1. Supporting Portuguese and
Language Study for Specific
Purposes
Mary Risner, Ed.D.
University of Florida
LASA 2013
mrisner@latam.ufl.edu

3. Connecting/Sharing: information/resources
Collaborating with Portuguese professional associations
Professional Development (K-16)
LSP- practical application of the language for the workplace
Getting Involved with Portuguese
Initiatives

4. Portuguese is booming…
http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/robert-butler/brazil-great-or-is-it
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/helen-joyce/brazilian-portuguese-best-lang

5. 0
5,000
10,000
15,000
1986 1990 1995 1998 2002 2006 2009
Alunos
Enrollments –Modern Language
Association (MLA)
http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?flsurvey_results

6. Enrollments Across Languages
*
Maybe not “booming”, but growing steadily in the U.S.…

7. MLA-Portuguese by State

8. MLA-Portuguese by State (cont.)

9. Connecting & Sharing

10. Portuguese Newsletter

11. Portuguese List-Serve

12. Twitter

13. