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21 feb 1997

ã interface em português

* = Portuguese-only link

My résumé on-line.*

Japanese language

I have some interest in any foreign language, but this was ever focused on Japanese, mainly for its uncommon system of writing in the begining. So I began to study Japanese by myself, and August 1996 I started to attend a course in the cultural center of the University of São Paulo in São Carlos city.

As it's hard to find someone to practice with, the best place I found to do this is the mailing lists of the University of Hawaii at Hilo. These lists are owned by professor Laura Kimoto and controlled by an automatic server.

Existing lists so far are the following:

• Gakusei-L, Gakusei2-L and Gakusei3-L: student lists in romaji (in Japanese);
• Gakuseik-L and Gakusei2k-L: student lists in kanji/kana (in Japanese);
• Sensei-L: Japanese teachers list;
• Bunpou-L: list for doubts and discussion on Japanese grammar (in English);
• Nihongo: discussion list on Japanese language and culture;

Concerning Gakusei lists, the number indicates the level of the language. To make your subscription to any one of them just send an e-mail to listproc@hawaii.edu with the command subscribe listname yourname. Or with help for further information.

There I met Steve Baker who has a home page with several links for those who has some interest in Japanese language and culture. It's a great deal!

Brazilian Civilization

• TV Cultura
• 98 FM* - listen to Brazil's first radio station to use RealAudio (Belo Horizonte - MG)
• O Globo On* - Brazilian newspaper homepage with optimized articles for Internet access
• * - top-hitted non-English homepage worldwide (dec'96)

X t r a S e r v i c e s

• European Community dictionary - all official EU languages (but Greek).
• Yaih?* - Brazilian search engine and Internet directory
• Ação da Cidadania* - "Citizenship Action" (Brazilian social service)
• Missing children in Paraná State

Portuguese language around the world

Portuguese is spoken not only in Brazil and Portugal. Just see that in Encontro* ("meeting") homepage of the PortugalNet. If you prefer start from Africa, take a look at the African authors' homepage*.

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