Other sites of interest
Online Dictionaries and Verb Conjugators
General
Directory of Translation Dictionaries
Verbix: Portuguese Verb Conjugator
Vocabulário Ortográfico
da Língua Portuguesa (Gratuito)
Specialized
Electropedia: Multilingual electrotechnical vocabulary
IATE: Search for specialized vocabulary from 24 European languages in a variety of domains, such as agriculture, transportation, and economics.
IMF: The International Monetary Foundation's multilingual terminology database.
ISI: Multilingual Glossary of Statistical Terms
Campus Resources
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Portuguese Studies 
Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
Luso-Brazilian Association - The University of Illinois has a group open to students and residents of Champaign-Urbana interested in learning or improving their Portuguese skills.
La Casa - Hosts many student groups, outreach activities, and cultural festivities around the University of Illinois campus.
Latin American Studies at UIUC Library Facebook Page
In-Flight Portuguese: Learn before you land - Download this audiobook and learn basic conversational Portuguese for travellers.
Learn Portuguese on the Internet
Brazilian PodClass - Weekly Brazilian Portuguese podcast, for all levels with focus on conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and popular expressions. Also available to download through iTunes.
Brazilian Portuguese Podcast - Brazilian Portuguese podcast with lessons designed to improve listening comprehension.
Italki Language Exchange - A collaborative online environment for developing language skills.
Ponto do Encontro - Offers quizzes and activities to test your Portuguese understanding.
Portuguese II through MIT's opensoftware.
BBC Languages: Portuguese - Online resources about Lusophone culture and language. The "Talk Portugal" section provides helfpul speaking and listening tools for practice.
Livemocha - A social language learning community with lessons, games chat and more. Boasts over 8 million members.
General Portuguese Resources
PC5444 .P48 2004 (LLL)
Perini, Mário A. Talking Brazilian: a Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation Workbook. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 2004.
469.8 R618f (Main Stacks)
Rodrigues, Fernando José and Peter Humphreys. Falaré aprender: Português para estrangeiros. Porto: Porto Editora, 1993.
PC5035 .L554 1999 (LLL)
Eberlein O.F. Lima , Emma and Samira A. Lunes. Falar, Ler, Escrever Português: um curso para estrangeiros. São Paolo: EPU, 1999.
469.82421 L348B1998 (Main Stacks)
Lathrop, Thomas A. and Eduardo M. Dias. Brasil! Lingua e Cultura. Newark, Del.: LinguaText, 1998.
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