Of course teaching a language without using translationor grammar explanations is a challenge! The challenge is in determiningthe order of importance of each word, including verbs and expressions.The order is driven by the frequency of use in the daily vocabulary of thepeople. The selection process about the importance of each word was determinedafter extensive study.The challenge and the pride of educators is determined by accelerating the resultsachieved, and eliminating wasted time and effort, for each student.For this reason we at Portuguese Today have gone to considerable care in theproduction of our videos, using numerous illustrations in order to teachPortuguese with less effort and less time invested for the students, facilitatingstudent understanding and minimizing the need for dictionary searches fortranslations. We opted for the association method, the way we learn our nativelanguage – a more natural and faster method.