"Thank you Mia for all you do. Love the examples on basic conversations in life. Keep up the great work!"
- John
Welcome to "Everyday Portuguese Conversations", the online course that will take your Portuguese speaking skills to the next level!
Do you struggle to speak Portuguese in everyday situations? Do you find it difficult to understand native speakers? Do you often freeze when asked something in Portuguese, and then feel frustrated? Do you run the conversations through your head again and again, thinking about what you should have said and couldn't? Are you looking for a practical and engaging way to improve your speaking, listening, and comprehension skills?
This course is designed to help you master spoken Portuguese and communicate with confidence in everyday conversations. Through a series of interactive dialogues, you'll learn how to use common phrases and expressions, navigate real-life scenarios, and understand the nuances of the Portuguese language.
By the end of the course, you'll be able to speak more at ease when confronted with everyday situations. Whether you're traveling to Portugal, interacting with Portuguese speakers in your community, or simply want to expand your language skills, this course is for you.
Enroll today and start your journey to mastering Portuguese conversations!
What's included in the course:
How this course works
In this course, you will learn Everyday Portuguese through dialogues. These dialogues mimic real conversations that you will likely have when you speak Portuguese in your every day life, for example if you go to the hairdresser, if you buy bread, or if you want to chat with your neighbour (to name a few).
By listening to and repeating these dialogues, and following the instructions within the course, you'll start feeling more confident to speak in front of native or proficient speakers of Portuguese, and you will slowly feel less frustrated or nervous (which I know are common feelings for many students, when attempting to speak Portuguese.
Besides the helpful 30+ dialogues about different everyday situations, you will also get the following powerful bonuses:
Bonus #1 consists of vocabulary lists related to the dialogues. Each list provides words you can find in the dialogue itself, words related to the topic discussed, and verbs that you can apply to conversations around that same topic. The vocabulary comes organized in a table, and you will always see the word alone and then the word used in context, both in English and Portuguese.
In bonus #2 you will get 5 tips that can help you understand and speak fast Portuguese. As you may have noticed, when Portuguese speakers have a conversation, they tend to mash words together and speak really fast. These tips will help you understand the changes that native speakers make when speaking with others, and they will help you start recognising and using them as well.
Bonus #3 is a set of conversation starters in Portuguese. This includes suggestions of topics and sentences that you can use when you don’t know what to say or how to start a conversation.
Bonus #4 consists of a list of connectors that can help you make your speech more fluent. When speaking, native speakers use these words - like “although”, which in Portuguese is “apesar de” and “furthermore”, which in Portuguese is “para além disso” - to sound more natural and to connect speech in a way that makes sense, and with this list, you’ll be able to do it too.
And last but not least Bonus #5 will help you tackle conversations via the phone. I compiled a list of sentences that you might need when speaking on the phone. Furthermore, I added examples of pre-recorded phone messages that different companies and services might use, so that you will know what the message is about when you call them.
Here is what my students say about the course:
"Muito obrigado! Os diálogos são extremamente úteis (Thank you very much! The dialogues are extremely useful)"
- Joe
"Yes, very useful! Especially names of specific types of meat are difficult to find with translation apps. Besides that it helps to use parts of this dialogues in a broader sense."
- Carolien
"While I understand and speak some Portuguese, (the) vocabulary list is a great reference source in addition to your situational conversations."
- Edward
"Olá Mia, yes very useful, thank you for also including the article of the nouns (on the vocabulary list)."
- Anna
"Já vi!!! Muito obrigada Mia, adoro este tipo de diálogo que acho muito útil no dia-a-dia (Thank you Mia, I love this kind of dialogue, which I find very useful in everyday life)."
- Anne-Françoise
Olá! My name is Mia, and I'm a native Portuguese speaker who has lived most of my life in the lovely city of Porto. With over 15 years of teaching experience, I’ve had the joy of helping students from all walks of life discover the beauty of the Portuguese language and culture.
As someone who loves learning languages myself, I totally get the struggles that come with picking up a new language. I’m here to make that journey easier and more enjoyable for you!
Besides my experience, I hold a Master’s degree in Teaching Portuguese as a Second Language from Porto University and another Master’s in Linguistics from Utrecht University. I bring this background to my teaching while keeping things friendly and fun.
So, whether you’re looking to pick up some basic phrases, dive into grammar, or learn about Portuguese culture, I’m here to help. Let’s explore this exciting language together!