Do these sentences sound natural?

[hpimentel]

Hi everyone!

I'm working on the advertisement for Portuguese as a foreign language classes. I'd be extremely grateful if you could confirm whether the following sentences/expressions sound natural in English (and if not, could you please suggest corrections?):

- Portuguese for tourists
- Take a bit of Portugal with you
- To know, you need to communicate
- SOS Portuguese in 2 hours
- To those who visit us

Many thanks in advance!

 

[probus]

They all sound natural. As far as advertising is concerned, I would eliminate the last as insufficiently specific. Portuguese in two hours might be stronger without the SOS.

 

[tedmc]

Hi everyone!

I'm working on [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] an advertisement for [STRIKE]Portuguese as a foreign language classes[/STRIKE] a course/class in learning Portuguese as a foreign language. I'd be extremely grateful if you could confirm whether the following sentences/expressions sound natural in English (and if not, could you please suggest corrections?):

- Portuguese for tourists
- Take a bit of Portugal with you
- To know, you need to communicate
- SOS Portuguese in 2 hours without SOS, as probus suggested
- To those who visit us To our visitors

Many thanks in advance!

not a teacher

 

[hpimentel]

Thank you very much for your suggestions, probus and tedmc!
I took "SOS" out, maybe I could add "cram course" to that one?
As far as the last sentence is concerned, I totally agree with you but the decision-maker insisted on keeping it...

 

[Raymott]

I have no problem with "SOS Portuguese in 2 hours."
The last phrase is meaningless.
"To know, you need to communicate". What does this mean? It doesn't sound true.

 

[hpimentel]

Thank you very much for your feedback, Raymott
Again, the last sentence should mention the target audience of the course: tourists and foreigners living in Portugal, and I agree that "To those who visit us" does not specify anything.
I have actually changed the last sentence to "Knowledge encompasses communication", which again should say something else, but the decision-maker wanted to keep it vague...

 

[Raymott]

OK, at least you are making clear that you don't offer courses to people who don't come near you (which could be useful, I guess <shrug>).