Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL)

This book examines current methods related to the teaching and acquisition of Portuguese as an additional language. Drawing on research-led teaching and empirical research, this book offers fourteen chapters on innovative initiatives to further PAL as a productive field.

Cristina Becker Lopes Perna is full professor at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul and editor-in-chief of Belt Journal. Michele Saraiva Carilo is teacher fellow in language education with Moray House School of Education and Sports at the University of Edinburgh and co-editor of Belt Journal.

Part 1: Development of Specific Skills in Portuguese as an Additional Language Chapter 1. Portuguese as a Welcoming Language and the Challenges of Writing: the Case of the Brazilian Exam to Access Higher Education (ENEM) Chapter 2. Teaching Portuguese as a Welcoming Language for Haitians: What Choices Can We Make? Chapter 3. Developing Grammar Skills: Perceptions of Heritage Learners of Portuguese in a Third-year University Course Chapter 4. Developing Writing Skills in an Intercultural Communicative Approach in Portuguese as a Foreign Language Chapter 5. Online Teacher Education in Portuguese as an Additional Language: Development and Enactment of a Comprehensive Curriculum for a Postgraduate Program Part 2: Development of Language Awareness in Portuguese as an Additional Language Chapter 6. Language Variation and Change in Portuguese as a Foreign Language Chapter 7. Leveraging Learners' Multilingualism in the Portuguese Classroom Chapter 8. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and the Teaching of Portugu