portuguese class

Check out our Picture Gallery from Aula Viva!

We had our premier Aula Viva this past Saturday and to our delight it was a great success! The students were fully engaged in working hard and totally willing to learn and have fun. What a wonderful time Larissa and I had with the students. We worked long and hard to create this unique experience for students of Portuguese and we were rewarded by the outstanding feedback that we received. READ MORE>

I recently published a post on Brazilian desserts and there I mentioned Brigadeiro. Well, now the whole Street Smart Brazil team has gotten together to show you how to cook Brigadeiro! And, yes, we ate it all at the end :) Continue reading for our video. READ MORE>

Today I will answer your questions about the use of the word muito. Students often feel confused with muito. When is it just muito and when does it have a plural and a feminine?

I will organize my answer in three parts.

1) When muito means “very” it does not vary. Check out these examples: READ MORE>

I was writing a forum entry in response to Street Smart Brazil members Species and Jim when I realized this would be a delicious blog post. The question I am trying to answer is: "What desserts are native to Pernambuco?" Beware: By entering this post you are making yourself vulnerable to mouth-watering and stomach-growling experiences. READ MORE>