Crônicas Brasileiras: A Reader, Third Edition
Edited by Charles A. Perrone, Dário Borim Jr., and Célia R. Bianconi
Learning to speak Portuguese? This delightful collection of crônicas—“urban chronicles,” short writings about everyday life—will help you develop your reading, speaking, and writing knowledge of Portuguese as it is actually used in present-day Brazil.
Teachers: With a proven track record in the classroom, this edition of Crônicas Brasileiras has been updated with 40 percent new material. Don’t miss it! New texts show how the Portuguese language has evolved in Brazil since the late-nineteenth century. Annotations, reading comprehension questions, grammar exercises, guided composition, suggestions for discussion, and a vocabulary guide make this book a great fit for those who have mastered elementary Portuguese grammar and are ready to learn more.
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