BRASA University of Oregon

05/10/2016

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/portuguese-worlds-seventh-most-spoken-language

In the seventh of our series, Paula Boyce, who’s lived in Rio de Janeiro for over two decades, examines Portuguese.

05/06/2016

A little bit about the historical background of the Portuguese language around the world!

04/26/2016

http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/learning-portuguese-is-first-step-to-working-in-brazil

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While there are a handful of multi-national jobs that surround a foreign employee with English speakers, the vast majority of Brazilians naturally speak and work in Portuguese. In a challenging business environment, as the country has long…

02/21/2016

From Yamada Language Center at University of Oregon:

日本語は以下をご覧ください

It's 5:00 pm on the Thursday after Carnaval. Where is your Brazilian Portuguese instructor? Well, if it's Bené Santos and Simone daSilva, it's not on their way home after a long day of classes. Nor are their students. No, they're all at Global Scholars Hall (GSH) for a special presentation on the dances and food that make Brazil's celebration of Carnival known throughout the world. While Bené gave a bilingual presentation to her students and guests about the customs, costumes and dances of Recife (fevo), Salvador (pipoca), and Rio (samba), Simone was upstairs in the GSH making a special batch of pão de queijo (bread rolls made with cheese and cassava flour). Of course, everyone had a great time! And, as happens so often in language study, a world that sometimes seems so far away and strange becomes a little more understandable and inviting.

木曜日の午後17時、ブラジル人のポルトガル語の教師はどこにいるでしょう？Bené Santos先生とSimone daSilva先生は、帰宅ではなく、学生達に特別なカーニバルに関するレッスンを教えました。普通のレッスンと違い、ブラジルの特殊な踊りと食料について発表していただきました。Santos先生はポルトガル語も英語でカーニバルの習慣、コスチュームと３つの伝統的な踊り（レシフェのfevo、サルヴァドールのpipocaとリオのsamba）を紹介しました。その間にdaSilva先生がGSHのキチンでpão de queijo（ポン・デ・ケイジョ）という料理を作っていました。このレッスンのおかげで、学生達は楽しみながら、地球の裏側で送っている生活にもっと近づくことができました。これは言語勉強の魔法と言えるでしょうか。

02/12/2016

Workshop about Carnaval by Bené followed by Simone cooking pão de queijo!

02/07/2016

Here's a fact: Some foreign words just really don't have equivalents in other languages. It's too bad -- people who don't speak the native tongue may never fully know the true meaning of these ofte...

02/01/2016

http://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/festa-junina-celebrating-the-brazilian-harvest/

01/31/2016

End of week 4! Portuguese Coffee Hour! Come talk in Portuguese with us every Thursday from 5 to 6 pm at Café Roma!

01/20/2016

Olá!

COME VISIT THE PORTUGUESE LANGAUGE CIRCLE ON MONDAYS AT THE UO Mills International Center AT 4-5 p.m.

Language Circles are led each Monday from 4-7 p.m. in the Mills International Center by native speakers who feature culturally friendly activities to improve learning and speaking skills.

Winter 2016 schedule:
4-5: Japanese, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin and Russian
5-6: French and Arabic
6-7: English, Italian and Korean.

11/19/2015

Brazilian Movie - "The Second Mother" @ Bijou Art Cinemas

Where: Bijou Art Cinemas (492 East 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401). We'll meet first at Café Roma, though.

When: Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 5:00 p.m.

Bijou Art Cinemas has offered the students of Portuguese classes a special rate ($3) to see "The Second Mother" (Brazil, 2015) this coming Thursday at 5:20 pm. Please mark your interest and availability and we will contact you with further instructions! Link: http://doodle.com/poll/c4qcuf9in8rxfr88

THE SECOND MOTHER ("A que horas ela volta?" Brazil 2015 - 112 min) When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. (source: imdb.com)

Bijou Art Cinemas has offered the students of Portuguese classes a special rate ($3) to see "The Second Mother" (Brazil, 2015) this coming Thursday at 5:20pm. Check mark your interest and availability and we will contact you with further instructions! THE SECOND MOTHER ("A que horas ela volta?" Braz…

11/11/2015

Thanks to everyone who attended Brazilian Culture in Debate.

11/10/2015

BRAZILIAN CULTURE IN DEBATE!

Join us today for great discussions on Brazilian current events at the Mills International Center. Light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.

Flavia Rocha Richter
Author of Poetry Books and
Founder and Director of Academia Internacional de Cinema
“New Brazilian Cinema: building an identity” – 12 p.m.

Prof. Gustavo Freire, PhD in Linguistics “Portuguese language history and perspectives” – 1 p.m.

Thiago Castro, MA Linguistics Program
“Documenting an Amazonian language” – 2 p.m.

Shannon East, MA in International Studies
“Empowering women from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro through the Arts” – 3 p.m.

Até logo!