Didactics of Portuguese Language and Literature II

Recommended Prerequisites

Oral and written proficiency in Portuguese and on its explicit grammar.
Overview of Portuguese literature .
Knowledge of literary studies fundamental concepts.

Teaching Methods

Classes follow an expository component and another for the discussion of various issues (recommended bibliography, documents and materials relevant to the teaching and learning of Portuguese), and also a practical component aimed at designing activities and teaching resources, assessment instruments and for the planning of didactic work.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students should be able to:
 1. General skills:
- Define, under supervision, goals of research in the teaching of the Portuguese language and literature;
- Analyze and interpret scientific and educational texts;
- Select, autonomously, credible and relevant information taking into account the work objectives
2. Specific skills:
- Operationalize the scientific-teaching knowledge needed in the context of the teaching Portuguese language and literature;
- Master writing production’s process and effective methods for teaching;
- Understand the role of explicit knowledge of the language in learning Portuguese as an autonomous knowledge and on supporting the development of other skills;
 - Show analysis skills within the framework of literary education;
- Conceive didactic teaching-learning lesson’s plans within the discipline.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.1. Perspectives on the teaching of writing.

1.2. Writing process and metalinguistic awareness.

1.3. The textual construction.

1.4. Activities on teaching and learning the writing process and means of evaluation.

2. Language explicit teaching.

2.1. Linguistic and metalinguistic awareness.

2.2. Metalinguistic knowledge and linguistic and communicative performance.

2.3. Activities on grammar teaching and learning and means of evaluation.

3.  Literature and Education.

3.1. The reader’s education in contemporary society.

3.2. Theoretical orientations and methodological alternatives.

3.3. Portuguese curricular goals.

4. Issues on planning teaching-learning sequences.

4.1. Planning models and its structure.

4.2. Practical tests of planning.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Isabel Pires Pereira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 40.0%

Bibliography

Amor, E. (1993). Didáctica do Português. Fundamentos e Metodologia. Lisboa: Texto Editores.

Baptista, A., Viana, F. L. & Barbeiro, L. F. (2011). O ensino da escrita: dimensões gráfica e ortográfica. Lisboa: DGIDC.

Barbeiro, L. F. & Pereira, L. A (2007). O ensino da escrita: a dimensão textual. Lisboa: DGIDC.

Bernardes, J. A. C. (2005). Como abordar a literatura no Ensino Secundário. Outros caminhos. Porto: Areal. 

Duarte, I. (2000). Língua Portuguesa. Instrumentos de análise. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.

Duarte, I. (2011). O conhecimento da língua: desenvolver o conhecimento lexical. Lisboa: DGIDC.

Gonçalves, F., Guerreiro, P. & Freitas, M. J. (2011). O conhecimento da língua: percursos de desenvolvimento. Lisboa: DGIDC.

Lomas, C. (Org.) (2003). O valor das palavras. Porto: Asa.

Mello, C. (1998). O ensino da literatura e a problemática dos géneros literários. Coimbra: Almedina

Mendoza Fillola, (1998). Conceptos clave en didatica de la lengua y la literatura. Barcelona: Horsori.