The University of Macau (UM) Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre and the office of the Oriental Foundation in Macao will jointly hold a book launch for The Promotion of Portuguese in Macao and Mainland China (A Promoção do Português em Macau e no Interior da China) on Friday 22 June at 6:30pm.

The book covers a series of articles about Portuguese language education in Macao and mainland China. Most of the articles provide analyses, descriptions, and studies of data collected from surveys by universities or Portuguese education institutions in Macao and mainland China. The results can help people understand the learning outcomes of Portuguese language students whose mother tongue is Chinese. A total of 1,557 Portuguese language students participated in the survey.

Participating universities and institutions include UM, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, the Communication University of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Sun Yat-sen University, Instituto Português no Oriente, the University of Saint Joseph, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Macau University of Science and Technology, Shanghai International Studies University, Harbin Normal University, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, and Xi’an International Studies University.

Source: Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre 

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