Learn Portuguese
Experience the real language and culture of Portugal and BrazilOverview
This is the ideal way to make rapid progress in Portuguese, relaxing in the home of a Portuguese tutor and their family.
Your Portuguese in a Teacher’s home course is designed for you, at your level and delivered to your needs. You will be impressed at just how quickly your confidence grows as your Portuguese improves: one-to-one home tuition with homestay in your teacher’s house, is the most effective way to develop language skills in a short period of time.
You can choose to have 15, 20, or 25 lessons per week with your own private host teacher (each lesson lasts 60 minutes). Excursions are also included.
Who is it for?
Portuguese language learners who have the basics and want to make progress, as well as more advanced students who want to work on colloquial language and pronunciation.
Don’t worry too much about your level as on your first day, your tutor will assess your level of grammar listening comprehension and oral fluency and design a course according to your objectives. Out of lessons, you will have the opportunity to practise what you have learnt. So it is ideal for motivated learners who want to get the most out of living and being immersed in a Portuguese speaking environment.
Key Facts
- One-to-one lessons from an experienced and qualified Portuguese tutor
- A course delivered just for your needs and interests
- Outside formal lessons, social excursions and activities help to develop your real language skills
- Cultural immersion to help you understand the language more
- Choose your starting dates – every Sunday, all year round
Course Content
Select 15, 20, 25 or 30 lessons per week. In addition, you would normally be given between one and two hours' work to prepare for the next day's lessons. Each lesson is 60 minutes.
Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses in languages, so everyone’s level is slightly different. Your courses will cover the core skills: speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading and writing.
Sample Course Timetable
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Arrival | Arrival and settling in | Dinner and meeting the family |
| Monday | Needs analysis & course design. Portuguese grammar review | Discover the local area | Traditional supper. Presentation preparation |
| Tuesday | Presentation delivery. Pronunciation & fluency focus | Diary writing & punctuation. Free time in the local area | Dinner & relax with family. Visit to the local Café |
| Wednesday | Grammar & vocabulary review. Improving French writing skills | Excursion with your tutor: visit to the coast | Dinner & relax with the family. Presentation preparation |
| Thursday | Presentation delivery. Focus on discourse markers | Focus on grammar & accuracy. Free time in the local area | Dinner & film night with the family. Diary writing |
| Friday | Grammar & vocabulary review. Improving listening skills | Excursion with your tutor. | Dinner & relax with the family. Evening walk |
| Saturday | Excursion with your tutor: city visit & shopping | Excursion with your tutor: city visit & shopping | Dinner & relax with the family. Diary writing |
Course Features
- You progress more when in your are in a relaxed and hospitable atmosphere.
- Quality homestay accommodation with private study bedroom.
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
- Choose 3, 4 or 5 lessons of one-to-one Portuguese per day.
- Choose your starting dates – every Sunday throughout the year.
- If you have a friend or a colleague whose standard of Portuguese and needs are similar to your own, two students can share the lessons for a considerably reduced cost.
Locations in Portugal and Brazil
Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Belo Horizonte, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro and many other locations are available.
Portuguese Courses Include:
- Diagnostic assessment on the first day of your course
- Personalised materials, selected by the host tutor for each course
- Two afternoon activities per week
- Certificate of Attendance
- 24-hour student helpline
Find Out More
Course Prices
Contact our MFL Programme manager, Cyrielle, to discuss your course requirements in detail.
