Portuguese
This page contains links to cultural resources in Portuguese.
Ads
- A searchable database of ads from around the world (search by country, industry, media/type of ad--audio/print/video, etc.)
Audio
- Very nice database of mp3 recordings in a variety of languages (Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Corse, English, French, German, Italian, Occitan, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, etc.) categorized by topic and searchable by language, level, gender, age, and length (Shared by Amy Lenord)
- Database of video clips in which native speakers from Brazil and Portugal complete various tasks in Portuguese. (Not culturally authentic)
- Unscripted conversations on a variety of topics with native speakers in Portuguese (semi-authentic)
- Links to culturally authentic materials in a variety of languages, including Brazilian and European Portuguese
- This site contains different people with a lot of different accents telling about their lives and personal experiences in Portuguese [Shared by Sylvia Juhas]
- This blog in Portuguese organizes posts about groups of TEDx talks in Portuguese on various topics and includes YouTube links to many of the talks.
Children's Literature
- Collection of videos in which native speakers narrate animated children's stories. The words appear on the screen as subtitles that are highlighted as they are spoken. Not all stories shared are culturally authentic.
- This site has many books from Brazilian authors. As students read the books they pass levels, and when they finish reading one book they have some interpretative questions to answer about their reading. [Contributed by Heloyse Rossi]
- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online
- Collection of stories from around the world in both English and the target language including many less commonly taught languages
Comics (Titles shared by Patricia Baialuna de Andrade)
- Online digital version of the comic with page turning sounds (Alternate site)
[LIBRAS] Chico Bento - Vários episódios | Turma da Mônica - Animated version of the comic book in Portuguese, with a sign language interpreter in the corner
O Clone do Visconde | Sítio do Picapau amarelo | This Brazilian cartoon explores a lot of Brazilian folklore and culture. The episodes are not too long and my students really enjoy them. [Contributed by Heloyse Rossi]
- A collection of videos from this animated cartoon on YouTube [Shared by Jessica Bell-Aver]
- YouTube channel filled with animated versions of the comics in Portuguese [Shared by Patricia Baialuna de Andrade & Jessica Bell-Aver]
Titles of other popular comics:
Horácio e seus amigos dinossauros
Super Almanaque do Mauricio
Horácio e seus amigos dinossauros
Super Almanaque do Mauricio
Cultural Comparisons / Culture
Dollar Street - Use the dropdown menus on this incredible site to choose countries and topics for comparison based on socioeconomic level. Your selections will bring up photos of whatever you chose from the countries you selected. The site contains many common everyday objects, people, and situations (e.g., adding spices to food while cooking, alarm clocks, answering phones, arm watches, armchairs, backyards, bathrooms, bedrooms, beds, bikes, boats, books, bowls, brushing hair, brushing teeth, car keys, carrying water, cars, ceilings, chickens, child rooms, chopping food, cleaning equipment, cleaning floors, closing the front door, computers, cooking, cooking pots, cooking utensils, cups, cutlery, diapers, dinner guests, disability aid, dish brushes, dish racks, dishwashing soaps, dishwashers, doing dishes, drinking water, drying clothes, drying dishes, earings, eating, everyday shoes, families, family snapshots, favorite home decorations, favorite items in kitchen, floors, freezers, get water, glasses, go through mail, goats, grains, guest beds, hairbrushes, hallways, handwashing, hands, and so forth.
Cultural information in English, accompanied by a collection of short video clips filmed with native speakers in the 1990s. Some are interviews with native speakers in Portuguese, others demonstrate various cultural practices in cultural settings from Angola and Brazil. Topics include communication, shopping, social life, and transportation. Materials in a variety of other languages are also included on the site (shared by Lori Langer de Ramirez)
Documentaries
Games
Images
- Hundreds of free images related to the culture of the Portuguese-speaking world (search for Brazil, Portugual, Portuguese, etc.)
- Searchable database of high quality, professional, royalty-free images including many culturally authentic images from around the Spanish-speaking world
Infographics
- Article is in English, but infographics are in Portuguese
- Pinterest board with a collection of Infographics in Portuguese about design, social media, and technology
- Pinterest board with a selection of infographics in Portuguese about the World Cup in Brazil.
- Pinterest board containing infographics in Portuguese about social media and social media use in Portuguese-speaking countries
- Pinterest board containing infographics in Portuguese on topics such as creativity, family, leadership, technology, and work
Infographics in World Languages: Portuguese - A Pinterest collection of infographics in Portuguese by Leslie Grahn
- Pinterest board containing infographics in Portuguese on a diverse array of topics
Informational Texts
- Magazine and newspaper sites, categorized by country and topic, from 200 countries around the world
Database of educational materials in Castellano, Catalán, English, Euskera, Gallego, and Portuguese. Materials are organized by grade level, age, topic, subject area, language, etc.
