{"id":3301,"date":"2015-01-23T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T13:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2026-01-26T00:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T00:54:21","slug":"our-student-nickys-experience-caminhos-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/our-student-nickys-experience-caminhos-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Student Nick\u2019s Experience at Caminhos: Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nick is a student of <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/%20\">Caminhos Language Centre<\/a>. In this blog series he will chart his journey through the entire 16 week Brazilian Portuguese course, from absolute beginner to advanced level. Nick is a native English speaker who has never learned a foreign language before. He will spend 6 months in Brazil, mostly in Rio de Janeiro. 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Air-conditioning. No sweat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave apartment. Sweat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get into Metro. Air-conditioning. No sweat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave Metro. \u00a0Sweat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk to <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/%20\">Caminho\u2019s<\/a>. Sweat A lot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go inside <a href=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/%20\">Caminho\u2019s. <\/a>\u00a0Air-conditioning. No sweat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018You all have a Portuguese test on Friday&#8217;. Sweat. \u00a0A lot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s summer and boy do we know it! &nbsp;Every forrey out into the street is like walking into an open oven. &nbsp;The beach breeze provides some respite but doesn\u2019t think of walking on the white sand, it\u2019s practically melting into glass! &nbsp;Yes, according to the O Globo news reporter this is set to be the hottest Rio summer on record. &nbsp;I checked my phone last week (practically melting in my pocket) and the forecast tells it all&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snapshot from iPhone: &nbsp;Just a tad warmer than Ireland&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conversation_in_Portuguese\"><\/span><strong>Conversation in Portuguese<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to the ever increasing heat, the pace of the class has decelerated, or perhaps we\u2019ve simply hit terminal velocity, it\u2019s hard to tell sometimes. &nbsp;This week has all been about consolidating what we have learned over the past few weeks. &nbsp;Classes have been about conversations on different topics, running through what we did yesterday, what will do for Carnival, what we agree or disagree with what the author says in a particular article, etc, etc. &nbsp;It has been a tough week, but it a different sort of way: this is real Portuguese, conversational, natural Portuguese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main learning lessons for me has been that in order to communicate you need to use the words available to you, as opposed to trying to say a sentence exactly as you would have in English. &nbsp;As a result, sometimes your speech seems a bit labored and the words clunky but so what, so long as the other person understands what you are trying to express then you have succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"local_market\"><\/span><strong>local market<\/strong><span 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