The University of Macau (UM) Department of\nPortuguese, in collaboration with the organiser of The Script Road \u2013 Macau\nLiterary Festival, invited four renowned Portuguese language writers to give a lecture\nto 80 students from the Bachelor of Arts in Portuguese Studies programme and\nmaster\u2019s programmes.<\/p>
At the lecture, the four writers, namely Rui Zink from\nPortugal, Lu\u00eds Patraquim from Mozambique, Paulo Franchetti from Brazil, and\nLu\u00eds Ruffato from Brazil discussed various topics, including travelling, the\nrelationship between reading and writing, the difference between poetry and prose,\ntheir particular ways of writing, and the importance of literature in today\u2019s\nworld. They also answered incisive questions from the students during the\nquestion and answer session .<\/p>
The department also invited another Portuguese\nwriter, Ricardo Adolfo, to give a creative writing workshop on a separate day,\nwhich was attended by students from the Department of Portuguese\u2019s bachelor\u2019s\nprogramme. Students were asked to write creative texts based on the images\npresented by the writer, and Adolfo was very impressed by the students\u2019 writing.<\/p>
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These activities aimed to improve the students\u2019\nproficiency in the Portuguese language and to stimulate their interest in\nwriting. <\/p>
Source: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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