- A collection of front pages from today's newspapers from around the world
- A map that plots the locations of newspapers from around the world--can be filtered by language (Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) or location.
Interviews
Cultural Interviews with International Business Executives - A collection of interviews in Portuguese about business negotiation tactics (similar collections are also available in Chinese, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, & Turkish). Bonus interviews include information on a host cultural topics from daily life.
- Interviews in Portuguese about the importance of spatial awareness and the role that space plays in classrooms
Literature (See also Children's Literature)
- Digital library offers an extensive collection of texts and digital exhibitions in Portuguese
- Latin American Network Information Center - Extensive list of texts in Spanish & Portuguese (organized by country and subject area)
- Free books in the public domain that are available in text and audio formats
- A collection of books, e-books, and other texts in a wide variety of languages. Use the advanced search feature to find texts in Portuguese.
Magazines
- Magazine and newspaper sites, categorized by country and topic, from 200 countries around the world, including the Portuguese-speaking world
- A magazine devoted to celebrity and fashion in Portuguese
- A news magazine from Portugal
- Interesting magazine from Brazil that reports on science news, as well as cultural and historical topics in Portuguese
- Weekly news magazine in Portuguese
- Children's version of a news magazine from Brazil in Portuguese
Memes
Authentic Text: Portuguese Memes & Quotes - A Pinterest collection from Leslie Grahn
Music
- Song lyrics to songs that are currently popular in Brazil
- Culturally authentic songs organized by continent, country, holidays, and language. This particular link will take you to all of the offerings in Portuguese from different countries around the Portuguese-speaking world
News
- Well-known newspaper in Portugal
- Well-known newspaper in Brazil
- Links to newspapers from around the world, including Portguese-speaking countries
- A collection of front pages from today's newspapers from around the world
- A map that plots the locations of newspapers from around the world--can be filtered by language (Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
- Extremely brief news stories in Portuguese
- News from around the Portuguese-speaking world, including Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, & Timor
- Newspapers of the Afro-Brazilian social movement
Poetry
A database of poems in a very wide variety of languages (including Portuguese) that can be filtered by country, language, or poet. Each poem is read aloud and accompanied by biographical information about the author. Translations to numerous languages are provided as well.
- Library of poetry in Spanish & Portuguese, read aloud by the authors and others (Search by country to see poems read in Portguese from both Brazil and Portugal).
Realia & Signs
Resources & Other Print Texts in Portuguese
- This short article in Portuguese describes Paulo Freire's thoughts on the importance of literacy.
- This extremely short article discusses the importance of literacy for Brazilians in Portguese
- A collection of books, e-books, and other texts in a wide variety of languages. Use the advanced search feature to find texts in Portuguese.
Songs
Letras (Terra) - A Brazilian website that contains the lyrics to a variety of popular songs [Shared by Magali Spiker]
- Songs, music videos, and other cartoons in Portuguese [Shared by Jessica Bell-Aver]
Videos
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- Public service announcement in Portuguese designed as part of a campaign to increase literacy in Brazil.
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- An award-winning video in Portuguese submitted to a film festival by a paint company
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- Woman describes in Portuguese 5 books about strong women
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- Very comprehensible video in Portuguese that shows how to make a soup, with text regarding key ingredients in the recipe appearing on the screen in Portuguese
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- Karaoke-like video of the song A Doida by Seu Jorge in Portuguese
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Pedagogical Resources
Blogs
Phenomenal site filled with creative, practical, proficiency-oriented ideas for world language teaching and learning
Excellent resources for building, tracking, and assessing proficiency by Amy Lenord
Excellent materials for building, assessing, and tracking proficiency from Alyssa Villareal
Materials grounded in the CI approach.
Information
- Instructions for conducting an affinity diagram activity
Handouts from an ACTFL 2010 presentation that contain a comic analysis worksheet form, a comic creation worksheet that asks students to analyze complementarity, contrast, and redundant relationships among images and text, lesson plans, project rubrics, and more
- A PowerPoint presentation from an ACTFL session that contains loads of great examples for engaging students with culturally authentic texts in pedagogically sound ways
Instructional Materials
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- Magazine available in English and the language of your choice. Each issue is organized around a conceptual theme. Excellent visuals make great bulletin board material if you buy these in your local bookstore instead of viewing online. CAUTION: Much of the material in these magazines is NOT appropriate for classroom use, so teachers should preview and select carefully.
- World-wide statistics on energy, environment, food, government and economy, health, population, technology, and water in Spanish that update in real time
- Search for educational videos in Portuguese