Here's an interesting post on volunteer travel company, United Planet's, assignment blogs about United Planet Correspondent Maya Marshall's hardships with learning Brazil's native language, Portuguese, and how training Capoeira helped her become more fluent while on assignment in Porto Alegre.
Taking a class at a community gymnasium has renewed the confidence I lost when I found I was suddenly illiterate. Verbal communication got me a coffee that I didn't want and put me on a bus to the wrong part of town. It also put me in a position to make friends with locals-people with whom I can practice my Portuguese. I see these people two or three times a week, and since the class is all about movement and playing music it's easy to participate. It's a non-judgmental atmosphere; since, everyone in the class is there to learn.
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