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Warning : First Groups begin on November 9th
Price per week from R$564!
This morning immersion course in Rio de Janeiro is designed for expats and digital nomads. Master conversational Portuguese by 10:30 AM and keep your entire day free.
Schedule: 10 hrs/week | Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Group Size: 2–6 students (maximum individual speaking practice)
Method: Livelearning & Funlearning conversational framework
Perks: Free weekday RioLIVE! cultural activities & social excursions included
Free Enrollment. Tuition: From R$564/week (longer enrollment unlocks lower weekly rates)
| Quantity | Discount (%) | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | R$ 940,00 |
| 2 - 3 | 10% | R$ 846,00 |
| 4 - 5 | 25% | R$ 705,00 |
| 6 - 9 | 30% | R$ 658,00 |
| 10 - 15 | 35% | R$ 611,00 |
| 16+ | 40% | R$ 564,00 |
Want to learn Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro and still keep 100% of your remote workday intact? Our RioInGroup BeforeWork classes are engineered specifically for digital nomads, expats, and remote professionals operating on North American time zones.
You get 2 high-impact hours of conversational Portuguese every weekday morning from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Because Rio de Janeiro is typically just 1 to 2 hours ahead of US East Coast time, your class wraps up right at 9:30 AM EDT —the exact moment North American corporate channels, and morning standups begin.
Start your day in an intimate group of 2–6 students, build practical Portuguese confidence before your first work call, and keep your afternoons, evenings, and weekends completely open to experience Rio.
Our primary goal with RioInGroup BeforeWork is to enable you to speak, understand, and be understood from day one. Forget memorizing artificial dialogues or isolated grammar tables—our focus is 100% on real oral communication.
Your native-speaking teachers will encourage you to actively debate, ask questions, and practice with your classmates in a relaxed, friendly environment. You will cover essential grammar in context alongside everyday Carioca slang (gírias), natural street contractions, and Brazilian cultural nuances.
Whether you are buying groceries at the supermarket, ordering fresh fruit at the street market, chatting with your doorman, or mingling at a beachside kiosk, you’ll speak naturally without sounding like a textbook robot.
To make your mornings efficient, engaging, and energizing, we use our proprietary Funlearning™ methodology. Rather than draining your mental energy before your workday starts, our classes use interactive dynamics, games, music, and scenario-based conversation to help you assimilate Portuguese effortlessly.
Our approach is completely non-traditional: you will never be stuck staring at a dry textbook. To protect the environment and provide dynamic, up-to-date content, we are 100% book-free. All materials are digital, practical, and tailored to encourage real conversation.
Your progress from one level to the next is based directly on the conversational improvement you demonstrate in class, allowing you to advance as quickly as you improve.
We don’t focus on memorizing endless rules or vocabulary lists. True fluency comes from living the language in context. When learning food, shopping, and commerce vocabulary, we don’t just read lists off a screen—we simulate real interactions you will use at the local feira or bakery five minutes down the street.
Brazilians are famously warm, talkative, and welcoming to foreigners. By practicing authentic dialogues and situational roleplay in class, you gain the confidence to step outside and chat with native Cariocas anywhere in the city without hesitation.
Language learning should never feel like a chore. Through Livelearning, we encourage you to use Portuguese continuously in practical, social situations so you absorb idioms and vocabulary naturally without hours of tedious studying.
In your BeforeWork morning classes, you study alongside ambitious professionals and nomads from around the world. You’ll laugh, exchange cultural perspectives, and make genuine international friendships—energizing your brain for the workday ahead rather than exhausting it.
The ideal complement to your morning classes are our signature RioLIVE! Activities. Every weekday, our teachers guide students through Rio’s most iconic and hidden spots—from hiking Morro da Urca and exploring bohemian Santa Teresa to playing beach volleyball in Copacabana or enjoying sunset caipirinhas at Arpoador. Whenever your remote work schedule allows a flexible afternoon or early sign-off, you can join these free guided outings to practice your Portuguese in the real world.
In addition, all enrolled students gain access to our exclusive 24/7 WhatsApp Community, supervised by our native teachers. Practice your Portuguese anytime, ask grammar questions, share local recommendations, and connect with other international professionals living and working in Rio.
Rio & Learn deliberately avoids grouping Spanish speakers exclusively together to protect you from falling into the “Portunhol” trap.
Because Portuguese and Spanish are closely related, placing only Spanish speakers in one group naturally leads to a confusing linguistic mix rather than authentic Portuguese. By maintaining diverse international cohorts where English, German, French, and other native tongues sit together, Portuguese remains the only shared language. This pushes you to think and speak purely in Portuguese, accelerating your jump from beginner to conversational fluency.
Work-Aligned Morning Schedule: Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (finish before North American workdays begin).
Intimate Micro-Groups: Small cohorts of 2–6 students matched to your precise level.
Dynamic Level Adaptation: Class levels adapt weekly based on your individual learning curve.
100% Conversational Focus: Practical speaking, slang, and Brazilian culture with zero dry textbook drills.
Included RioLIVE! Activities: Free weekday teacher-guided cultural outings across Rio.
24/7 Supervised WhatsApp Group: Continuous practice, questions, and networking with fellow expats and teachers.
Progressive Volume Pricing: The more weeks you book, the lower your weekly rate.
Because these are interactive group classes, individual session dates cannot be altered day-to-day. As is standard in international language education, each scheduled teaching hour corresponds to 55 minutes of active instruction. However, we offer complete flexibility for your travel plans:
Advance Itinerary Scheduling: When you purchase your course package, simply email your planned off-weeks to info@rioandlearn.com at the exact time of purchase, and we will customize your class calendar accordingly. (If no schedule is submitted at purchase, classes will be scheduled consecutively.)
Long-Term Package Flexibility (10+ Weeks): For every 10 weeks purchased, we include one free schedule change. If your travel plans change, simply notify us by email or WhatsApp at least 5 business days before the change begins.
Brazil has a vibrant calendar of local and national holidays, but you will never lose a single minute of learning:
Single Weekday Holiday: To make up for the 2 missed hours without interfering with your 10:30 AM remote workday start, we redistribute the time across two days of that week by starting 30 minutes earlier and finishing 30 minutes later (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM). You receive your full 10 weekly hours and still log into work on time.
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