Service Description

LIMITED ATTENDANCE Portuguese is the official language of eight countries (Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé e Príncipe) and is also widely spoken in the Asian countries of Macau and Gao. It is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world, with more than 230 million speakers. There is a large community of Portuguese and Brazilian immigrants in the United States: the 2010 Census reports approximately 336,000 Brazilian-born residents. Portuguese language skills are highly prized by the U.S. Government. Brazil is one of the major tourist destinations in South America. Knowing the language of the country you visit provides the tourist with choices not available to monolinguals. Learning Portuguese will prepare you to work in such diverse fields as planning and consulting, finance and banking, tourism and hospitality, information sciences, diplomacy, journalism, publishing, advertising, government, social services, media, law, linguistics, health, and the arts, just to name a few. Portuguese & Spanish: the perfect pair. No matter what career path you choose, you will multiply your chances for success if you speak these two languages as they cover all of South America plus many other places in Europe, Africa, and Asia.