Try Alliance Francaise: https://www.afprovidence.org/

thank you! they don’t offer portuguese but i’ll keep it in mind if I ever want to learn french.

Not in person, but I have a friend who teaches English and Portuguese virtually. He’s very good. DM me if interested.

With a heavy Portuguese population around here there should be something close, maybe even in Fall River.

Brown has a Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and their homepage says their a "community-oriented department". Couldn't hurt to shoot them an email and ask if they do public classes for the community or know an organization/grad student that does?

There was a place in East Providence that taught Portuguese on Saturdays. I believe it was with St.Francis Xavier church

I'm learning French! Are these guys worth the money?

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Check out places in Fall River - huge Portuguese population.

Hi, I'm from French speaking Switzerland living in Providence, Alliance Francaise is def worth the money! It's expensive, but totally worth it! Bonne chance!

They also offer Spanish. At least, they did a few years ago when I took it.

I took a Spanish class there and would again.

Ugh, sorry! I checked if Passport to Languages in Warwick does, but nope. Weird that we're in such a Portuguese strong area but no classes. I know you want in person, but I've taken online classes on italki.com and enjoyed them, but you have to find a teacher that fits with your approach.

Go to a bar in fall river.... St. John's club go in the afternoon. Play keno, get drunk. Listen and learn! Vat gaga