Tel: +44 207 739 4411
WhatsApp: +33 62 61 60 70 4
Email: cyrielle@intuitionlang.com
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Will Ho3
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J'ai adoré mon immersion à Edimbourg en octobre 2022: mes hôtes étaient adorables, j'ai beaucoup parlé anglais, j'ai appris beaucoup concernant le vocabulaire et la grammaire, mes hôtes étaient d'excellents cuisiniers, leur maison est très proche du centre-ville, ma chambre était confortable et Edimbourg est une jolie ville. Je recommande vivement les immersions à Edimbourg d' Intuition Languages!Je remercie infiniment mon professeur d'Intuition Languages qui s'est donné beaucoup de mal pour que mon immersion à Londres soit un succès, en octobre 2023. En particulier, j'ai apprécié:- ses cours d'anglais de qualité le matin- son hospitalité (elle a tout fait pour que je me sente à l'aise chez elle et a insisté sur le fait que j'étais son invitée)- la nourriture anglaise que mon professeur m'a fait découvrir (porridge, English breakfast avec des œufs brouillés, du bacon, des baked beans etc..., le fish & chips, le thé et les biscuits anglais, le Scotch egg, les crumpets, les scones, l'English pie etc...)- le programme riche, varié et enrichissant qu'elle m'a concocté pour les après-midis en tenant compte de mes souhaits (visites de Londres, musées, cours de yoga, théâtre pour voir une pièce de Shakespeare etc...)- que mon professeur m'ait accompagnée aux activités tous les après-midis- les cadeaux qu'elle m'a offerts avant mon retour sur Paris- l'en-cas qu'elle a préparé pour mon déjeuner du samedi (jour de mon départ).Je recommande vivement les immersions à Londres d' Intuition Languages!
Karine Ramphort
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une semaine en immersion anglaise avec des cours de qualités et une famille qui aiment partager leur quotidien et faire connaitre elur paysune trés bonne experience
saly gebuhrer
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I had a wonderful stay for 14 days in Hawkinge, Kent with an excellent hostmother and teacher. Helen was great and her whole familiy also. Great place to learn or improve english skills for teenagers like me. I would say, its much more effective than ususal language schools which I have done before.
Nina Hofmann
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Great way to combine a learning experience with a vacation. I had a very good teacher who was also a gracious and warm host.
Dahl Taylor
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very responsive and focus on our needs !
Simona Voican
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I spent two weeks in Nicé at the teachers home with Pierre as my personal tutor. It definitely exceeded all my expectations! I was fully integrated in the family and this made it a full immersion experience. Pierre and his wife are really great hosts and I learned a lot! Looking forward to the next time I can go!!
Dirk Rossel
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I highly recommend this Languahe schools. The are very professional and they have the best titurs in the UK. Highly recommended
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Michel Burger
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A wonderful adventure, a beautifull rich expérience at every level. Thank you Maureen and In Tuition!
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Christian Gamsjäger
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I booked a week homestay in June 2022 in Vancouver, Canada. I had a great overall experience!My European agency went through InTuition Languages.In this time of Covid I thought it would be safer to have a cancellation policy through my own country. However, I would not recommend it. Do not hesitate to contact InTuition Languages agency directly. They seem to have good contacts with very good and dedicated teachers. I was also impressed by the availability and attention of my InTuition contact in the US. She contacted my host and I several times to make sure everything was going well.My host was very welcoming, attentive and a very good English teacher. She also made sure I could rest and have my own space. We did specific English exercises to reinforce my weaknesses. She shared with me part of her daily life. We met several friends of her during walks and dinners. She planned several activities taking into account my wishes, my level of English, my age and my interests.Don't hesitate to take the cheapest option, anyway you will be doing activities and classes on a daily basis.I will definitely keep good memories of this part of my trip to Western Canada!
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M. H.
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I worked for Intuition Languages for 10 years. I found the language school to be well run, thorough and able to adapt to changing circumstances. The support for teachers was excellent, with valuable training sessions offered and good resources available. This is a language school which operates ethically, which moves with the times and which provides a great experience for both students and teachers. Thank you Intuition. It has been a pleasure working with you.
CHH
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Great agency to learn english!
