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Hi! My name is Amity and I live in the northeastern US (closest big city is across the border in Montréal, Canada). I started learning Portuguese when I joined a community samba band 12 years ago and quickly fell in love with the culture, language, and especially the music of Brazil. My goal is to become conversational so I can communicate with Brazilians in my music community and be comfortable traveling to Brazil someday to learn more. I would love to know how to avoid the feeling of panic when someone speaks to me too quickly! :)

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Portuguese

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EnglishNative

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	Last month	Last 3 months	All time
Completed lessons	4	9	62
Attendance rate	100%	90%	98%

Teacher reviews

Rafael Leite

Portuguese

Mar 26, 2022

Amity é uma excelente estudante e extremamente dedicada!

Getulio Tamid

English

May 3, 2021

Muito obrigado pela oportunidade de te conhecer e ver sua paixão pelo idioma e pelo Brasil!

Guilherme

Portuguese

Apr 29, 2021

Obrigado Amity pela conversa super alto astral. Foi incrível saber sua relação linda com o português e a cultura brasileira. Parabéns pela pronúncia excelente e vamos continuar praticando. Até a próxima!

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A Person Should Make an Important Decision Alone, Part 1
A person should make an important decision alone, because he should be responsible for himself. I believe the more important the decision is, the more important (or the better) it is for him to make it himself. I have three reasons to support my point of view.

First, usually people have different opinions about the same thing. If you ask for advice from parents, friends or colleagues, unsurprisingly you will find that they will give you a variety of suggestions, and sometimes even totally contradictory advice. So who will you listen to? That's hard to decide. For example, my mother once planned to set up a clothes company. After hearing advice from her husband, parents, sisters and even neighbours, she decided it was not worth it to do business. Finally she gave up and missed a golden opportunity to make money. To this day she regrets the lost chance.

The more people you consult, the more hesitant you will be. Of course, some people will benefit from collecting information from others, because that will help them consider things thoroughly and make a wiser decision. However, when they come to the process for making a decision, especially an important one, they should do it themselves.

Nice work, Lily!
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December 2, 2017
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I LOVE CURITIBA BUT I IMAGINE LIVING IN PARIS
Hello. My name is Sheila and I live in Curitiba. I love Curitiba but I imagine dream of living in Paris. Paris is very beautiful, but Curitiba has its charms. Curitiba has more trees than Paris. But Paris is brighter than Curitiba. The two have their cold weather, but Curtiba gains in instability, Not sure what you mean here. Maybe "Curitiba is becoming more politically unstable..." ? something that everyone who is from Curitiba understands. Curitiba has snow more rarely than Paris, and the snow in Paris is more intense than Curitiba. It snows more often in Paris, and the winter there is more intense (or colder, or longer, or the snow is deeper?) The Eiffel Tower is more interesting and beautiful than the tallest towers in Curitiba. in compensation In comparison, the parks of Curitiba are the most beautiful and flowery in the world. Curitiba and Paris are very often visited, but the city most visited and dreamed of is Paris. Bye.

Nice work Sheila!
"I imagine living..." is correct but it is more common to say "I dream of living..." when you have a desire to live there, even if it is just in your imagination :) Let me know if any of my other corrections are unclear!
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November 16, 2017
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[I extended to come back to my home. 105 ]
Would you mind correcting my essay? If you were me, how would
you go about writing it?
Which part should I describe in detail? I hope my explanations are clear. I hope you can understand them.

I found a few more things to correct :) Nice job!

I’d been in Hokkaido last September traveling for six days. My itinerary would have four days tripping , but I couldn’t go back to my home, due to the biggest typhoon. I was careless and unexpected didn't expect it. Usually, in Japan, most of the typhoons come to July, August and September.

I predicted to that the typhoon wouldn’t come Hokkaido area that days, however it came that.
I’d say that when you plan to visit Japan these seasons, you should have some insurances for the airplane. If you have one, you can take the instead of the airplane ticket, the staying place and some allowance. If you have it, you can get a hotel room and some spending money to compensate for the plane ticket. (This is how I understood this sentence)

Recently, we couldn’t expect the any kinds of disasters( typhoon, flood, Forest fire and etc)all of the world. We may prepare to move when it come to our places in the future.
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November 10, 2017
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Why People Learn Languages
Many times I find myself asking why people decide to learn a new language. Some do this because they want a good job; others to look like a smarter guy or even for passion, and the list goes on. It doesn't matter why you learn, for all you want is to achieve your goal. But what we don't see is that the language we learn connects us with the world (people). We better understand people's culture, way of life, even feelings. The hHuman nature becomes more clear to us. Don't you agree? Despite differences, we face each other as equal. Stop and think for a while: why are we talking on italki plataform even though we never met before? The answer probably is: the language. The language makes us look familiar and draws us close.
From today on please remember: whenever you learn 1 word in a foreign tongue you're actually discovering the world and meeting new people.

Thanks for reading.

NOTE: Feel free to correct any mistake.
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November 9, 2017
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