Learn European Portuguese Online - And NOT with Duolingo!

Olá! Welcome to one more video of my channel - Mia Esmeriz Academy. For those of you who

don't know me, I'm Mia and I am a qualified Portuguese teacher, teaching online and on-sight

for more than ten years. I hope you enjoy this channel. If you do, leave me a like and

subscribe, so you can get more videos about Portugal and everything Portuguese. In today's

video, I am going tackle a subject that comes up very, very often. I am going to tell you

if it's a good idea for you to learn European Portuguese with Duolingo or not and I am also

going to give you more resources that you can find online to learn European Portuguese,

both for free and paid resources. So come with me and stay with me till the end, so

you find out all about this.

So, as I said, many students come to me and ask me:

Is it a good idea to learn European Portuguese in Duolingo? Well, as you know, Portuguese has

a lot of different variants of the language. So, you have the Portuguese spoken in Portugal,

that many people name European Portuguese, that's the variant I teach; and then you have

Brazilian Portuguese, spoken in Brazil. You also have Portuguese

spoken in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and in many, many other places. So, Portuguese

is a very widely spoken language. The variations of the language are a little bit different.

This is where I come to my answer: so, Duolingo is ok if you are just at the beginning and if you

just want to learn Portuguese in general...you are not choosing a specific variant of the language.

But, if you are learning European Portuguese, I would steer away from it. Why? Because actually,

the variation they are teaching in Duolingo is not European Portuguese, but Brazilian

Portuguese. So, if you're learning Brazilian Portuguese, Duolingo can be a really good

tool for you, but if you're not...if you're trying to learn any of the other variants

of Portuguese, I would steer away from it. Although Portuguese people can understand

Brazilian people and vice-versa, the variants of the language are slightly different in

terms of grammar, vocabulary and so on (and pronunciation!!). If you want to know more

about the differences between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese, I will link a post

below, where you can find all about it. So, to sum up, if you are just starting out and

you want to get a feel of Portuguese, it's ok to use Duolingo, especially if you couldn't

find anything else. It is better to start somewhere, than not start at all! So don't

panic if you have been using Duolingo. It still can help you. As I said, the language

variations are similar, they just have some differences that you must be aware of... If

you just found out that Duolingo is actually not European Portuguese, but Brazilian Portuguese,

then you might want to leave Duolingo aside, if you're serious about learning European

Portuguese or any of the other variants.. But, since I am a specialist in European Portuguese,

don't worry, I am going to give you some alternatives to Duolingo.

So the first alternative I want to give you are these two apps: memrise and drops.

So, both these apps are quite similar in terms of functionalities and in terms of the structure.

They are very similar to Duollingo, so if you like this kind of interactive apps, where

you follow along on your own, you don't have anyone to guide you, but anyway, the app will