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Maria Alcina Nascimento
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Vittorio Sgueglia della Marra
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Great teacher and a welcoming family. I really enjoy the course
Flo G
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A thoroughly rewarding experience studying English with Johanna Tyrrell in Galway
Jesu Renobales
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I'm very satisfied with my experience at Nick's home. He and his wife were very kind and welcoming. The bedroom and bathroom were perfect for my needs and also the location of the house, 15 minutes walk from the City center. The quality of the food -in spite of my concerns-was also excellent (in my previous experience in UK the Food was really bad). I also found it very useful to have a TV in my room because in the evening I could easily watch programs with subtitles
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Paul Kelly
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Maria Herud
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Florian Morin
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J'ai passé une très bonne semaine à Londres chez Alina. L'accueil a été très agréable au sein de sa famille et a participé à une véritable immersion dans la culture britannique. De plus, la famille était située non loin du centre de Londres. Les cours d'anglais étaient variés, adaptés à mon niveau et aux besoins que j'avais exprimé en amont.
Adrien VAN HAMME (AdrienVH)
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Dear all,I am sorry to replay late.Anyway , the course at teachers home which I was attended, was wonderfull experience for me. You found for me excelent teacher Naomi, with whom and her family I got on well.Naomi is the excelent teacher she led me and helped me to improve my english skills, especcially grammar. I lost my fear of speaking. That is great for me.We had a lot of fun, because we are interested at same hobby and activity.Thanks Naomi I made progress every day.She used to arrange the meeting with her friends almost every afternoon, where I practiced my english 🙂 We visited London twice. We were in Modern Tatoo gallery where we enjoyed Pablo Piccasso excibition. Then we had a sightseeing. Next time I was alone in London , I used hop in hop on bus to see as much as possible from London.Naomy's house is situated in Richmond, one of the beutiful borough in London . There are plenty of parks, where I used to go relaxing after mornings lessons. There is also beatiful th botanical garden The Cew. We visited that peaceful place with Naomi. Exciting trip was for me visiting Hampton Court. We lost in the maze :)))) there wich is including Hampton Court.The best experience was The Globe Theatro, where Naomy and me enjoyed Shakespears's Hamlet!!!!Thank you Naomi for all.I hope we will see agin next year.Michaela
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Esperienza fantastica. Ottima opportunità per migliorare rapidamente l’inglese. Consigliato!!Fantastic experience. Great opportunity for improving rapidly the language. Recommended!!
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Mia figlia di 14 anni ha detto di aver fatto un esperienza fantastica nel programma j2j insieme ad una ragazza spagnola. Ha trovato una famiglia accogliente e una location incantevole. Quando siamo andati a riprenderla l'abbiamo trovata più matura non solo nelle competenze linguistiche ma anche nell'atteggiamento relazionale. Abbiamo conosciuto l'insegnante e abbiamo potuto notare la passione, la professionalità e la serenità con cui svolge il suo lavoro, elementi indispensabili per ottenere questi risultati. Qualità che abbiamo incontrato anche nel personale della scuola responsabile dell'organizzazione dell'esperienza: sempre pronti a rispondere ad eventuali dubbi e problematiche cercando di venirti incontro; e soprattutto parlando nella tua lingua madre!Assolutamente da consigliare!
Gian Luca Arcomano Arcomano
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I had such a plaesant stay in Ashford! Maureen was very nice, I learnt a lot of idiomatic expression and my written skills have improved too! All the familly made me feel at home. It was definitely a nice experience! (plus: Maureen is an exellent cook!)
Talila Chriqui
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Ha sido una experiencia maravillosa. He estado con una familia sin igual y además he aprendido un montón. lo repetiría mañana mismo.
Alvaro Alvarez
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Ho trascorso due settimane fantastiche e intense in una piccola cittadina nel sud della Gran Bretagna. Corso personalizzato sulle mie esigenze, insegnante completamente a disposizione. Un modo per imparare davvero efficace. Lo consiglio vivamente
Lucia Mastroiacovo
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I had a very nice week during my immersion course. Philippa was a pleasant host tutor. She took me out to very interesting places, she made me work well and she's a good cooker !
