The best course to learn Portuguese no one talks about 

appreciate it James!

I've used it for other languages as well, but imo not nearly as well done as the Portuguese one

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew well, I'll definitely give it a try

Glad you find it useful! It's tough to get through but you will be rewarded if you do. I'll be coming out with a Portuguese for Beginners series soon that will help you modernize what you're learning in the FSI course...stay tuned and thanks for the message Maurice!

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew yea it can be dry like you said but it really helped me in the past tense! And that sounds awesome man, looking forward to seeing the series Bro!

You're welcome Steve!

It is tough to get through, but it is an amazing course. hahahaha where exactly are you from? where I live you'll hear both pronunciations (I think!)...maybe you're right thought lol

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew Thanks for the reply! I am a native English speaker from Canada.

best of luck in Brazil!!

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew Thanks!!

Great to hear! Yes, you will have to unlearn a lot of the formal stuff to understand how Brazilians actually speak in the real world...but to be fair, this is how 99% of BR-PT courses teach it

Hey there! So like I mentioned in the video, the type of Portuguese that's taught in the course is a very formal, academic type of Portuguese (to be fair, most Portuguese courses out there are like this)...if you want to modernize the material, I'd suggest you find a Brazilian tutor or language partner who could help point out certain differences between what's taught in the course vs how people actually speak. Or you could just watch my videos since that's a huge part of what I talk about :) Other than that, I think it's a great idea that you're repeating the units several times to really absorb the material. Most people just want to rush through the course, but I think it's wise to just really master the material in each unit before moving on....so keep doing that. If you combine the FSI course, my videos, as well as conversation practice with Brazilians, basic conversational fluency is definitely possible...not easy, but doable. Hope that helps!

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew Thank you so much!

Hi there, no don't know anything about the FAST courses. I personally don't like Assimil, so I would just do the FSI. Just realize that either way you go, you'd be learning standard, academic Portuguese, which has significant differences from how people actually speak. I talk a lot about these differences on my channel.

Thank you. I took a 2nd look at FAST and it appears to be solid material. its structure is similar to FSI focusing on drills to emphasize speaking; listening comprehension and tools to help your speaking intuitively and get you engaged quickly. I've used a Basic Portuguese grammar book to study and create my own materials for listening/speaking drills on specific grammar points. so, i'm a little reluctant to take on the full programmatic course. Thanks again, I've subscribed to your channel and will check out your videos to get the more current way of speaking. @@DecodingWordswithAndrew

Hey there! FSI programmatic Spanish is a great method so you can’t go wrong there. I don’t know anything about the other two so I can speak on them. In the beginning, I’d just focus on the FSI course, after maybe 3-6 months start slowly introducing content like graded readers, easy material that you’ll actually be able to understand at least 70% and then build up from there.

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew tysm

welcome! I'd love to visit your country one day

No, I would recommend just picking the one you like the best and putting all your focus into it. I don’t think it’s a good idea to work on multiple courses at once…been there done that! The FSI course is way more intensive and comprehensive, but just pick the one you like more and get to work right away. Action at this point is 100x more important than anything else.

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew I appreciate the response. I need to get to it.

@@godofthisshit for sure! I'll be coming out with a Portuguese for Beginners series which will help you modernize what you learn in either one of those courses. Stay tuned in the next few weeks!

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew I just subscribed. Thanks

It's Brazilian

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew that's what I hoped

Yes!

@@DecodingWordswithAndrew It's actually very nice. It has some nice disciplined and retro feel to it. Free from all fancy colors etc., good for immersion and variety.

@@daviddaygame like I mentioned in the video, you do have to deal with the old-fashioned, academic language taught, but by watching my videos you'll get a better feel for the modern, street Portuguese and differences between the two

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