Other interesting sites for teaching Portuguese

Other websites that might interest the Portuguese teacher (or student!):

1. Maria-Brazil - I really love this site. I have been reading it for at least 12 years and never get tired! Sheila writes with so much passion, accuracy and humor (one can see that she is a real carioca, hahaha!). I especially like the crosscultural part. I ask my students to study the body language at home and enact a dialogue in class using as many gestures as they can. It is always a lot of fun! I also like the "doing business in Brazil", the delicious recipes, the "little black book". To be honest, I love everything about it. Obrigada, Sheila, esta conterrânea admira seu trabalho!


2. Revista Língua Portuguesa - this is THE magazine to read if you teach, study or simply love the Portuguese language. The articles are extremely interesting and well written, and very informative. I actually subscribe it and read each magazine back to back (preferably in a hammock, when I can!).

3. In this interesting article Lyris Wiedemann talks about the differences between Continental and Brazilian Portuguese. Very useful and informative!

4. The Brazilian Studies Association has tones of links about everything regarding Brazil (and Portuguese!). It is really worth checking.

5. Check the The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese website to learn about what your colleagues are doing.

6. I just found these two websites now: Portuguese Language and Lingua Portuguesa. I have not used them in my classes, but they seem very interesting.