Language Cafe EDL 2011 songs #3 Portuguese
Channel: Matthew McVeagh
Date: 25/09/2011

The Language Cafe is a weekly two-hour session for people wanting to experiment with new languages, teaching and learning, on Saturday afternoons in Nottingham, currently at the Central Library from 1 to 3.

On 24th September 2011 we had a special event to celebrate European Day of Languages, a Council of Europe sponsored event for not only European languages but those from all over the world. Many people came, including people from many countries and with many languages, and it was a great success.

One of the featured items was a series of songs in different languages which native speakers taught to several volunteers who generally couldn't speak the language at all. This was a fun intercultural activity intended to stretch people's abilities and show what people can achieve in a new language in a very short time. It was so popular Juliet the cafe organiser is now planning a Singing Group as an offshoot!

In this video Diane, a Language Cafe organiser who is Brazilian, leads a Brazilian song in Portuguese, accompanying on the guitar.