Teaching Portuguese as a Second Language

Code:

MEP004

Acronym:

DPLS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Didactics

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Teaching Portuguese in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and in Secondary Education

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEP	6	MEP - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Aims

1. Devellopment of the awareness of professional conduct that will guide the career of student
2. Reinforcement in the student awareness of the educational value of teaching and learning of Portuguese as a Second Language, in the double instrumental and cultural strand.
3. Development of the students’ appetite for lifelong learning and self-learning by managing and rationalizing independent study and research, which shall guide their future teaching career.
4. Acquisiton of a specific theoretical and methodological framework of Foreign Language Teaching/Didactics, in order to raise awareness on the ways and reasons of teaching practices peculiar to teaching/learning Portuguese as a Second Language.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that students, at the end of the semester, have acquired basic concepts related to the subjects. It is also expected that they will have acquired the knowledge, tools and ability to teach Second Language Portuguese, in the future, if necessary, in a work context.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Syllabus
1. The role and profile of the teacher.
2. Diversity of the learning audience.
3. Aims and objectives of teaching and learning Portuguese as a Second Language.
4. How to teach-learn: from methods to technological resources.

Mandatory literature

Bizarro, Rosa 340; Português língua não materna. ISBN: 978-972-757-928-0
Bizarro, Rosa e & Braga, Fátima; Da(s) cultura(s) de ensino ao ensino da(s) cultura(s) na aula de Língua Estrangeira , 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical sessions. Active-cooperative method insisting on a qualified participation based on well-grounded knowledge, inferential capacity (by deduction and induction) and reflexive competences developed by students.

keywords

Social sciences > Educational sciences > Education > Language education
Social sciences > Educational sciences > Education > Teacher training

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	132,00
Total:	132,00

Eligibility for exams

Final exam and practical work.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam classification (60%) and practical work classification (40%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

To be defined with the students.

Classification improvement

To be defined with the students.

Observations

Evaluation ajustments

Final exam classification (40%) and practical work classification (60%).