to learn about one of the most popular celebrations in Brazil: the Festa Junina (June Festival)!
In this new vlog, I'm taking you with me to a festa junina in Indaiatuba, a small town in the state of São Paulo.
Festa Junina is one of the most popular celebrations in Brazil. Let me show you what it’s like!
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Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Get Your Free Lesson & Worksheet PDF 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/para-por
Many students struggle with the prepositions “para” and “por” because there isn’t a single translation for them in other languages, and no simple rule to tell you which one to use. It all depends on the context.
In this lesson, you’ll learn the most common uses of “para” and “por” across 12 different contexts, with real-life examples to help you understand how they work.
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Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Free 7-Day Pronunciation Minicourse 👉 https://www.speakingbrazilian.com/pronunciation-course/
Today I’m going to share with you one of the most important pronunciation lessons I’ve ever made and one you definitely need to watch: How to pronounce nasal sounds in Brazilian Portuguese. In this lesson, you'll learn: - What’s the difference between oral vowels and nasal vowels? - What are nasal vowels and nasal diphthongs? - How can you tell if a vowel is nasal or not? - How can you practice to get the correct pronunciation?
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Friday Jul 04, 2025
Friday Jul 04, 2025
Download your free PDF worksheet here 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/portunhol
Today you’ll learn 20 false friends between Portuguese and Spanish.
Recognizing these tricky words will help you avoid Portuñol and speak more confidently.
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Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Free 7-Day Pronunciation Minicourse: https://www.speakingbrazilian.com/pronunciation-course/
This is the video about nasal sounds that I mentioned in the lesson! If you're working on your pronunciation, make sure to watch it! https://youtu.be/m-OLshYF07I?si=zVQpeHRwm599wtFH
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Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Download your free PDF worksheet here 👉 https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/100-words
Today, you’re going to learn how to use your knowledge of English to learn Brazilian Portuguese. Even though English isn’t a Romance language, it was also heavily influenced by Latin and other Latin-based languages. For this reason, hundreds of English words are identical or very similar to Portuguese. In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to recognize certain patterns that will help you identify the meaning of words and also easily translate terms from English to Portuguese, and vice versa.
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Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Get your FREE lesson pdf here: https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/would-should-could
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Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Get your FREE lesson transcript here: https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/telenovelas
Did you know that watching Brazilian telenovelas is one of the best ways to learn real, everyday Portuguese? In this video, I share a brief summary of 10 iconic telenovelas and show you how they can help you learn the language and culture in a fun and authentic way.
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Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Get your FREE lesson pdf here: https://speakingbrazilian.kit.com/shadowing
In today’s lesson, we’re going to practice a simple but powerful exercise to help you improve your listening and speaking skills at the same time: the shadowing technique. Did you know that research shows this technique can boost your listening, pronunciation, fluency, and vocabulary? If you’re already familiar with this exercise, it’ll be great practice for you. If not, this is your chance to learn!
Learn Portuguese with us! Check out our courses here: https://www.speakingbrazilian.com/online-courses/
Join the Speaking Brazilian YouTube Club to have access to the transcript of my videos: https://school.speakingbrazilian.com/p/youtube
Start learning Brazilian Portuguese today! Take advantage of all the free resources offered by Speaking Brazilian Language School: https://www.speakingbrazilian.com/free