C1 operating system (Portuguese)
Advanced Portuguese means adult work: clear summaries, formal email control, soft disagreement, and production with models — not only denser Netflix vocabulary. Novelty nouns are optional; glue and register are not.
Weekly non-negotiables
- One native short (news / workplace) + retell
- One real-world writing task with model compare via output workshop / C1 tasks
- Two 15-minute sprints: register rewrite + connectors
- One self-scored task aiming ≥6/8
Model formal email: Prezado(a), Em relação ao material solicitado, ainda não está completo. Seria possível entregar até terça-feira? Atenciosamente,
Model soft disagreement: Entendo a proposta. No entanto, o teste ainda não terminou. Que tal publicar na terça?
Domain month
Pick workplace, media, or academic for four weeks. Keep emails and retells inside that domain so collocations cluster. Parallel habit guide: Spanish advanced register.
Four-week block
- Workplace email + meeting lines
- Broadcast summary + neutralize opinion
- Soft disagreement + hedges
- Timed mixed rewrite under 12 minutes
Portuguese advanced traps
- Chat register in workplace writing
- Translationese word order from English/Spanish
- Passive news binge with no register rewrite
- Collecting slang while hedges stay English
Portuguese hub · B2→C1 emails.
A solid practice day
Input + retell, one production with model compare, one register/connector sprint. Under 4/8? Same brief again before harder material.