The Flow of Portuguese is a self-paced, virtual learning course for developing your mastery of the sound patterns, or Flow, of Brazilian Portuguese. You will train Portuguese Flow by learning to sing and rap Brazilian songs with a perfect accent. Each time you sing or rap a song in Portuguese, you actively develop the phonetic infrastructure needed to speak Portuguese fluently.
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Is The Flow of Portuguese for YOU?
Pure Beginners
The reason most people spend so many years just to arrive at intermediate Portuguese abilities is because they dive prematurely into grammar and writing instruction and as a result reinforce countless bad habits in hearing and speaking.
If you are brand new to Portuguese, save your self the time and frustration take the most direct path to language fluency. Master the Flow of Portuguese now and you will have a strong foundation on which to build the rest of your Portuguese knowledge. |
"I never heard Portuguese before, and I was surprised to find out how different it sounded. At first I was overwhelmed by the different-ness of it, but The Flow of Portuguese breaks down these differences simply and elegantly so that anyone can easily wrap their mind around it. A week into the course, I'm still struggling with a few sounds but I'm definitely starting to get the Flow down now"
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Spanish Speakers
Prior knowledge of Spanish can be very helpful when learning Portuguese, since the two languages are very closely related. But it can also seriously impede your acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese.
The Flow of Spanish is completely different from The Flow of Portuguese, but because the two are so similar, you will have a VERY strong tendency to incorrectly apply Spanish sound patterns to Portuguese. With the Flow of Portuguese course, you can precisely identify the phonetic differences between Portuguese and Spanish and cleanly separate the two languages in your mind. |
"After living abroad in Spain, I was fluent in Spanish and decided to take on Portuguese. The basic grammar was easy for me, but I couldn't quite match the accents of the speakers in the Brazilian movies I was watching. Then I tried "The Flow of Portuguese" and realized that I was saying everything with a Spanish accent. But now that I know what exactly I was doing wrong, it's easy for me to undo my bad habits. And since it's all singing, it's fun too!"
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Advanced Speakers
The language journey never ends. Even if you already consider yourself advanced in Portuguese, you have to ask yourself the question: "Do I know Portuguese as well as a native speaker?"
There's always infinite room for improvement in any language we speak. Many advanced Portuguese speakers have used The Flow of Portuguese to take their Portuguese to new heights. It's also a fun way to maintain your Portuguese when you are in an environment where you are not using it as much. |
"I've been living in Rio de Janeiro for the past two years and considered myself conversationally fluent in Portuguese, but after reading about The Mimic Method, I realized that I still had a hard time understanding and memorizing song lyrics to my favorite Brazilian songs, so I decided to give "The Flow of Portuguese" a shot. I didn't think it was possible, but my Portuguese skills have skyrocketed since completing the course Now I use Rhythmic Phonetic Training to learn songs on my own."
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The Flow of Portuguese Features...
Precise, Personalized Feedback
Because learning to hear and speak foreign sounds is such a complex mental activity, you won't know what you're doing right and wrong unless an expert tells you. In The Flow of Portuguese, you submit an audio recording of yourself for each lesson and receive precise feedback on every single pronunciation error you make.
With a special timed-comment feature, you can easily read about and listen to your error at the same time. In no time at all, you can develop an awareness of and eliminate all of your bad speaking habits. |
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A Mobile-Friendly Interface
You will do most of your Language Development singing songs to yourself on-the-go. This is why all of the audio materials are in iphone and ipad friendly HTML5 format, so you can practice singing and rapping in Spanish whenever and wherever you want.
You can also download any of the materials to your computer or mobile hard-drive so that you can continue building your Spanish Sound infrastructure offline. |
Easy-to-Understand Phonetic Instruction
Mastering a second language requires the strength and motor coordination of your speech organ muscles. To train these muscles properly, you need to know phonetics. Most language-programs shy away from phonetics because they do not understand it, and students develop crippling mispronunciation habits as a result.
The Flow of Portuguese makes phonetics accessible to the average learner. You will develop a functional knowledge of phonetics through the use of easy-to-understand diagrams and interactive audio and video aids. |
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Nasal Boot Camp
The most difficult aspect of Portuguese Flow is the nasal vowels. Most of these sounds do not exist in English, so you therefore lack the muscle strength coordination to create these sounds with the speed and precision needed to speak Portuguese fluently.
The Flow of Portuguese contains a special "Boot Camp" designed to develop the muscles involved in nasalization. You can think of these drills like Pronunciation push-ups -- put in your reps and the actual physical act of speaking Portuguese becomes easy. |
A Challenging, Musical and Fun Learning Environment
In The Flow of Portuguese, you don't waste hours memorizing flash cards and conjugation charts that you''ll forget by next week. Instead, you learn how to sing and rap real Brazilian songs with a perfect accent.
It WILL be challenging. But after each lesson, you can literally feel your progress. The combination of rigorous mental stimulation with the fun musical interaction makes for an unparalleled learning experience. |
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