General Portuguese Courses for Adults in Lisbon from €38 for 1 Week

Reviews by former students who attended a Standard course in Lisbon

The center is quite small but well organized. Teachers are friendly and professional.
Thank you.
3 December 2025
Course: Standard Course 20 - 3 weeks
Student age: 40 years

Overall, I am satisfied with Lusa Language school and would recommend it. Also the facility is very nice and new and the classrooms bright and comfortable. Small groups of maximum 8/10 people make a difference in learning. My overall rating of the school is good, I was hoping to learn more but Portuguese is really a very difficult language and 2 weeks is too short. I found the teachers to be well prepared, the course materials distributed were of good quality, and the theory and grammar part was well explained by both teachers. The location at the historic center was also very central and both the lecturers but also the secretariat were very kind and friendly. I am also very grateful to the school management who met my many requests and listened to my comments and criticisms carefully and tried to meet my needs and that is commendable. I found all the staff good. I thank the legendary Veronica who helped me so much in choosing the school and was perfect as a mediator and had great patience in answering all my e-mails over the course of 6 months and above all showed great professionalism and preparation, really great, congratulations!
Offer more activities where oral is spoken and practiced, and offer gathering activities in the afternoon or evening and more cultural activities: city tours, museums, etc.... For me too much English is spoken, even in class and with all LUSA staff
29 July 2025
Course: Intensive Course - 2 weeks
Student age: 53 years

I found the teachers very welcoming, a really nice atmosphere. I also found the teacher in my course particularly professional, very varied and very good material.
15 July 2024
Course: Intensive Group Course - 1 week
Student age: 54 years

Super nice staff and teachers/ great atmosphere and good organisation of the groups
5 April 2024
Course: Intensive Group Course - 4 weeks
Student age: 62 years

The group of people we met in class. Amazing.
20 November 2023
Course: Intensive Course - 2 weeks
Student age: 54 years
























Take the opportunity to study Portuguese in Lisbon, by living and studying with your teacher in their personal home. The home tuition programme from HLI offers learners the advantages of total language immersion, by allowing them to converse with their host family and putting them in the middle of the action in Lisbon.
During your free time between your 15 lessons per week, you will be able to discover what so many people love about living in Lisbon. You can look forward to complementing your language studies with tourist activities in the historical centre, checking out the local cuisine, and taking up new hobbies or continuing to enjoy old ones in a new place.
Your host family will provide you with three meals per day, as this is a full-board experience. If for any reason you experience some kind of issue while studying at your teacher’s home, HLI asks that you get in touch with their Local Organiser agents who are situated within Lisbon.