Portuguese or Português or lingua portuguesa is a romance language, that emerged from the northern regions of Portugal and expanded throughout Brazil, Africa and other areas of the globe, discoveries & through Reconquista in South Portugal. European Union, American State, African Union and Lusophone countries use it as their official language. The 272.9M speakers accredit Portugal to hold the title of being the fifth most spoken language in the world. While Portuguese maybe the Western hemisphere’s third language most spoken language, it is a language spoken extensively in the South hemisphere
Let’s now see how you can learn the Portuguese language through online conversations.
Online conversations have become an excellent method of learning languages ever since the pandemic took over the entire world. Some individuals prefer conversing with others in order to learn the speaking skills of the language. Do not underestimate a good conversation. A good conversation requires practice and excellence in speaking skills. There are many aspects that fall under speaking skills. For example, having a good control on your vocabulary, being well-versed with the basic grammar required, understanding sentence formation as well as knowing when to use a slang or a phrase. These are some minor details that you might overlook while considering mastering a language but actually play a huge role in the same.
Learning a language through online conversations is almost like immersing yourself in the language. As you might have heard, immersion is the toughest method of learning the language yet the most effective method of doing the same. Immersing basically includes an individual who travels to the country where the preferred language is spoken the most, and lives there among the natives. Here, the individual is forced to converse in the language, understand the language and read the language. They learn it in the most natural manner possible. Learning language through online conversations is quite similar yet has an aspect of comfort to it. The aspect of comfort essentially is the comfort of your household where you can make a couple of mistakes here and there, yet not be embarrassed about it as there is a native on the other side to help you. When an individual decides to learn a language especially like Portuguese through online conversations, I always suggest searching for a native speaker to practice speaking skills well. A native is well aware of how to deal with those who do not understand the language.
They are also well aware of what are the important details that you might need in order to master the same skill. They are also going to be much forgiving as they are going to appreciate the fact that you are learning their language. Of course, at the end of the day, it all depends on you. A native, a guide or maybe another student could help you out as much as they can, but how much you grasp still depends on you. Therefore, even during online conversations, you need to pay close attention to what the other person is saying and how they’re saying it.
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During the Age of Exploration, Portugal’s sailors were among the first in the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Asia to navigate remote areas in Portugal following attempts to colonise new countries and, as a result, Portuguese became extensively diffused worldwide. The principal mother tongue of Brazil is Portuguese besides Portugal. It is the lingua franca, of former Portuguese colonies in Africa, including Mozambique, Angola, Cape Green, Guiné Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe. In the Asian regions such Macao, East Timor and Goa that were Portuguese colonies until the second half of 20th century.