Prof Hong\nGang Jin, dean of the University of Macau\u2019s (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities\n(FAH), and Prof Maria Fernanda Costa, head of UM\u2019s Department of Portuguese,\nrecently visited Shanghai International Studies\nUniversity (SISU) and Zhejiang International Studies University (ZISU) to\nexplore opportunities for collaboration in Portuguese language education and\nresearch. UM and the two universities have undertaken to sign collaboration\nagreements on academic exchange in the field. <\/p>
UM\u2019s\ndelegation was received by Prof Yu Man, director of SISU\u2019s School of European\nand Latin American Studies; Prof Catarina Xu, director of SISU\u2019s Department of\nPortuguese; Prof Xu Yueming, deputy dean of ZISU\u2019s School of European Languages\nand Cultures; and Lu Chunhui, a senior instructor of ZISU\u2019s Department of\nPortuguese. <\/p>
Members of\nUM\u2019s delegation and representatives of SISU and ZISU exchanged ideas on student\nexchange, research collaboration, and academic conferences. Both mainland\nuniversities agree to strengthen collaboration with UM in the three areas, and have\nexpressed interest in sending third-year students from their Portuguese\nprogrammes to UM for academic exchange. Prof Jin proposed establishing a\nplatform for academic exchange and research collaboration, with the assistance of\nfaculty members from both parties. During the meeting, Prof Jin and Prof Costa\nalso shared information with the two universities about UM\u2019s Department of\nPortuguese, including its plan to offer new master\u2019s degree programme and PhD\nprogramme in Portuguese. Lastly, UM\u2019s delegation members invited SISU and ZISU\nto participate in the forthcoming International Conference on Teaching and\nLearning Portuguese as a Second Language, to be held by UM\u2019s Department of\nPortuguese in April 2016. <\/p>
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The FAH and\nthe two universities have undertaken to sign collaboration agreements on\nPortuguese language education and research, which is of great importance. UM\nhopes to build up long-term collaboration relationships with more universities,\nin order to create a better environment for Portuguese teaching and learning, and\nto continue to make contributions to the development of Portuguese language\neducation in Macao and mainland China.<\/p>
Source: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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