This advanced course in Portuguese is intended to help you to develop your existing knowledge and gain confidence in speaking the language. It consists of informative reading and listening texts with translation and notes, word lists, further explanation on points of grammar and a variety of exercises. Idiomatic and colloquial language is illustrated and taken from newspapers and magazines to help bring the language to life. This course is the follow-on from the series ..In Three Months, however, it is by no means essential to have completed this basic course prior to this advanced programme. A fair knowledge of the language is a prerequisite, and this advanced course, which should take around 100 hours, is intended to help you speak fluently.