Portuguese school for foreigners, this school has been in the area many years now and I was very…read morefortunate to study there. The teachers are native speakers, professional, kind, welcoming and love what they do. I started from just few words and now I have reach the advanced level. The school also offers activities after class, tours, samba classes and you can also volunteer and help the community with your time. The also have online classes. It's a fun and joyful way to learn Portuguese immersing yourself in the Brazilian culture!

Honestly, this school is the best! The teachers are all fun yet professional and teach you in many…read moredifferent ways. They use videos, songs, cooking classes, field trips to the beach and to the market, short stories...oh and grammar books I took level B and C and the conversation course and enjoyed all of them. Fernando is one of my favorite teachers and I continued to do some private lessons once they ran out of classes for me. In addition to offering classes, this school has an activity every singe day. When I was there, Monday's they would play volleyball on the beach, Tuesday they would play a Brazilian film at night, Wednesdays there were samba classes...and I can't remember what the other 2 days were, but I just love the many different ways they help you to continue practicing Portuguese even outside of your classes. They are affiliated with an orphanage too so some of the money you pay for classes (which is much cheaper than most other places) goes to the orphanage. I highly recommend this place! The one down side is that the group courses that are offered are every single day of the week for 3 hours so if you have a tight schedule, you'll have to do private classes, which are not as interactive. I hope they make group classes that are perhaps 3 days a week for people who don't have every day available.

Our company hired Fala Brasil when we were in Rio in 2016. After our free-trial class we were…read morehooked and loved every minute of classes after that. The teachers (we had 3) connected really well to the people with our company and even became long-term friends. We still stay in touch with them and when anyone heads to Rio I always recommend Fala Brasil to learn Portuguese and integrate with the culture in Rio. They also throw some really good events and parties!!! 10 out of 10!!!

From the owner: Fala Brasil is more than just a portuguese language school. We cook, dance, sing and we help our…read morestudents to get to know the brazilian culture and have unforgettable experiences. Therefore, we think that knowledge and experience go hand-in-hand. According to this, we have developed activities turning theory into real-life situations, like interacting with locals in the streets, supermarkets and events. In this way, the foreigners understand the diversity in the country and feel more comfortable and part of the brazilian society. Using an interactive methodology based on neurolinguistics, we apply technical knowledge that facilitates rapid speaking and good understanding of spoken and written Portuguese.

Went here to check out class schedules and interview for a intensive class of Portuguese for…read moreSpanish or Italian speakers. It's on the second floor of a gray mall right next to a bodytech. Easy to get to by bus or metro (siqueira campos). The staff is friendly. I talked with Viviane. This R$500 specific 5 day (4 hr/day) class is for fluent/native Spanish or Italian speakers who can converse in Portuguese in complete sentences (all the interview questions were conducted in Portuguese) and a written component (which you can email) that also asked questions in Portuguese along with grammar, preterite and subjunctive verb conjugations, etc. They also offer a 4 week intro class (R$1500), intermediate class and advanced at least once or twice a month and are often small classes. They also offer private lessons (R$70/hr)The space is small without air conditioning, but has a bathroom, 3 classrooms, a waiting room. They do a good job representing their course on their website, so you can get most of the information you need, but are also responsive to emails.