Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 3 hours and 46 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: De Oliveira Languages
Audible.com Release Date: November 23, 2015
Language: Portuguese
ASIN: B0189S790S
Best Sellers Rank: #117 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Language Instruction > Other Languages
The listing information for "Short Stories in Portuguese: My Daily Routine," is totally misleading. The listing information and the book's title page show the book as “Volume 1." By naming it “Volume 1," the author, Irineu De Oliveira, gives the impression that this book precedes a following "Volume 2." The listing information for "Conversação em Português: A minha Rotina Diária" (translation - Conversation in Portuguese: My Daily Routine) and the book's title page show the book as "Volume 2." Because of the books' differences in their titles and the lack of any clarification in the listing information for the books, it appeared that Volume 1 would be a book of short stories and that Volume 2 would be a book of conversation. However, nothing could be further from the truth, as both books are completely identical with the exception of Volume 1 having a cover, title page, Introduction, and back cover in English, whereas the cover, title page, Introduction, and back cover of Volume 2 are in Portuguese. Otherwise, the contents of the two books are 100% identical. Another issue is that the book claims, "Studying this book will lead to Mastery of the Portuguese language in as little as 24 hours." As one who has taken basic Portuguese college courses, I consider this claim to be absurd. After working with the first chapter, I find the book to be great for review and further strengthening one's foundation, but it's not going to happen in 24 hours. While I do recommend the book for those who are willing to put in the effort, just buy Volume 1 or Volume 2 and don't waste your money on both of them because they are essentially duplicates.
Don't know what the last reviewer's problem is (or why she's shouting in caps!) but ignore. This is a very handy, useful book which breaks down verb use and tenses.I give it five stars because it addresses an issue that most portguese learning books fail to do.The methodology is very simple - by applying a little effort to learn the first verb tense, the next new tense to learn is easier to remember and undestand. My husband and I have been really excited to get to grips with this as we are planning to a trip to Brazil at the end of the year. We've found this book very helpful to compliment our lessons.Perhaps the last reviewer needs to go look up what constitutes a story. If you want an action-packed fiction novel from Brazil, go to the fiction section of .br, not to the language learning section on .com. If she'd bothered to read the title, introduction or flip through the preview pages, she would have noted that the story is being taken through a day in the life of the protagonist.Ignore the last review. Great resource, very useful.
NOT short stories at all. This is the same few paragraphs over and over with only the verb tense changed. SO boring! Very poor quality.Don't waste your money. You will learn a lot more a lot faster lust listening to radio portugal online
This is a good way of introducing everyday vocabulary and verb practice. I recommend this book for class or other form of assisted teaching rather than for the self-learner who would need someone to help with the translation and pronunciation. Claiming that this book will lead to Mastery of the Portuguese language in 24 hours is a rather ambitious thing to say, but it is a very good book for daily vocabulary and practical verb use.
Excellent reference for learning the verbs in Portuguese
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