“As an independent language learner, I would definitely recommend it to those who want to make progress in mastering their European Portuguese saving their time and money.

With the help of the Academy you can practice reading, listening, writing, and even speaking (by uploading texts, audio and video).

And most of all I find it very useful that at the Academy you will always have the instructor ready to reply to your questions and clear your doubts.”

“I love the vocabulary lists with short phrases followed by active dialogue.
The interviews with local speakers – farm, weather, etc are also fantastic – and short stories illustrating grammar.
So many formats are great…..
We are so lucky that the best language resources available are in European Português – thanks to you!!“

“I have tried a large number of methods of learning languages; books, CDs, one-on-one classes etc and none have come close to Portuguese Lab.

Why you ask? Well there is a multitude of reasons but an important one is that, I feel that Susana has realized that you can’t be spared from the real world of Portuguese speakers. They speak fast, mix up half the syllables, apparently adding extras and dropping the rest, or so it seems at first.

With Portuguese Labs systematic and parallel build up of grammar and vocabulary as well as dialogues to listen to, you can adapt theory and practice side by side. You even start to understand what is being dropped in spoken language (but I haven’t figured out why!)

What’s more this can be done at your own pace, and by concentrating on the method that best suits you.
Unlike other methods you’ll understand that Susana is behind you all the way and never far away when things get difficult.

I can highly recommend Portuguese Lab and if nothing else you owe it to yourself to give it a try. Remember, no pain no gain.”

“If you’re interested in learning European Portuguese, then the Portuguese Lab Academy is the place to be.
The courses are well planned, efficient and effective and will give you the skills you need to speak and understand, and read and write European Portuguese.

The lessons are step by step. The words and grammar from each lesson are woven into an entertaining story that makes them easy to remember. In addition to the main course, there is a wealth of extra material to expand your understanding of the language and culture of Portugal.

Also included are weekly emails from “Professora” Susana with grammar concepts, speaking challenges, culture and music info and “What’s going on in the forum”, the language chat room for Academy students.

I’ve tried four other online courses for French and Portuguese. Portuguese Lab Academy is the most comprehensive and a great value for the money!”

“I haven’t found a lot of well-structured and comprehensive resources for the intermediate level, so you have hit the sweet-spot for me.

Your content keeps me engaged and is at a length where I can maintain focus. Brilliant!!!”

“After two years of studying Portuguese at a Beginner level, I was wondering how to inject new life into my studies and move to an Intermediate level.

The best part of the Academy is its strong focus on comprehensible and compelling materials for developing reading/listening skills beyond the Beginner level.

For the burgeoning Intermediate level student, the Academy is a rich resource for engaging listening and reading.”

“I absolutely love the course. Wish I knew about it when I arrived to Portugal, about a year ago!!

The most interesting aspect of the course in my view is , that even the most complex parts of the language are explained with simple examples and short explanation.

That to me is the most important factor when it comes to rate a language teacher. Well done!”

“I’m very happy with the decision to join the Portuguese Lab Academy.
The system takes you from the very basic to be proficient in the Portuguese language, at your own pace.

Each theme includes not only a sound explanation but also plenty of material to practice, in a very complete platform making the online experience very rich. Aside from that Susanna answers every one of your doubts in an open way for anybody to learn about it.

I recommend the Portuguese Lab Academy without any doubt.”

“I really like your courses. I find your teaching style and presented material extremely helpful and prepared on a highly professional level. After half a year, with your guidance, I have started to understand spoken and written (magazines and newspapers) European Portuguese. I am working on pronunciation and learning to express myself.“

“The Portuguese Lab Academy is a brilliant site if you want to learn European Portuguese. There are excellent resources ranging from structured grammer lessons for each level A1 to B2, coresponding podcasts which cover all areas to help to learn and brush up your vocabulary and pronunciation.

Most importantly, there is regular encouragement from the Portuguese Lab Academy teacher, each week with new material to keep you stimulated and motivated. There is also a community where you can ask any questions on the Portuguese language with an excellent response rate, so you can progress quickly. I highly recommend this site for learning Portuguese and have been very impressed with my progress in learning Portuguese from scratch in such a short space of time. “

“I’ve been enjoying Portuguese Lab website, which is in fact one of the few European Portuguese resources on the Internet, for the past two years, and having been enrolled in the Portuguese Lab Academy for about half a year can definetely recommend it.

I think that whatever approach you prefer, Portuguese Lab is flexible enough and will help with learning this beautiful language.”