Private Portuguese Classes in Los Angeles

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Marcia: (Portuguese in Pasedena, South Pasedena and Los Angeles Area)

Teaching and learning languages has always been a passion of mine, so when my students ask me why I like teaching Portuguese so much, this beautiful quotation by Nelson Mandela comes to mind:

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

I am a native of São Paulo, Brazil who has taught for more than twenty years. I’ve been living in the United States since 1994. Before coming to the U.S.A, I had extensive experience in teaching ESL to Brazilian business people, executives and professionals of major financial institutions and corporations in the city of São Paulo. I use the communicative approach in my style of teaching by using the following steps:

1) Presentation

2) Explanation (done in the target language as much as possible)

3) Practice (including reading and writing)

4) Production (including reading and writing)

I do not believe in lecturing, and try to keep the teacher-student talk time respectively at a 30% and 70% ratio as much as it is possible to do so. My academic background is one hundred percent language oriented. I graduated in Translation and Interpretation with an emphasis on Portuguese and Brazilian literature and a preparatory course on English and American literature at Curso objetivo and Faculdade Ibero Americana. Both institutions are in São Paulo. Because I was once a language student myself, I am able to fully comprehend the learning process involved while learning a second language. Teaching Portuguese offers a unique opportunity for me to be reconnected with my native language and have the pleasure of seeing my students discover, learn, practice and use Portuguese and eventually master this beautiful language in all its richness and complexity.

Available weekdays after 530pm and Weekends.

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