PORT8121 

Teaching contents include: 1. Characteristics of the scientific methods; 2. Steps of research design; 3. Academic writing & publications: From concept to writing; 4. Research ethics.

2

30 hrs

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PORT8122 

Teaching contents include: 1. Identity and culture: Specificity to universals; From visibility to invisibility; 2. Intercultural communication: Concepts, fundamentals, and models; 3. Means and methods of verbal and non-verbal communication; 4. Implementation strategies for intercultural communication.

2

30 hrs

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PORT8123 

Teaching contents include: 1. Portuguese societal and geographical variations. 2. Text types and linguistic expressions. 3. Portuguese linguistic reviews: Use of articles, genders of nouns, rules of agreement, the position of non-stressed pronouns in the sentence, collocations of verbs and antecedents, diction, clauses, SVO word order changes, usage of adverbs, indirect speech. 4. Mechanisms for textual cohesion. 5. Features of linguistic structures: implicatures.

2

30 hrs

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PORT8101 

Teaching contents include: 1. Portuguese teaching: Contexts and formats of teaching. 2. Teaching Portuguese as a foreign/non-native language. 3. Multilingualism, multiculturalism and language education: From presentation to instruction.

3

45 hrs

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PORT8102 

Teaching contents include: 1. Language grammar, teaching, and learning: Concepts, scope, and objectives; 2. Grammar in teaching and learning Portuguese as native and non-native language: A. Theoretical and methodological options; B. Selection and construction of teaching materials; C. Design of teaching activities; D. Corrective Feedback.

3

45 hrs

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PORT8103 

Teaching contents include: 1. Theoretical assumptions in the Studies of Literature; 2. Western poetry, literary systems, and national literature; 3. Geography of Portuguese Literature; 4. Time, genre and regions: Contrastive studies of texts; 5. Historiographic metafiction in the Portuguese language: Contrastive studies of literary works summaries; 6. Portuguese literature phases and schools: Representative writers and works (poetry, drama, and prose); 7. Brazilian literature phases and schools: Representative writers and works (poetry, drama, and prose).

3

45 hrs

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PORT8104 

Teaching contents include: 1. Representations of Portuguese cultures (Africa and Asia). 2. The historical and artistic heritage of Portuguese (Africa and Asia). 3. Portuguese literature in Africa. 4. Portuguese literature in Asia.

3

45 hrs

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PORT8105 

Teaching contents include: 1. History of Translation: Concepts of reference; 2) Development of History of translation, its place, and relevance; 3) Research in the History of translation: Methodology and resources; 4) Case studies (Portugal, Macao, and China).

3

45 hrs

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PORT8106 

Teaching contents include: 1. Translation paradigms: Types and principles; 2. Reference concepts (Standards, laws of translation, translation survey, strategies); 3. Translation studies.

3

45 hrs

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PORT8299 

In order to fulfill the requirements for this Ph.D. program, students must conduct a research project, write an original paper, and pass a public oral defense under the supervision of a teacher; The thesis must be original and highly professional, representing a rigorous research project consisting of a literature review, observation, investigation, and feedback; The research topic can be extracted from the contents of the courses and it must be approved by the supervisor before it can be carried out; The public oral defense is the final stage of the entire research project, passing this stage represents the completion of the doctoral programme. The research results should further enhance the relevant domains of Portuguese studies.

18

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