Description: These exciting short stories are designed for English speakers who are learning Portuguese. They feature classic short tales, with dual-language text in Portuguese and English. Now with hand-drawn ink illustrations.
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Portuguese Bilingual Bridge: Classic Science Fiction Stories for Beginners offers a unique way to practice reading Portuguese. With the side-by-side bilingual writing, you'll never be lost again. You don't need to leave the book to look up a word, interrupting the story.
This easy and low-pressure approach adapts well to incremental improvement. You'll be pleased and surprised at how much less you look at the English side by the end of the third story!
These Portuguese stories for language learners have been adapted specifically for those reading at beginner to intermediate levels, mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
In this book you will find:
- Three classic and beloved science fiction stories, shortened and adapted to simple language:
- Frankenstein
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
- War of the Worlds
- A variety of tenses, to allow you to practice past, present, and future conjugations
- Accessible grammar and sentence structures, designed for beginner language learners
- Hand-drawn illustrations (not AI)
- Manual translations by a professional translator (not AI)
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By learning through reading fun short stories with translations, you will naturally pick up a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures without ever feeling frustrated and stuck. Enjoy the ease of reading for pleasure in Portuguese!