Joana Teixeira is an assistant professor at the Linguistics Department of NOVA FCSH and a researcher at the Centro de Linguística da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CLUNL). She holds a PhD in Linguistics. Her main research areas are second language (L2) acquisition, comparative syntax and L2 teaching. Her work focuses on English and Romance languages, particularly European Portuguese. She has participated in funded research projects in the following areas: L2 acquisition, learner corpora and L2 teaching. [email: joanateixeira@fcsh.unl.pt]
Teaching staff
Cátia Ramalhinho
Cátia Ramalhinho holds a BA in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies, a master’s degree in Teaching Portuguese and Classical Languages, and postgraduate qualifications in Teaching Portuguese as a Second Language and in Political Science and International Relations. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Language Teaching, specializing in the teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language, at NOVA FCSH in association with the Open University. She has taught Portuguese in various educational institutions, catering to diverse audiences. [e-mail: catiaramalhinho@fcsh.unl.pt]
Isabel Pessoa
Isabel Pessoa graduated in Linguistics and post-graduated in Portuguese as L1, L2 and Foreign Language. She teaches Portuguese Language and Culture Courses since 1999 at NOVA FCSH and other NOVA faculties. Isabel taught Portuguese Language, Culture and Literature at Coruña University, Spain, as Lecturer from Instituto Camões. She integrates the LAPE 4004 of the Portuguese Foreign Language Evaluation Center (CAPLE) examiners team. [email: ipessoa@fcsh.unl.pt]
Mafalda Moço
Mafalda Moço holds a degree in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies, a Master in Portuguese Language and Culture and she is a Ph.D. student in the Portuguese as a Foreign & Second Language Program at Faculdade de Letras of Universidade de Lisboa. She teaches Portuguese Language and Culture courses at NOVA FCSH and other NOVA faculties. Mafalda is developing her research in literary studies and intercultural pedagogy. [email: mafaldamoco@fcsh.unl.pt]
Mónica Catarino
Mónica Catarino graduated in Linguistics and post-graduated in Portuguese as L1, L2, and Foreign Language. She teaches Portuguese Language and Culture Courses since 2003 at NOVA FCSH. She taught Portuguese as a Second/Foreign Language to children and adults. Mónica collaborated in international projects in the area of Portuguese as L2/Foreign Language. [email: monicacatarino@fcsh.unl.pt]
Olga Heitor
Olga Heitor is PhD student in Language Teaching, specialising in Portuguese as a Foreign Language, at Universidade Aberta / NOVA FCSH. Master in Linguistics, in the area of Lexicology, Lexicography and Terminology, from NOVA FCSH. She has a degree in Linguistics, with a major in Educational Training in Portuguese as a Mother Tongue and Non-Mother Tongue, from the same Faculty. She has been teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language at NOVA FCSH since 1999. Representative of LAPE 4004 in the assessment and application of CAPLE exams. Collaborated in research projects with the Lexicology, Lexicography and Terminology Group, CLUNL. She collaborates as a CLUNL researcher on the ECML project CLIL LOTE in the Pluriliteracies group, using Italian and Portuguese to develop CLIL materials. Portuguese language teacher as first, second and foreigner language at Middle and High School. [email: olgaheitor@fcsh.unl.pt]
Sandro Dias
Sandro Dias graduated in Linguistics and post-graduated in Portuguese as L1, L2, and Foreign Language. He holds a Master degree in e-Learning Management Systems. Sandro teaches in the Portuguese Language and Culture Courses since 2004 at NOVA FCSH, Portuguese Language III/IV and Portuguese for business at NOVA SBE since 2015. His research interests include Portuguese L2 Acquisition, Methods, strategies, and technologies related to teaching and learning Portuguese as L2 and Teacher’s training. [email: sandrodias@fcsh.unl.pt]
Collaborators
Estela Tschernutter
Estela Tschernutter has a degree in Philosophy, with a postgraduate degree in Teaching Portuguese as a Non-Native Language. After 25 years of teaching and training experience in Portuguese as a Foreign Language in Austria and Portugal, Estela has been teaching at the Portuguese Language and Culture Course at NOVA FCSH since February 2019. [email: estela@fcsh.unl.pt]
