Join us for a six-week Brazilian Portuguese language and culture class with Maria Angela Moreira and Lorena Crespo. Learn the essentials of communication in Brazilian Portuguese, while also developing a cultural understanding of Brazilian youth.

In this class you will learn: improved communication with ESL students; essential vocabularly and phrases for basic communication; cultural norms and differences; a better understanding of your Brazilian students.  

Meet Your Instructors: 

Lorena Crespo is originally from Ecuador and has been a language teacher on the Island for nearly a decade. She is a graduate of the ACE MV Brazilian Portuguese Teacher Training program. She has a master's degree in education in curriculum and teaching and is a certified ESL instructor. Lorena works as a Spanish teacher at the Tisbury School and teaches Latin dance classes on the side!

Maria Angela Moreira has decades of experience in the field of education, with a BA in pedagogy and her postgraduate degree in teaching in the field of higher education. Maria is a native of Brazil and has been teaching Brazilian Portuguese on Martha's Vineyard since 2015. She runs ACE MV's Brazilian Portuguese Teacher Training program and is the founder of Moreira Education Solution, offering language services for Martha's Vineyard community members. Maria works at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School as a Brazilian Portuguese teacher!