Finding a good Portuguese textbook becomes surprisingly difficult once learners reach higher levels. At beginner stages, there are plenty of options available. Most textbooks teach the essential vocabulary needed to order food, introduce yourself, ask for directions or deal with everyday situations. However, as students progress, a common problem begins to emerge: many textbooks become…Read: "The New Caravela B2.1 Textbook: Portuguese for Real Life"
Some books give us pleasure in reading, others are helpful. Then, there are books which quietly upset us – books that don’t shout, but steadily take apart what we believe in. Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich is absolutely one of these. It’s a brief novel, and yet one of the most psychologically powerful…Read: "The Death of Ivan Ilyich as a B2 Literary Experience in European Portuguese"
Preparing for the CAPLE exam — the official Centro de Avaliação de Português Língua Estrangeira — can feel like a mountain at first. You’ve studied Portuguese for months, maybe years, and now there’s an official exam date on the calendar. Suddenly, grammar and vocabulary aren’t the only challenge — nerves and timing join the game.…Read: "How to Get Ready for the CAPLE Exam"
Introduction Learning to speak is one of the most fascinating and complex processes in human development. Children don’t learn language the same way they learn to ride a bike or do basic math. There are no formal lessons, no instruction manuals. Language simply emerges, step by step, through interaction with the world around them. In…Read: "How Children Learn to Speak"
Our life is divided into three periods - past, present and future. The future is something ephemeral, our motivation to live and act in the present. But the past is our foundation or a trap, it happens in different ways, but we all know that the past cannot be changed and without it there is…Read: "Verbs in P.P.S. – (Pretérito Perfeito Simples)"
A person who decides to start learning Portuguese always thinks how long it will take to learn so that he can start speaking, communicate in Portuguese. Month? Year? Everybody wants to achieve results as soon as possible! The answer is to choose the Portuguese language course according to the Communicative Method. In this article, we…Read: "Communicative Method"
This problem is faced by absolutely every person who starts doing something new in his life - a decrease in motivation. Some people go through this stage and move on. Others, unfortunately, quit their studies and eventually lose the knowledge that they managed to gain before the "crisis". We want our students not to stop…Read: "How to not Quit Learning Portuguese"
Have you ever thought about studying Portuguese with native teachers without leaving your country? Which way would be the best for you to learn through the distance learning? We have some answers for you! E-Learning and B-Learning: How they work? You can learn by E-Learning (Electronic Learning) and B-Learning (Blended Learning). Both are types of…Read: "E-Learning And B-Learning: Differences, Advantages And Disadvantages"
Olá, amigos! We always do what we promise, so today we will present you our brand new Standard Online Course. From now, there’s no excuses to learn Portuguese. What is the Standard Online Course It is a course in an online platform where you can log in, sit and learn. Every day you get a…Read: "The new Standard Online Course by Caravela"
If you don’t have a Portuguese school in your town, probably you already think about the possibility to have online lessons. Today we will talk about the differences between school and online lessons, plus and minus, and types of courses. School vs. internet First of all, let’s see the differences between both considering several aspects:…Read: "Online lessons: yes or no? – The Advantages and Disadvantages"