Code: | MEPLAT004 | Acronym: | PEL |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Didactics |
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 |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MEBI | 8 | MEBI - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
MEI | 0 | MEI - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
MEIEFA | 13 | MEIEFA - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
MEP | 19 | MEP - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
MEPIEFA | 13 | MEPIEFA - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
MEPLAT | 0 | MEPLAT - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 162 |
To develop students’ critical reasoning so that they can attain better skills as teachers of Portuguese, based on the topics dealt with during the seminar sessions.
To enable the students to deal critically with topics related to this curricular unit and to write academic works with the rigor required at this level.
1. Preliminary remarks concerning the central topic of Psychology, Psychology of Language and Psycholinguistics. 2. Acquisition and learning in the framework of L2 3. Second language or foreign language? 4. Bilingualism/Plurilingualism from the perspective of Psycholinguistics. a. Bilingualism as a continuum b. Classical models of bilingualism and the models of the bilingual’s memory c. Lexical representation in bilinguals. 5. Different environments in L2 acquisition. a. Critical periods in the acquisition/learning of L2 and in comparison with L1 acquisition. b. Contextual and physiological implications of such acquisition/learning and its mode of processing c. The bilingual’s dominant language and its meaning as for articulation and working memory. d. The influence of L1 proficiency on L2 proficiency. e. Attrition in L1. 6. Information processing and individual differences regarding foreign language as a variable. 7. Brief neuropsychological reference to the multilingual speakers’ brain organization. 8. Teaching styles and learning styles. 8.1 The development of educational strategies.
Complementary bibliography will be supplied during the semester.
Seminars
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 60,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 40,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 66,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 54,00 |
Trabalho de investigação | 42,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Students are required to attend a minimum number of classes and sessions, as provided for in the Course Regulations and other Faculty Regulations in force.
Result of the adopted assessment components.
Not applicable
According to the Assessment Regulations in force.
Students may improve their marks at the "Exame de Recurso" chosing the part of the evaluation where they find that they may get a better mark.