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I'm a Brazilian and a have a lot of friends that studied in standard English schools, as I also did.
So, I realized that the first thing they want is to teach grammar, but I disagree with this method, mainly because when I was a kid and started to learn Portuguese I didn't know grammar or to read.
Many people here in Brazil, studied for years in standard English schools, but they don't know to make a sentence or they don't feel confident to talk in English with a foreigner.
I think the most effective method to learn a new language is to study how to pronounce the words and to make some sentences using the easier verb tenses.
Some days ago I started to help an Iranian to learn Portuguese and I asked him to start speaking only the easier tenses, and it's working. I hope he starts to speak Portuguese soon.
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Language for foreigners
I'm a Brazilian and a have a lot of friends that studied in standard English schools, as I also did.So, I realized that the first thing they want is to teach grammar, but I disagree with this method, mainly because when I was a kid and started to learn Portuguese I didn't know grammar or how to read.
Many people here in Brazil, studied for years in standard English schools, but they don't know to make a sentence or they don't feel confident to talk in English with a foreigner.
I think the most effective method to learn a new language is to study how to pronounce the words and to make some sentences using the easier verb tenses.
Some days ago I started to help an Iranian to learn Portuguese and I asked him to start speaking only the easier tenses, and it's working. I hope he starts to speak Portuguese soon.
Your English is good. I don't normally see almost perfect essays.
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Language for foreigners
I'm Brazilian and I have a lot of friends that studied in standard English schools, as I also did.So I realised that the first thing they want to teach is grammar, but I disagree with this approach, mainly because when I was a kid and started to learn Portuguese I didn't know any grammar or how to read.
Many people here in Brazil, study for years in standard English schools, but they don't know how to make a sentence or they don't feel confident to talk in English with foreigners.
I think the most effective method to learn a new language, is to study how to pronounce the words and create sentences using the easier verb tenses.
Some days ago I started to help an Iranian **Man** to learn Portuguese. I asked him to start speaking only using the easier tenses and it's working. I hope he starts to speak Portuguese soon.
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Hi Tom, thanks for your comment and good luck on your learning.
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I agree. Proper pronunciation and basic vocabulary should be most important building blocks for starters in any language. If you can say and hear the words correctly, you can increase your vocabulary rapidly and be much more confident with it.
Of course, in the long run, grammar is essential to form comprehensible and proper sentences, but I think it's very hard to learn grammar rules when you can hardly understand the words or when you can't put them into context.
I started learning Mandarin recently. Arguably, pronunciation is the most important part of the language. In fact, I have not learned any grammar yet. I only know basic words and sentences. Then again, I don't think it would be possible to learn it otherwise, but I believe this could be a good approach to any new language.
Good luck!
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