So far I feel my learning of the Portuguese has progressed in certain areas and has not in others. In terms of learning to speak the language I don’t feel as though I have had much progression. I have had a lot of time learning the vocabulary as duo lingo has helped me quite a bit with that, however, in terms of formulating sentences I feel like I have no progressed at all. I can only create pre-made sentences such as Hello, my name is Oliver. I have no idea as far grammar and the structure of the language. Something that has helped me though is my Capoeira class. Since I am taking my Capoeira class this semester as well, I have found that by singing the songs we learn in class I am learning and improving my Portuguese. On the other hand, once again songs are pre-made sentences, so I still do not have any idea as far as the grammar of the language of sentence formulation. Capoeira has also helped me learn a lot about Portuguese and the roots of the Portuguese language in Brazil. In terms of my learning goal of learning to speak Portuguese and speak about soccer, I have learned a lot of soccer vocabulary. Such as bola, passe, futbol. These words mean ball, pass, and soccer. However, although I know these words I do not feel as though I would be able to hold a conversation about the game as I cannot formulate sentences. I also have no idea how to conjugate verbs. I know infinitive versions of verbs as they are part of the vocabulary such as passer, which means to pass, but I do not know how to say “pass it to me”, or use the verbs I have learned in context. I can however, listen to commentary and conversations about soccer as I can recognize standard vocabulary about soccer. I feel as though this has come about from me watching and listening to soccer commentary in Portuguese. As of right now I feel that videos about soccer in Portuguese has been the most useful tool when learning Portuguese, as by watching the videos, and hearing the commentators repeat similar words repeatedly, has allowed me to decipher which words mean what in terms of soccer. It has also taught me a few slang words that are used in soccer. This is something I feel I would not be able to learn in a class or out of a book. In terms of tools to improve my learning experience I feel as though it would be nice to have a book to explain the standard format of sentence to me. Also, it would be nice if that book could explain how to conjugate verbs in different tenses, and any irregular conjugations. Another cool learning tool would be to speak or even actually play soccer with someone who spoke Portuguese.
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