Category: Blogs (Escritos)

Follow the link to the padlet below. Click the plus sign to add a new post in which you say your name and spell it out. Imagine that you are talking on the phone and you have to give an extra word in Portuguese for each letter in your name.

“Oi, Meu nome é [Laurie]… [L de leão, A de água…]

https://bmcc.padlet.org/embed/bwun104lkuduejcp

Introduce yourself to the class! Let us know a bit about yourself and why you are taking Portuguese. Please also suggest 3 topics of interest that you would like us to talk about or study this semester.

O nordeste é uma grande regiao de música! Pesquisa (research) sobre um/a musicista nordestino/a e escreve uma mini-biografia sobre ele/ela.

Write a bio of a music artist from Nordeste. Include the link to one of their songs that you like. You can choose anyone you like, but a few options are: Luiz Gonzaga, Geraldo Azevedo, Elba Ramalho, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethania, Caetano Veloso, Daniela Mercury, Dorival Caymmi, Ivete Sangalo, Raul Seixas, Tom Zé, Carlinhos Brown.

Please write this in PORTUGUESE and only in the PRESENT TENSE, even if the person is deceased (we will understand what you mean).
For example, Alceu Valença é de Recife. Ele é artista de forró. Ele canta a toca violão. Uma música dele que eu gosto muito é “Sonhei de cara”

What are 10 cognates between Portuguese and another language that you speak?

Also, look up the meaning and origin of the name of a capital city from a Portuguese-speaking nation (Bissau, Brasília, Dili, Lisboa, Luanda, Maputo, Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Praia, São Tomé)