Rio de Janeiro Favorite Tips by mangueirense

Portuguese Language Courses in Rio

Favorite thing: For those who wants to get an intensive language course
in Rio, might want to inform about courses here:

http://talkrio.com/
http://www.studyabroadinternational.com/Brazil/Rio/Brazil_Rio.html
http://www.learn4good.com/great_schools/portuguese_schools_brazil.htm

Portuguese lessons in Rio

Favorite thing: For those of you who are interested to visit a language course in Brazil I searched for portuguese lessons, called "portugues para estrangeiros" in Brazil.
Let's start here with my search-results for Rio de Janeiro:

http://www.bridgelinguatec.com/StudyAbroad/english/brazil/index.html

at PUC university you can have portuguese lessons too (2003) :
http://www.cce.puc-rio.br/letras/portuguesingles.htm

links to language courses in Brazil (Rio-state) which most of them offers portuguese lessons too:

http://br.yahoo.com/regional/paises/brasil/estados/rio_de_janeiro/cidades/rio_de_janeiro/educacao_e_formacao/Escolas_de_Idiomas/

Some other school adresses:

Baukurs
Informações:
(021) 2294 6017
Tel./Fax: (021) 2540 6455
E-mail: baukurs@baukurs.com

Filial Baukurs Jardim Botânico:
Rua Visconde de Carandaí nº5 - casa

Filial Baukurs Barra da Tijuca:
Av. Ministro Ivan Lins, 480 sala 217

http://www.baukurs.com

IBEU - Rio de Janeiro
Av. Nossa Sra. de Copacabana, 690 / 11º andar
CEP: 22050-000 Rio de Janeiro-RJ.
Tel: 3816-9400
Fax: 2255-9355

There are existing various filials in:
Botafogo, Barra da Tijuca, Ipanema, Tijuca, Jardim Botanico, etc.
http://www.ibeu.org.br/
http://www.ibeu.org.br/cursos/portugues_eng.htm
Price is brazilian Reais: 500 per month. each level lasts 1 month. classes meet 4X week; 2 hours/day.

Backgrond Idiomas
r. Piauí, 256 - Fone : (021) 592-7865

Coordenação Central de Extensão
r. Marquês de São Vicente, 225 casa XV - Gávea - Fone: (021) 529-8400
Home Page: www.cce.puc-rio.br
email: marketing@adm.cce.puc-rio.br

Fondest memory: Feedback
vários endereços - Fone : (021) 221-1863
Home Page : www.cursofeedback.com.br

Linguatec Language Center
r. da Ajuda, 35 s/201 - Fone : (021) 220-8659

Plan Idiomas
av. Pres. Wilson, 164 s/101 - Fone : (021) 544-0440
Home Page : www.planidiomas.com.br
Email : planidiomas@openlink.com.br

Scholar Language Center
r. Visconde de Pirajá, 351 Gr 405 - Fone : (021) 523-6305
Home Page : www.scholar.com.br
Email : ccord@scholar.com.br

There's another little school in Rio (Largo do Machado) where they offer only single-lessons for reasonable prices.
The director of the school is Ivanosca and she does speak english.
E-mail: cursoivm@hotmail.com
Tel: 0055 21 2285 7642
Fax: 0055 21 2285 4979