Score:
1 2 3 4 (5) 6 7 8 9 10
“Five outta ten!”
Pros:
price (relative to other CD/audio conversation courses); full dialogs; fairly realistic usage
Cons:
limited amount and scope of material; little to guide you along at your own pace; focus on larger chunks of language; no real exercise; little attention to grammar or structure
This audio CD-based program [...]
Score:
1 2 3 (4) 5 6 7 8 9 10
“Four outta ten!”
Pros:
IPA pronunciation given (in Brazilian only) for every word; rather complete list of basic entries; Portuguese-English & English-Portuguese
Cons:
hardly any usage examples; no way to differentiate multiple entries translating to one term in English; chart of English irregular verbs but no Portuguese verb tables; focus [...]
Score:
1 2 3 (4) 5 6 7 8 9 10
“Four outta ten!”
Pros:
IPA pronunciation given (in Brazilian only) for every word; rather complete list of basic entries; Portuguese-English & English-Portuguese
Cons:
very few usage examples; no ways to differentiate multiple entries translating to one term in English; chart of English irregular verbs but no Portuguese verb tables; focus [...]
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8) 9 10
“Eight outta ten!”
Pros:
does exactly what it sets out to; great reference book; easy to flip through & search; examples of each verb in use; affordable price; good introduction
Cons:
limited in scope; most verbs highly regular & arguably not “necessary”; some of this information is available in other [...]
Score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 (7) 8 9 10
“Seven outta ten!”
Pros:
price; exercises throughout; good coverage of grammar, pronunciation & conversation topics
Cons:
a bit formulaic; learning requires repeating along with dialogs and vocabulary; heavy reliance on English
This course contains ten units that teach both European and Brazilian Portuguese, with a bit of an emphasis on the [...]