Haha, I saw this and thought of an honor choir I did last month, where the ONE song they had us memorize was the one in Portuguese. My mom called at noon to check in and I told her we'd been charged with learning Portuguese over lunch!
But to answer your question: I agree with Jason, Rosetta Stone seems to be the best commercial product. Your local library might have some audio-books you can check out, too.
@proudrhrshipper@sickboi back at 'school' in the morning so will get the librarians onto this ... but Rosetta Stone's Portuguese is for [Brazil] - anyone know of the difference between Brazil and Mo?
I would imagine that the dialects are slightly different, just like the United States versus England, but whichever one you learn, I'm sure you'll be understood.
I have a friend learning Portugese right now for an upcoming trip to Brazil where she has to do an internship. Let me check with her to find out how she is going about it. I will email her tonight.
Please don't listen to those who recommend Rosetta Stone. I've researched this a lot, and the best methods our there are Pimsleur and Michel Thomas. These are both audio methods, where you listen and repeat. Pimsleur's approach has you "converse" with native speakers, and Michel Thomas teaches about verbs and grammar.
Here's the information from my friend Cassie:
Cassie Thiel; I think that would probably be good. I'm actually taking classes at UPitt. So.. I have an instructor... but I've played around with Rosetta Stone and it's really nice. It also helps to listen to Brazilian music on like Pandora... and... http://conjuguemos.com/home/docs/php/list.php?type=verbs&division=verbs&language=portuguese this was an ok website for memorizing verb tenses (once you kind of already understand them).
Hope this makes sense. If not, I can put you in touch with her directly. :)
another option would be to have lessons when you get there, that's what I did when I needed to learn Swahili for living in Tanzania. You shouldn't find it difficult to find a local language tutor who may charge a small amount for regular lessons. That way you'll have the benefits of one on one learning, and be able to learn what you need at the time, and with tips on the local use of the language as well. ALso it's much easier to learn when you can put it in to practise every day. Good luck!
@musicguy1982 thank you I will look into these as well ... I will be over there for 2 weeks working at orphanages et al so it's all going to be sparse .... will take in on and let you know.
@petersonsheri THANK YOU! am researching lots on the country and it's cultureal and social structure ... love the idea of listening to the music. How could I forget something like that?
@mamaisaac as per above - doing two tour of orphanages and school and churches and working in them so little chance to have lessons there ... need to have some phrases up my sleeve. Thanks and let you know after the return how it went/goes.
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But to answer your question: I agree with Jason, Rosetta Stone seems to be the best commercial product. Your local library might have some audio-books you can check out, too.
Cassie Thiel; I think that would probably be good. I'm actually taking classes at UPitt. So.. I have an instructor... but I've played around with Rosetta Stone and it's really nice. It also helps to listen to Brazilian music on like Pandora... and... http://conjuguemos.com/home/docs/php/list.php?type=verbs&division=verbs&language=portuguese this was an ok website for memorizing verb tenses (once you kind of already understand them).
Hope this makes sense. If not, I can put you in touch with her directly. :)