Tavares, Paula (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)

First Portuguese Reader for beginners: Simple Portuguese reader bilingual with parallel side-by-side translation for speakers of English - Graded Portuguese Readers Tavares, Paula (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal) Portuguese edition

The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Portuguese-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method) utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The author had to compose each sentence using only words explained in previous chapters. The second and the following chapters of the Elementary course have only 29 new words each. Audio tracks are available on lppbooks.com free of charge.