Portuguese as an Additional Language (PAL)

This book showcases the breadth of research-informed pedagogical approaches for Portuguese as an Additional/Foreign Language (PAL/PFL) carried out on topics ranging from the development of specific skills in PAL, to language awareness in PAL and innovative pedagogical approaches in PAL, involving new and experimental methodologies.

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