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Portuguese is the 7th most widely spoken language in the world (following Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi, Bengali and Arabic). Portuguese and Spanish are also the fastest growing after English and Portuguese has the highest potential for growth as an international language in South America and Southern Africa. UNESCO estimates Portuguese speaking countries will have 335 million people buy 2050! The biggest country where Portuguese is a native language is Brazil which is one of the major growing world economies.

We have designed a syllabus for Brazilian Portuguese which provides a balanced mixture of the important elements of learning a language. Whatever the reason for you learning - work or pleasure - we will help you to become communicative. Teachers use a variety of materials, including text books, audio-visual and the web. They will also cover more formal aspects of language - grammar and wherever possible in practical situations so you can understand how language is used. You will have homework every week.

The minimum age for our Foreign Language courses is 17 unless otherwise notified.

Brazilian Portuguese group classes have a maximum of 14 students. Programmes run consecutively so there is the opportunity for continuous training, allowing you to progress and move up to a higher level once a course is finished.

Deciding where to learn Portuguese is not necessarily easy, but we are one of the biggest Language Schools in London and have many many years experience. You can call us anytime between 9am and 8pm.

If you have the time and would like to study in Brazil or Portugal we can help you with some great schools.

Courses are designed to follow the Council of Europe syllabus. This is essentially a list of different things you should be able to do in the language, and by looking at the table below you can get an idea of how long it might take you. The focus in all languages we teach is to get you using the language. If you would like to have more detailed information please get in touch.

Council of Europe Level	Group level at UIC	Length of Course	Summary of what will be covered in the course
A1	Beginner	20 hours	Greetings, Asking and giving personal information, The alphabet, Numbers, Talking about interests, Telling the time, Expressing likes and dislikes, Informal invitations, Restaurant / Food, The three conjugations in present tense: -ar, -er, -ir, Verbs Ser and Estar (to be), Prepositions.
	Beginner Plus	20 hours	Asking for directions, Shopping, Asking prices, Describing a city, Holidays, Touristic attractions, Brazilian Culture, Numbers over 100, Irregular Verbs: ficar, fazer, ser, ir, abrir, preferir, Prepositions.
	Elementary	20 hours	Booking a room in a hotel, Describing a house or a flat, Talking about daily routine, Describing daily and past events, Talking about festivities, Brazilian Culture, The Past tense, Irregular verbs, Personal pronouns, Adverbs of Time
A2	Pre Intermediate	20 hours	Describing people, Talking about physical and emotional states, Talking about health, Discussing work and employment issues, Expressing agreement and disagreement, Expressing likes and dislikes, The Present Tense, The Present Continuous, The Past Tense, Irregular Verbs.
	Low Intermediate	20 hours	For more details about higher levels please contact us

We teach Portuguese at several different levels - from Complete Beginners up Advanced. Our levels progress as follows:

Beginner

Elementary

Pre Intermediate

Low Intermediate

Intermediate

Upper Intermediate

Advanced

It is important for us that you join the appropriate level. If you have been in contact with Portuguese before, we will need to find out your level. As your speaking and writing level might not be the same, you will have to take our online test and also a quick speaking assessment with one of our teachers. Speaking and communicating is very important in our classes, so it is important that we speak to you in Portuguese. If you are not a complete beginner and you want to try a lesson to see if it is the appropriate level for you, we can also organise this.

Any questions, or if you would just like to chat about the levels or what goes on in the class, please get in touch.

Learning a language is in many ways just like learning anything, it is best done if you have a teacher who has the experience, skills and resources to help you. At UIC we have the experience to help you achieve your goals - whether you want Portuguese for a holiday or for professional reasons we can help you get there.

UIC is a language school in the centre of London - we currently teach 9 different languages including English to around 500 people a week. We are accredited by the British Council and ISI (the private school equivalent of OFSTED) and are one of a very few schools - perhaps the only private language school - who have their Foreign Language teaching inspected. We are also an award winning school, we are the only language school in the world to have won both of the major awards - the STAR Language School in Europe (voted on by travel agents worldwide) and the British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching.

So, great location, award winning, accredited and inspected and we directly employ and manage not only all the teachers but also the buildings and the curriculum.

UIC is London's Language School