Overview
- Portuguese is the most spoken language in the Southern hemisphere
- Portuguese is the official language of both Brazil and Portugal
- Portuguese has official status as a second or additional language in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, GuineaBissau, São Tomé-Principe and Timor-Leste.
- Portuguese is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world
Course Information
Experienced tutors and learning support mentors
Location
Time
- Evening 6pm-7:30pm
- Saturday morning 10am-11:30am
- Two classes a week
- 90 minutes
With maximum class sizes of 16 students, you will be able to gain confidence in a new language in a
fun and relaxed environment where teaching can be tailored to meet your individual needs and
interests.
Each language course runs for 30 weeks and costs (tbc) for the full course. The profits from this
social business will be used to cross subsidize our other basic and essential skills courses targeted
for people on low incomes. For more information on our basic and essential skills courses and how
your fees can support our learners, please visit us here
Connect with people in your community in their native languages.
Individuals who speak languages other than English, who speak patois as well as standard
English, find it a necessary aspect of self-affirmation not to feel compelled to chose one voice
over another, not to claim one as more authentic but rather to construct social realities that
celebrate, acknowledge and affirm differences, variety. – bell hooks, ‘thinking feminist,
thinking back.’
London is one of the most diverse cities on Earth formed of multilingual communities speaking over
200 languages. Learning an additional language will support your community networks and widen
your social life with both practical communication and an increased cultural understanding.
Learning an additional language is a great CV boost for many career paths including social and care
work, the tourism sector and international business, journalism and politics.
At Ripe Languages, you will learn in a friendly and relaxed environment with likeminded people
excited about language learning. There are many cognitive, creative and social benefits of learning a
new language.
Multilinguals show greater creative and cognitive abilities than monolinguals.
● Multilingualism is related to the reduction and delay of the onset of dementia.
● Multilinguals are better at multitasking.
● Multilinguals and those who learn another language are better and faster at learning new
things.
● Foreign language learners and multilinguals are more tolerant and accepting of difference
and ambiguity thus making integration less of a challenge.
● Multilinguals have more foreign friends and participate more in cultural activities.