Introduction:

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Romance language originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the sole official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Brazil, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as “Lusophone” (lusófono). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese and Portuguese creole speakers are also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal and has kept some Celtic phonology and its lexicon. 

With approximately 215 to 220 million native speakers and 50 million L2 speakers, Portuguese has approximately 270 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language and the third-most spoken European language in the world in terms of native speakers. Being the most widely spoken language in South America and all of the Southern Hemisphere, it is also the second-most spoken language, after Spanish, in Latin America, one of the 10 most spoken languages in Africa, and is an official language of the European Union, Mercosur, the Organization of American States, the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, an international organization made up of all of the world’s officially Lusophone nations.

A good institute that offers an excellent course which is directly suitable for your needs is what you need to choose. Along with the institute and many other factors, fee is also a very important factor that needs to be considered.   

Before we actually talk about what the fees for learning Portuguese are, let us first understand the factors that you need to consider.

The first thing you want to consider is whether it is a traditional or an online course that you would like to go with. In both cases along with the course fee you might have to consider the travel or internet charges.

Long term or short term

Is it a long term course that you want to undertake where your objective is to clear the entrance test and further move to a Portuguese University for higher education or is it a short term course that is intended for specific purposes like travel, communication or business conversations would also make a huge difference in selecting the institute for learning Portuguese?

If you choose an online course, are you looking for a group session or would you like to learn individually with the trainer is another major deciding factor that affects the fee.

Your level of learning is another major factor that needs to be considered. Depending on whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced level learner the time that you need to spend to achieve the level of proficiency that you intend to would vary and thus would be another important factor in deciding how long your course would be and consequently the fee that you need to pay.

These are some of the factors that can influence the fee that you pay for learning Portuguese. However, to be precise, in numbers the fee may vary anywhere from ₹ 3000 to ₹ 100000 in India depending on your level of learning and whether you choose to learn in a group or individually.

Apart from these factors which are related to your personal learning, you also need to take into account the various other factors related to an institute that promises to help you achieve your expected level of proficiency in Portuguese.

Do your research to understand the methodology they follow to teach the language.

As the learning need and the learning pace of every individual is different, it is important to see that the trainers are accommodative enough to help you learn at your own pace.

The training material is another important factor to consider. Material that is easily accessible, understandable, and most importantly designed with the student’s needs in mind can make a huge difference in enhancing the learning experience of a student.

Finally, it’s quality over quantity that matters. If you are satisfied with an institute in all areas when it comes to learning Portuguese, then paying a fee that is a little higher may not be a concern for you as long as you are able to get the value of every rupee that you spend.