I've been living in SP for a year running my own business and can manage to get by in Portuguese, but building my business has meant that my language learning has only been part-time.

I need to focus more effort so I want someone to help in person (Sumaré) or by Skype... my initial focus is to be comfortable in everyday conversation, talking to people in the bar, chat with friends, and then useful vocabulary for business too.

I don't need to learn how to read poetry yet - I just need better functioning Portuguese.

I'm expecting to do one or two training sessions per week with some guidance on stuff to learn or revise before each class - this will give me some targets to work to. I'm very busy and I travel quite a bit so I need some specific targets to aim at... I'm not sitting here in Brazil with loads of time to sit in the library studying the language.

Please get in touch directly or leave a message here on the thread with your details or your recommendations for people who might be able to help... and naturally I'd like to see some ideas for how you start the training, and recommended materials...

Hello,