To complete the MEPLEM program, the student must fulfill, within a two-year period:
Six (6) credits in mandatory subjects and twelve (12) credits in elective subjects.
The mandatory subjects are Orientation Seminars I, II, and III, during which students will receive guidance and present the development of their Final Project.
To complete the MEPLEM program, the student must fulfill 42 credits distributed as follows:
II) 12 credits in elective subjects,
III) 20 credits for the final project, and
IV) 4 credits in special activities.
The mandatory courses correspond to Orientation Seminars I, II, and III, during which students will receive guidance and present the progress of their Final Project.
In the Final Project, the student must demonstrate mastery of their subject of study by presenting an educational product accompanied by a scientific text in the format of an academic article suitable for publication in a qualified journal.
The special activities must be fulfilled through academic productions as specified in the program's regulations.
The elective subjects (3 credits each) are listed below, together with the teacher responsible:
| COURSE | SYLLABUS | COURSE INSTRUCTOR |
2LEM291 - Language teaching and learning in the Latin American context (Starting in 2025) | Latin American language policies. The decolonial perspective for language teaching and learning. The use of different resources and the production of teaching materials for language teaching in Latin America. (This course will be taught predominantly in Spanish) | Professor Amábile Piacentine Drogui (PhD) |
2 LEM 292 - Sociolinguistics in the digital age: reflections on the impacts of digital technologies on the form, use, consumption and teaching of foreign languages (Starting in 2025) | Social aspects of communication in the digital age. 2. Digital sociolinguistics: Impacts of emerging technologies on the form and use of foreign/additional languages. 3. Digital plurilingualisms. 4. Conjectures on the future of language teaching and learning practices. | Professor Leonardo Neves Correa (PhD) |
2 LEM 293 - Language Teacher Training: Interculturality, Reflexivity and Vital Capital (Starting in 2025) | Concepts of interculturality and reflexivity, emphasizing how the latter contributes to the understanding of the former. Intercultural interactions and language. Concept and related examples of vital capital. | Professor Alex Alves Egido (PhD) |
| COURSE | SYLLABUS | COURSE INSTRUCTOR |
| 2 LEM 195 - Lexicon, Dictionaries, and Teaching | Development, object, and methodology of lexicon studies, including phraseological units, with an emphasis on their teaching. Recent advances in dictionaries, especially regarding their use in foreign/additional language teaching. | Professor Tatiana Helena Carvalho Rios Ferreira (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 186 - Literature, Multiple Languages, and Foreign Language Teaching | Critical-analytical and/or comparative studies on literature produced in foreign/additional languages, considering the socio-historical contexts of its production as well as its dialogic interaction with diverse cultural practices. Relations between literature and multiple languages: theater, cinema, music, visual arts, television, and comics. Proposals for activities on the use of literary texts in teaching materials. | Professor Cláudia Cristina Ferreira (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 189 - Teaching and Learning of Foreign/Additional Languages and Technologies | Technology, Society, and Education. Information and Communication Technologies and Education. Language Teaching and Learning and Digital Technologies. | Professor Samantha Gonçalves Mancini Ramos (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 272 – Translation Approaches | Study of texts and authors related to translation from Antiquity to the 21st century. Presentation and discussion of translation theories and processes. Critical analysis of textual translations into Portuguese. | Professor Arelis Felipe Ortigoza (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 183 - (Inter)Cultural Matrices and Foreign Language Teaching | Theoretical and practical approaches to intercultural aspects and their implications in the foreign/additional language teaching and learning process. Illustration, contrast, and analysis of unique cultural components in textbooks. | Professor Cláudia Cristina Ferreira (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 184 - Literature and Teaching | The teaching of literature in language classes. Study of major theoretical approaches to using literature as a didactic tool in language teaching. Teaching different literary genres. Literature as a form of cultural expression. The literary text and reading skills. | Professor Amanda Pérez Montañez (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 192 - Teaching Materials – Analysis, Reflection, and Production | Theoretical and practical reflections on the analysis, production, and use of teaching materials in foreign language