Nome: | Maria Elizabeth Ellison de Matos |
Sigla: | MEEM |
Estado: | Ativo |
0000-0001-9060-4147 | |
7614-5C18-10E8 |
Extensão Telefónica: | 4304 |
Salas: | A262 |
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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.
Recent publications Click here
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).
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