General Portuguese
Group Courses
Our intensive Portuguese group courses consist of 3 hours of tuition daily, from Monday to Friday.   Classes are held from 10.00 to 13.00 with a mid-morning coffee break. 
There is a social programme of visits and activities organised on two afternoons a week together with one full-day weekend excursion during the course.

Individual PortugueseTuition
Students can take between 1 and 6 hours of individual tuition daily or combine an intensive  group course with 1 or more hours of individual tuition in the afternoons.   
The courses can be designed for the individual needs of each person.   Whether you want to develop your  Portuguese language skills for work or business, for technical reasons or simply for pleasure we can put together the right course for you.

Levels & Methodology
We offer courses at four broad levels: beginners, elementary, intermediate and advanced.   Students undertake a placement test at the start of the course and are graded according to the result. 
How do we teach?   There is no single way to learn a language.   Taking the communicative approach as a starting point, our teachers select the materials and techniques best suited to you and your needs.

Accommodation
Most of our non-resident students stay in private houses which have been inspected and approved by International House staff.   We can also book students into "pensões" guest houses or hotels if they prefer.