by jsaccomani | Jan 14, 2025 | Culture, Portuguese, Student text
This past September, I visited Brazil for the first time! Though I had been independently studying Portuguese for several years, I took the Intensive Business Portuguese course at the University of Chicago last spring. The classroom experience inspired me to finally...
by jsaccomani | Dec 9, 2024 | Culture, Literature, Romanian, Student text
Are you interested in poetry? Check out the poems below translated by Elena Alexandra Balan, a UChicago student from Romania. Enjoy! * please note that the website does not support all of the diacritics used in Romanian. They were used in the original poems but they...
by jsaccomani | Dec 6, 2024 | Culture, Portuguese, Student text
This text was written after discussions and work done in the class PORT 216 “Exploring the Lusophone World: New Perspectives in Portuguese Language and Culture” taught by Juliano Saccomani Quando se fala do crescimento de um país, tenho certeza que um dos...
by jsaccomani | Dec 4, 2024 | Culture, Portuguese, Student text
Sébastien Vernhes wa a student in the Intermediate Course of Portuguese (second year sequence) and received the Foreign Language Acquisition Grant (FLAG) in 2022 to study in Brazil and Portugal. In this text he tells us about sports culture in Brazil. O Brasil é...
by jsaccomani | May 16, 2024 | Culture, Portuguese, Student text
Quando se fala de música brasileira, os gêneros como Bossa Nova e Samba são comumente mencionados. E com justa razão, eles e outros gêneros musicais mudaram a cultura brasileira, virando ela à cultura colorida, feliz e animada que o mundo conhece. Apesar disso, se...
by jsaccomani | May 14, 2024 | Culture, Portuguese, Student text
Vinícius Junior é um jovem jogador de futebol brasileiro que tem conquistado o mundo com seu talento e habilidades extraordinárias. Nascido no Rio de Janeiro em 12 de julho de 2000, ele cresceu em uma comunidade modesta, onde o futebol era uma paixão compartilhada por...
