Apresentação Pessoal

Qualifications

Doctorate in Didactics of Languages (Ph.D), Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto (2014).Thesis: CLIL as a Catalyst for Developing Reflective Practice in Foreign Language Teacher Education.  Masters in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA in TESOL), University of Manchester (2008). Dissertation: Developing Initial Teacher Education through Action Research. Bachelor of Education (B.Ed Hons 4 + 1 years) in Primary Education. Bath College of Higher Education (now Bath Spa University College) (1989). Individual study: Bilingualism: Attitudes of teachers and pupils, and consequences for British state schools.

Other relevant qualifications in TEFL

Royal Society of Arts/UCLES (University of Cambridge Examinations Syndicate) Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (1995). Royal Society of Arts Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (1989).

Convener of the Working CLIL Research strand of CETAPS https://www.cetaps.com/clil/

Research interests

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in compulsory education; Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE); Language awareness across the curriculum; The affective domain in foreign language teaching; Dimensions of teacher reflection; Teaching English to Young Learners (5-11 years); Action research in language teacher education.

Current projects

Erasmus + : STEAM Tales: Enhancing STEAM education through storytelling and hands-on learning

https://www.steamtales.eu/

COST -  CLIL Network for Languages in Education: Towards Bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies (CLILNetLE). Management committee for Portugal https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21114/

The 'Go-CLIL' project at Escola Dr. Joaquim  Gomes Ferreira Alves, Valadares. Pedagogic coordinator.

Completed projects

Higher STEPS - English for Academic Purposes and CLIL for academics at the University of Porto. Pedagogic coordinator.

'Language and Pedagogical Innovation in Schools'  (LAPIS) in Turkmenistan. Tempus project. Partner coordinator for FLUP.

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Awards

European Language Label Award - Selo Europeu  (2008) and Label of Labels Award (2012) for the STEPS-UP project (Support for Teaching English in Primary Schools) with Fátima Vieira. The STEPS-UP project is a case study for NELLIP (Network of European Language Labelled Initiatives).