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| Hobbema Senior Member United States Joined 5744 days ago 541 posts - 575 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese, French, Dutch | Message 1 of 8 19 August 2009 at 8:01pm | IP Logged |
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Can anyone recommend any "slow news" or podcast sources for Brazilian portuguese?
I've been trying to do some ear training for months. Deutsche Welle has 30 minute news podcasts in portuguese (and several other languages as well, it's pretty cool) that I've been listening to, but my progress is slow. I've been studying for a couple years now; I'm making steady progress in vocabulary and can carry on conversations with my Brazilian colleagues...but only if they all speak v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y. I feel like this is my biggest obstacle to proficiency and then fluency, so any suggestions for ear training would also be appreciated. Iversen in other posts suggested a parsing technique which I've been consciously trying out for the past week and that has been the most successful for me so far, but I think I should be farther along in 2 years time... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| polyglossus Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie United States theunixgeek.livejourRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5577 days ago 6 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese*, Spanish, Catalan, French Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic (Written), Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Latin | Message 2 of 8 21 August 2009 at 9:00pm | IP Logged |
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I think your best bet would be to continue listening to conversations at normal speed. When I learned French, I
liked to listen to everything slowly as well, and now, six years later, listening is admittedly my least proficient skill in the language. With German, however, I listen to everything at a normal speed and my listen comprehension, after only nine months of study, is much better (when put in proportion to how much German I know). So don't stick to slow recordings - listen to the language at its normal speed and you'll be in much better shape. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| LittleKey Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5955 days ago 146 posts - 153 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Japanese | Message 3 of 8 22 August 2009 at 12:27pm | IP Logged |
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This is true. The way I like to think about it is, if you listen to slow portuguese, you're learning how to understand slow portuguese. If you listen to normal portuguese, you're learning how to understand normal portuguese. There's obviously overlap, because any exposure to the language helps, but listening to it at the normal speed will be a much better way of gaining comprehension over the long run.
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| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6237 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 4 of 8 24 August 2009 at 3:42pm | IP Logged |
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listen to this radio and let me know if you manage to understand almost all:
www.rdgaucha.com.br hope you enjoy it! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hobbema Senior Member United States Joined 5744 days ago 541 posts - 575 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese, French, Dutch | Message 5 of 8 27 August 2009 at 3:35pm | IP Logged |
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thanks to each of you!
i checked out the site Alvinho recommended and now have much more to listen to during the day. I am convinced that immersion, even remotely over internet radio and podcasts will yield the best benefits. this is a great site for information, and I am surprised how many people are willing to help, and how many people share a common interest in learning.... thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6237 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 6 of 8 27 August 2009 at 5:23pm | IP Logged |
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I'm glad you enjoyed my suggestion....that radio is nice due to news, conversation and even soccer games which are aired....can you understand most words they say?
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| Hobbema Senior Member United States Joined 5744 days ago 541 posts - 575 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Portuguese, French, Dutch | Message 7 of 8 28 August 2009 at 12:57am | IP Logged |
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Actually, I have an easier time understanding the audio news on rdgaucha.com.br than I did with the european site. My vocabulary is still limited, but what I found really interesting is that probably most of my exposure is to Brazilian Portuguese from a European web site....
My portuguese instructor is from Sao Paulo, she sometimes makes fun of european portuguese speakers as it all sounds like (something like) "soish soish soish". The audio I've heard so far on rdgaucha.com.br is more like what I've been taught and what I've studied. So that was kind of a nice surprise. But to answer your question, after hearing the audio or podcast, I can tell what the feature or show was about, but I can't pick out all the particulars. But what the heck, I know more now than I did 6 months ago, and so 6 months from now...... thanks again! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5265 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 8 of 8 02 April 2013 at 1:20am | IP Logged |
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For Brazilian Portuguese podcasts with transcripts:
Cafe Brasil 25 minute podcast with transcript Escriba Cafe History podcasts with transcript NHK World Português Noticias para o Brasil The news in Brazilian Portuguese from a Japanese perspective with transcript. Check out the English site for the translations. You'll have to search a bit. Boa sorte! 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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