Tips & Tools For Learning European Portuguese | Practice Portuguese

In this video, we cover some of our favourite apps, practical learning tips, and discuss some of the mindset challenges our members run into when trying to learn the language.

We also answer a question we hear over and over again: "How can I confirm the words I'm learning are used in Portugal and not just Brazil?"

And finally, we put an end to all the suspense and reveal exactly what we've been working on for the last few months! (Note that the initial launch will be limited to those on our email list, so make sure you're on it if you want to be notified).

***CHAPTERS:***

Finding your Motivation 01:52
- Using Negative Motivation to Your Advantage 03:02
- The Importance of Urgency 05:45

Easy Ways to Immerse Yourself 06:32
- Short vs. Long Study Sessions 06:58
- Simple Ways to Start Immersing Yourself In The Language 07:18

Portuguese Music 10:34

Apps, Websites, and Tools 10:54
- Reading News in Portuguese 11:08
- Portuguese Video Content Online 12:12
- Dictionary iOS/Android 13:05
- Verb Conjugations 16:23
- Flashcards App 14:31
- Mobile Learning Apps 15:14

How to Check Your Vocabulary Lists With Linguee 16:20

Special Announcement! 20:33

[TheLearningLounge]

The joy of what you do and who you are together makes this work, and makes learning European Portuguese more fun 🙂

[peachesandoreo]

Ha ha, yes, #1 way to integrate European Portuguese into your life is to marry a Portuguese native. Did that several years ago. my wife speaks better English than most native Americans, really. You all are right, so many Portuguese speak English so well it is too easy for people like me to not have even bothered to learn Portuguese. Now it is my turn to learn her language. I definitely have motivating factors, such as being able to speak with her parents and become more like a local and less like a permanent tourist. I want to earn my Portuguese citizenship so I must learn the language.


You two guys work really well together and seem to have a great friendship. I am very thankful to have found you all as offering up European Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese educational sources are everywhere. My wife and I expect a fair amount of Portuguese natives have a certain amount of dislike for hearing Brazilian Portuguese spoken. I didn't want to waste much time in learning to speak in the wrong dialect and using "wrong" words. Thanks guys.

[NotSoNaturalLife]

love your channel. I've been waiting for this video! it's tough to find European Portuguese tools. Thanks guys!

[zuchs]

Ahhh this was amazing... I am currently taking my first Portuguese class. I am struggling... I will be moving to Portugal in about 4 years. My husband is Portuguese, my family now has their citizenship's now I need to get mine.. I have to be able to speak the language when I go to the consulate. It shows I am being part of the community. As well it is important to be able to know the language if I'm moving there! These tools will help so much and your videos are a great addition to my class ! Keep up what you doing.. amazing.

[victoriaoliveira]

Thank you guys for all the amazing content on youtube and podcasts! It is so difficult to find quality European Portuguese lessons and you guys are by far the best!

[Olivias]

I've been looking for a YouTube channel like this for almost 2 years and I can't believe I stumbled upon this gem thank you so much for providing this on YouTube. This will definitely help me along the way in learning European Portuguese specifically.

[margaretezhang]

As an English and a Portuguese learner, this is what I've been looking for, both Canadian English and European Portuguese are on my language learning list!

[rinasuslin]

Listened and watched this before. Finally changed my phone settings to Português! Hooray!

[vkmaud]

You guys are amazing and giving such a great contribution for European Portuguese Language learners. And please keep doing your beautiful work more and more. Muito Obrigado!!!!

[labtechsuperstar]

I went to Lisbon last year and before leaving I took a Pimsleur course. I really enjoyed it and it helped give me at least a very basic vocabulary for getting around town (hello, how much?, where is the bathroom?, etc). The European Portuguese was the 2nd Pimsleur course I took (previously did Czech) and I had good success with it. Then last month I had a stopover in Lisbon - on board TAP to get there and I watched all your videos. They were great because not only did they refresh what I had previously learned, but I got the visual/reading element. Pimsleur teaches you by listening and repeating only. (Which helps a lot with pronunciation). Thanks for all you do!

[lindabotelho]

Muito obrigada Rui and Joel. I had missed out some of the important points the first time, I went through the video in connection with Tips and Tools for learning Portuguese. I have already gone through Video-2, connected with Open &Closed Vowel Sounds. You took a lot of trouble in preparing the material for Video-2. I have to go through Video- three times more as it involves a lot of careful time study.The Tips and Tools for Learning Portuguese and the surprising but pleasant announcement -- Introducing The Practice Portuguese Learning School-- is indeed what we were looking forward to. Que Deus abençoe vocês, Rui e Joel.Muitissimo obrigada. 👌🏾👌🏾👏👏👏🙏🙏

[Kanakatak]

I love you two. I just found you and I just love your videos. We want to move to Portugal but I am the only one learning, so you both being here feels like support!

[coachdinka]

My boyfriend is Portuguese, I'm Hungarian and we live in Belgium.
I absolutely LOVE learning new languages, but before finding Practice Portuguese I was pretty stuck, and later I found out that most of the stuff I learned was actually Brazilian...
I'm so very happy that I found you guys! Please keep up the amazing work! I enjoy the course very much!
And even my boyfriend learns new things about his own language from it every day... He was very impressed with the vowel pronunciation chart. For native speakers is often hard to explain certain things about their own language.

[mczelgt]

Até recentemente descobriu seu canal que é ótimo porque é difícil encontrar um site com bom conteúdo de Português de Portugal. Os recursos que vocês recomendam ja usei e são muito úteis. Quero agradecer pelo grande esforço e trabalho de vocês. Parabéns!

[lovesdaisies]

I signed up for your learning studio! I realize I'm a little late to the game her. I hope that your site is successful!

[tylerschroeder]

DROPS!! It's an app that I used to begin learning Mainland Portuguese, it is SO GOOD!! It mostly teaches you nouns or short phrases, but it is super useful.
ALSO, I love you guys. Thank you so much for taking so much time to do this for everyone.

[grahamsax]

Love 'Meet the Natives' in the Memrise European Portuguese course

[kellyhoi]

Your tips are great motivations! Really really appreciate you guys' efforts in making all these useful videos and podcasts for European Portuguese learners. Muito obrigada! :)

[mariateresapascualmoya]

Obrigada e muito pelos vossos tips de aprendizagem muito interessantes que fazem um approach muito interessante e ameno ao português europeu e também muito obrigada pela vossa companhia, pois estudo sozinha e muitas horas sem escuitar ninguém, obrigada e muitos bons resultados!

[brecheezer]

Those negative motivators you mentioned are real! Thank you for mentioning them. Those little tasks, over time, can cause a lot of anxiety if you can't speak the language and can make you feel very isolated (I speak from experience unfortunately). My next move to Portugal, probably this year, and I don't want to repeat the same mistake there.