European Portuguese Shorties (Practice Portuguese)

Hundreds of one-to-three-minute graded dialogues in Lisbon Portuguese, free in any podcast app.

PodcastsFreemiumBeginnerIntermediateA1–B1

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What it actually is

A separate feed from the main Practice Portuguese podcast: short scripted scenes and monologues, each tagged A1, A2 or B1, read at a pace a learner can follow. The audio is free and the back catalogue runs to hundreds of episodes, so it is one of the best free listening ladders for European Portuguese. Transcripts, translations and the linked exercises sit behind the paid Practice Portuguese membership, so on the free feed you are listening blind.

What it covers

  • Listening
  • Vocabulary

How it teaches

  • Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

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