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Like Brazilian Food? Enjoy these great resources and improve your Portuguese

Like Brazilian Food? Enjoy these great resources and improve your Portuguese

posted on April 28, 2017

Brazilian food - Moqueca

Social media posts about Brazilian food always generate great engagement. Of course, right? Who can resist a good pão de queijo or a beautiful moqueca dish?

Have you been using your love of Brazilian food to improve your Portuguese? You should!

Most English speakers who have a Brazilian partner use English to communicate. In my experience, when you start a relationship in one language, it’s challenging to switch to the other. So I hear many people saying that they wish they had more opportunity to practice Portuguese with their loved ones.

Plan a dinner date in Portuguese

Here’s what you can do. Plan a dinner date in Portuguese. You can go to a Brazilian restaurant or cook at home. The food doesn’t even have to be Brazilian. The trick is to reserve a couple of hours to intentionally speak Portuguese. Having a plan and knowing that it’s an exercise that will only last for a couple of hours will help reduce the impulse to switch to English.

Use your love of cooking to learn Portuguese

If you like cooking, pick some great recipes and use them to your advantage. Learn about local ingredients and cooking techniques as a way to immerse yourself in the Brazilian culture and learn new vocabulary. Invite your Brazilian friends to come over and try your dishes. Make it fun by challenging each one of them to teach you a new word,  expression, or cultural tip as their ticket to dinner. The goal is to have a good time and to speak some Portuguese. Of course enjoying great Brazilian food doesn’t hurt 😉

I’ll make it easier for you. Below are a few great books of Brazilian recipes and culinary traditions. Now get to work and take the opportunity to improve your Portuguese 🙂

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Luciana Lage

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Luciana Lage founded Street Smart Brazil drawing on her passion for Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Luciana has also taught Portuguese at University of California, Berkeley, and currently teaches at the University of San Francisco.

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