Ryan Goes Abroad

I recently wrote a post outlining my practical hacking Portuguese plan. It really is very practical, because it includes some of the programs and instructional materials I am using. To this point I have been pretty lazy, but still have been picking up some Portuguese. A couple weeks ago I was Facebook messaging (i.e. not [...]

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So, you perhaps you’ve read I’m headed to Brazil soon. Very soon. In fact, when you read this I will already be there. I need to learn Portuguese fast. I don’t have time for dilly-dally, clicking pictures, or time-consuming, low-yield efforts at learning the language. I need a plan to hack it, and hack it [...]

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