Aurélie Goy
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I've lived unforgettable moments during my stay (3 weeks) in Edinburgh, amazing city with a lot of history and many beautiful places. I was very lucky to be in a lovely house of Ken and Mio. Ken is an excellent teacher with a rich culture and good sense of humor. Mio is a warmhearted and cultured woman with a very positive attitude. The both make you feel at home. My lessons were adapted to my needs in English, daily conversations and various activities helped to improve my comprehension, grammar skills and pronunciation. Many thanks to Ken and Mio and to InTuition Languages for this experience.
Elza Le Goïc
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Jill is a brilliant teacher. I learned so much with her. All the time I was learning something different with her. I was received in her house like a member of the family. For me it was my best experience of my life.
Valéria Pereira
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Une famille très accueillante, je me suis sentie comme une membre de famille. Une expérience inoubliable qui a dépassé toutes mes attentes. Andrea est un professeur très sérieux qui s'adapte à votre niveau et à vos objectifs.
Ilia T
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Hello Ken and Mio,Thank you for everything you have done for me, all along my stay in your warming family. I've discovered so much things with you, and Edimburgh is a really, really nice city.I'll come again, for sure !Best regards
Stephane Bollati
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learning from native speaker + sightseeing = perfect matchI would highly recommend this type of activity to anyone!
Konrad Kwiatkowski
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Ich hatte einen 6-Wochen-Kurs "General Business" als Einzelunterricht gebucht und diesen in 3x2 Wochen unterteilen lassen. Untergebracht war ich bei 3 Familien im Süden Englands. Jede Gastfamilie war auf ihre eigene Art eine Bereicherung für diese Zeit und die Lehrer hätten unterschiedlicher nicht sein können. Genaus das machte ein Lernen auf allen Ebenen "Sprechen, Lesen, Hören und Schreiben" möglich und bescherte mir nicht nur eine tolle Erfahrung, sondern auch einen entsprechenden Lernerfolg. Als "Advanced Student (C1)" habe ich Facetten der englischen Sprache kennengelernt, die mir so noch nicht bekannt waren. Ich kann InTuition auf jeden Fall empfehlen. Die Betreuung ist vollumfänglich und wirklich ernst gemeint. Inwieweit man Lernerfolg hat, liegt natürlich auch an einem selbst. Meine 6 Wochen waren eher eine "challenge" und weniger "holidays". Zusammenfassung: Top Lehrer, Top Schule, entsprechender Forschritt...was will man mehr.My view after 7 months back in Germany:I am very happy to say that lessons with you have given me confidence in speaking English. That led to a lot of business trips in last months and at the end to a new job within Vattenfall group.I am very happy to say that I am now "Head of Controlling Sweden" within our Business Unit Nuclear Decommissioning. I usually spend three days a week in Sweden (speaking English) and the rest in Germany. I am currently running a department of three employees with growth potential up to ten people.All of you have played an important role in that promotion. Thank you very much indeed!By the way @Paul/David: I am very interested in Brighton & Hove Albion. I hope they will play well in premier league
Nicolai Wendland
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Very good intensive week in teacher's home in Edimbourgh. Just put 4 stars because being alone was not (for me) as fruitable as classrooms . Nether the less I improved well and enjoyed this experience. My host C.L is a very kind personn, implicated and a very good cooker 🙂
Axel BRUNET (Safet)
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I spent a full training week with Harpal. It was a very intensive and helpfully week for me. Harpal is a very nice person and her family also. Dear Harpal thank you very very much for every thing and also for all the very good meals you made for me !
Thomas Graiff
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Muy buena experiencia, la familia muy acogedora, me hicieron sentir como en casa. Una experiencia para repetir.
Juan Carlos Diez Martin
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Very nice stay with Ken and his family. Many activities proposed to be totally immersed in English. A big thank-you !
Damien Baronnet
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