Tricks for Learning Brazilian Portuguese from Kevin Porter

Kevin Porter's website on expatriating successfully to Brazil, Live in Brazil, has quite a few gems in the form of tips and resources for Brazilian Portuguese learners.

Consisting mainly of tricks gleaned from Kevin's personal journey to becoming fluent, LiveinBrazil.org has some very helpful reads for newbie learners of Brazil's unique variety of Portuguese.

In addition to his personal Brazilian language hacks, Kevin points out a variety of websites and tools that learners will find very useful, including where to get lyrics for Brazilian songs - a great way to immerse yourself in the culture and sing your way to fluency.

Persian Writing System

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Persian which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Persian language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Persian to English.

Discover the Persian Language

If you're learning Persian you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well as loads of information on grammar, linguistics, history, diaspora and general language structure.

All of this and more is available in Wikipedia's Persian entry. There are also some interesting links at the bottom which take you to further resources to explore and learn about the language of modern day Iran as well as Tajikstan and Afghanistan.

Don't Miss the Persian Language Category Page

Finnish Writing System

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Finnish which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.

Sample texts + sound recordings

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Finnish language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Finnish to English.

More Finnish Android Apps than you can Handle!

Anyone with an Android gadget most likely knows about Google Play, as it's become the go-to source for Android apps. That said, I wanted to point out a pre-defined search on the Google Play website that allows users to view available apps for learning Finnish.

Check reviews of apps to narrow down selection

Finnish is one language for which there is no shortage of apps to discover, test and use. This is a good thing, but it can also be daunting. Apps with good reviews (and lots of them) are generally a good place to start.

Some free apps, some paid

Free App and Dozens of Online Finnish Games

Internet Polyglot offers fun and free games for learning basic Finnish vocabulary online. They also offer free Finnish apps for Android and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch).

Similar to digital flashcards + audio

There are currently over forty lessons available in tutorial, guessing, typing, matching and mix formats. These Finnish educational games are similar to learning with flashcards, with the added benefit of audio for pronunciation along with the fun of being able to mix and match the game experience.

Free iOS + Android app

More Czech Android Apps than you can Handle!

Anyone with an Android gadget most likely knows about Google Play, as it's become the go-to source for Android apps. That said, I wanted to point out a pre-defined search on the Google Play website that allows users to view available apps for learning Czech.

Czech is one language for which there is no shortage of apps to discover, test and use. This is a good thing, but it can also be daunting. Apps with good reviews (and lots of them) are generally a good place to start.

Czech Writing System

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Czech which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Czech language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Czech to English.

Dutch Writing System

Omniglot.com has an informative page about Dutch which gives an overview of the language, the alphabet and writing system in general.

Sample texts and sound recordings of the Dutch language are provided in this resource. Other materials include a sample translation from Dutch to English.