🎒PORTUGUESE CLASSES and language exchange through the lens of forró

This is an proposal inspired by an idea of Eva Barros -------------- 1) 🤌SUMMARY: *Conduct online Portuguese classes and online language exchanges to increase the level of Portuguese within the Forró community* 2) 🗯️DETAILED IDEA: This idea would be partially modelled on the "Online Language Exchange", which you can read about here: https://onlinelanguageexchange.com/en/ *WHAT is the objective?* - To increase the level of Portuguese within the forró community outside Brazil - Help forrozeiros to meet new people outside their local community, who they are likely to meet at festivals - Help Brazilian forrozeiros to learn European languages and meet forrozeiros outside Brazil prior to travels *Steps:* -> Recruit a small group of professional PT teachers to create course material and conduct classes online, starting with beginners and then expanding to advanced, using forró songs, history, and vocabulary as learning resources -> Organise weekly language exchanges using Airmeet (airmeet.com) or similar where people can gather and practice both Portuguese and other languages. *HOW would it look like?* -> Forrozeiros would pay for PT lessons scheduled by teachers based upon demand -> Fofed would market these lessons, and provide startup funding for the teachers -> Fofed members would be able to participate in both classes and language exchanges for free, and non-members would pay fees, either monthly or for drop-ins -> Courses would be completely coordinated and run by the teachers, while Fofed would coordinate the language exchanges -> Airmeet, and similar online conferencing tools like Zoom, allow people to segregate into "tables", so that people can find their level and target language, such as PT-Beginners, DE-Intermediate, etc... 3) ℹ️*NOTES / WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS IDEA GETS UPVOTED* Fofed would advertise to recruit PT teachers from the forró community, and initiate a pilot class to assess demand. At the same time we would set up a pilot language exchange. From there we would consult with the community about how to expand or modify the initiative.