UM to hold Seminar on the Training of Teachers of Portuguese as a Foreign Language on Friday

The Seminar on the Training of Teachers of Portuguese as a Foreign Language, organised by the University of Macau (UM), will be held on Friday 9 December. Experts and scholars in the field will gather at UM to discuss strategies for establishing a systematic, professional system for the training of teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language, in order to meet the demand for bilingual professionals in Macao as a bridge between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, and to gradually establish a Portuguese language training centre in the Asia-Pacific region. 

The following scholars will speak at the seminar. They are Hong Gang Jin, dean of UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities; Maria José dos Reis Grosso, associate professor from UM’s Department of Portuguese; Ye Zhiliang, director of the Portuguese Language Teaching and Research Office at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU); Paulo Farmhouse Alberto, dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lisbon (UL); Jorge Pinto, professor from the Faculty of Arts at UL; and Sun Jianrong, dean of the University International College at Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). Representatives from UM’s Department of Portuguese will present the results of their research project titled ‘Learning Framework for Chinese Students of the Portuguese Language’. 

Co-organisers of the seminar include BFSU, UL, and MUST. The Tertiary Education Servicess Office of the Macao SAR is the sponsor. 

The event will begin at 9:30am, on Friday 9 December, in Room G035, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (E21), UM. All are welcome. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. For enquiries or registration, please call 88228903 or email to fah.portuguese@um.edu.mo.