Caminhos Language Centre News

We have many reasons for you to choose Caminhos Language Centre if you are looking for a great place to learn Portuguese in Brazil.

Learning a new language is always a challenge. Nonetheless, it is possible to learn Portuguese in 30 days and engage in basic conversation.

What do you need to get or extend your student visa for Brazil? Caminhos is here to help you since step 1 and guide you through this process.

Getting through a lockdown is not easy. Caminhos has a few tips of different activities you could do while staying home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cyrus is a retired librarian from California who came to Rio and fell in love with the city. Watch the video he did while exploring Rio with Caminhos.

Having such great beaches close to home, it is no surprise beach volleyball and footvolley are so popular in Brazil, especially in Rio.

Our new Student House is just 5 minutes walk from Caminhos Language Centre. It’s a two storey apartment with a cozy vibe and near to everything you may need – supermarkets, subway station, bus stops, cafes, clothing stores, gym and more. It’s also just three blocks away from the famous Ipanema Beach.

Every two weeks, Caminhos starts new group classes for people from all around the world. And to welcome the new students, we offer an orientation lunch with lots of Brazilian traditional food so they can savor the local diet. We also give them useful information about the school, Ipanema and Rio de Janeiro in general.

Studies show that people who speak two or more languages have better brain activity. For example, bilingual people have better memory and tend to have higher IQs than someone who only speak one language. Also, they are good at multitasking and make better decisions by thinking in two different languages.

Caminhos is helping refugees from Congo learn Portuguese so they can have better opportunities in Brazil, find a good job, and make friends.