classes. | Professor Valdirene Filomena Zorzo-Veloso (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 273 –Ideology, Teaching, and Learning of Foreign Languages | Presentation and discussion of concepts from Lexicology, Phraseology, and Ideology. Analysis of teaching materials for foreign language teaching and learning, as well as language dictionaries, from an ideological perspective. | Profaessor Arelis Felipe Ortigoza Guidotti (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 275 – Educational Challenges in Foreign Language Teaching | Motivational, political, and human rights issues as educational challenges present in the practices, representations, and identities of foreign language learners and educators in contemporary society. | Professor Lilian Kemmer Chimentão (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 267 - Gêneros Textual Genres as a Tool for Teaching and Training Foreign Language Teachers for Children | The teaching and training of foreign language teachers for children based on textual/discursive genres. | Professor Juliana Reichert Assunção Tonelli (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 268 - Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Times | Approaches to foreign language teaching. Practical proposals for foreign language instruction. | Professor Michele Salles El Kadri (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 269 - Digital Learning Objects in Foreign Language Classes | Teaching/learning processes of Foreign Languages situated in computerized environments and constituted by digital learning objects. | Professor Samantha Gonçalves Mancini Ramos (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 280 - Bi/Multi and Plurilingualism in Language Education | Bi/multi/plurilingual education. Translanguaging practices and language education in the classroom. Learning assessment in bi/multi/plurilingual contexts. Bilingual education for children from dominant groups and bilingual education for children from minority groups. | Professor Juliana Reichert Assunção Tonelli (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 281 - Principles, Approaches, and Production of Teaching Materials for Bilingual Education | Beliefs about learning in bilingual education (parents' concerns). Teaching approaches in bilingual contexts (CBI, CLIL, Immersion, PBL, STEM). Teacher preparation for working in bilingual contexts (LACI approach). Disciplinary language. Analysis of teaching materials. Course planning and development of teaching materials for bilingual education. | Professor Michele Salles El Kadri (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 282 - Quality and Qualification in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | Study and reflection on educational quality theories applied to foreign language teaching and learning. | Professor Jefferson Januário dos Santos (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 283 - Literary Practices, Multimodality, and Language Teaching | Study of the concepts of literacies and multimodalities, with a focus on literary literacy, for the teaching of foreign language and literature. Development of proposals for the inclusion of foreign literature in language teaching. | Professor Fernanda Machado Brener (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 285 - Language for Specific Purposes Teaching | Instrumental approach. Teaching languages for specific purposes (academic, occupational, and for different communication contexts/situations/needs). Course planning and development of teaching materials. | Professor Adriana Grade Fiori (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 181 - Orientation Seminars I | Collective orientation, based on thematic affinity, and sessions for discussing the final project work plan. | Professor Cláudia Cristina Ferreira (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 180 -Orientation Seminars II | Collective orientation, based on thematic affinity, and sessions for discussing the final project work plan. | Professor Fernanda Machado Brener (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 182 - Orientation Seminars III | Collective orientation, based on thematic affinity, and sessions for discussing the final project work plan. | Professor Cláudia Cristina Ferreira (PhD) |
| 2 LEM 197 - Final Course Project I | Advisor | |
| 2 LEM 199 - Final Course Project II | Advisor | |
| 2 LEM 200 - Final Course Project III | Advisor | |
| 2 LEM 198 - Final Course Project IV | Advisor |
In addition, the student must complete four (4) credits in Special Activities.
Special Activities should be fulfilled through academic productions validated by the presentation of proof of participation in scientific or professional events, acceptance of article submission in a journal, teaching internship in the language laboratory with the offering of courses or workshops for professionals in the field of Modern Foreign Languages under the supervision of the advisor, in accordance with the guidelines proposed by the Coordinating Committee.