Teaching Portuguese as a Second and Foreign Language

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Ana Maria Martinho

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

28 vagas

Fees

1st year - 1.000,00 € / 2nd year - 1.000,00 €

Schedule

Office hours of the Course Director: Th 15:00 – 17:00

Education objectives

1) To develop advanced competences in research and academic communication;
2) To acquire research and critical skills in contemporary topics on education and language learning, with a focus on Portuguese language;
3) To acquire a global understanding of contemporary Education;
4) To acquire strategic skills for the planning of practices in cooperation and development with a focus on lusophone countries;
5) To develop advanced knowledge on problems and conditions for the teaching of second and foreign languages, in multilingual and multicultural contexts;
6) To acquire methodological skills for the usage of analytical, practical and communicative tools in the strategic learning of PSL/PFL;
7) To develop advanced oral and written competences in the field mentioned above;
8) To acquire theoretical and methodological competences for the production of a dissertation within the academic framework.

Access conditions

1) Please refer to n.º 1 do artigo 17 do Decreto-Lei n.º 74 de 24 de Março de 2006. 2) The candidates that comply with the academic and curricular conditions mentioned in 1) will be selected and listed in accordance with the following criteria: a) Grade of BA degree; b) Academic and scientific resume; c) Professional resume; d) Interview when necessary.

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 3 semesters
Total Number of Credits: 93; 60 in UCs (Curricular Units) + 33 (Dissertation or Work Project or Internship with Report)
Credits in Optional Courses: 20 (the student can follow optional courses choosing from the Graduate offer of FCSH, UNL, or from other national and international Higher Education institutions, contingent on bilateral agreements).

Access to other courses

This course grants access to application to a Doctoral degree. Please see specific information available for PhD programs in FCSH.

Evaluation rules

1) No specific curricular precedence required. 2) Individual evaluation will take place; to be completed by the end of each semester. It consists of written and, or, oral exams, under conditions proposed by the faculty. The grading is from 0-20. 3) Approval is granted from 10-20. 4) The completion of 60 credits is required before the approval of the dissertation plan. 5) About the evaluation of the dissertation please refer to the official rules of the Masters courses in FCSH.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091070	TEACHING PORTUGUESE AS A SECOND AND AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE	10
722091087	Literatures and Cultures from Portuguese Speaking Countries	10
722091105	Textuality and Education	10

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091055	Análise e Produção de Materiais Didácticos (not translated)	10
722141037	Education and Multiculturalism	10
722091069	Distance Teaching: Theory and Practice	10

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722091065	Dissertação em Ensino do Português como Língua Segunda e Estrangeira (not translated)	33
722091145	Estágio com Relatório em Ensino do Português como Língua Segunda e Estrangeira (not translated)	33
722091146	Trabalho de Projecto em Ensino do Português como Língua Segunda e Estrangeira (not translated)	33