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Language Links: Portuguese

News & Media Language Associations
Travel & Study Abroad Local Connections
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News and Media

Selection of links to Portuguese websites for television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and other media.

Rede Globo (Brazilian TV network)
TV Cultura (Brazilian TV network)
Rede Record (Brazilian TV network)
RTPI (Portuguese TV network)
TVI (Portuguese TV network)

96FM (Brazilian FM radio station)
Rádio Ipanema(Brazilian FM radio station)
Rádio Globo (Brazilian FM radio station)
Rádio Antena 1 (Portuguese FM radio station)
Rádio Comercial (Portuguese FM radio station)

O Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil, newspaper)
O Globo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, newspaper)
Veja (Brazilian magazine)
Istoé (Brazilian magazine)
Jornal de Notcias (Portuguese newspaper)

Cadê (Brazilian)
Aonde (Brazilian)
Achei (Brazilian)
Sapo (Portugal)

Travel and Study Abroad

Selection of links to Portuguese airlines and train stations, main cities and study abroad programs.

Varig (Brazilian airline)
TAP (Portuguese airline)
Terminais Rodoviários (bus terminals in several states in Brazil)

Official Tourist Sites:

Brazil Study abroad programs (CU)
Instituto Cames (Portugal)
IIE Passport (comprehensive study abroad links to Brazil)

Shopping

Links to websites selling Portuguese products (music, book, etc...)

FNAC (in Brazil)
Livraria Cultura (Brazil)
Submarino (Brazil)

Language Associations

Links to Portuguese language associations.

Modern Languages Association

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

Local Connections

Links to Portuguese stores, restaurants, museums, etc, located in the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area.

Emprio do Brasil (Brazilian store)

Canto do Galo (classes of capoeira regional)
Clube de Capoeira de Angola na CU (capoeira de Angola)
Sambadendê (local live samba band)

Teaching Resources

Links to Portuguese teaching resources.

Language Instruction

Centro Virtual Camoes http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/cvc/aprender.html This website provides a great variety of language activities for novice and more advanced learners. There are reading-comprehension activities, grammar and vocabulary tutorials and exercises with feedback.

Portuguese in Brazil http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/collection/lm_brazil/bpIndex.html This website provides many language learning activities, based on audio files and video clips. There are five sections: basic communication, culture and social life, necessities, shopping and transportations.

Culture & Society

BBC News (Portuguese) http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/ This is the Portuguese version of BBC news. The text and audio resources are authentic and can used to design specific language learning activities.

A Viagem de Vasco da Gama http://nonio.eses.pt/gama/ With seven independent modules, this website covers Vasco da Gama's trip from Portugal to India and back. It targets a young audience, but could be adapted to the needs of college level students.

Literature

Contos completos de Machado De Assis http://www2.uol.com.br/machadodeassis/index.html A complete collection of short stories by the Brazilian literary giant, Machado de Assis. (The site does not provide any supporting material such as background information or reading analysis.)

Joƒo Cabral de Melo Neto http://www.tvcultura.com.br/aloescola/literatura/joaocabral/joaocabral1.htm This website covers the life and work of poet Joao Cabral de Melo Neto. It includes video and audio clips of the poet himself as well literary experts. It can be used in survey courses or for independent study.

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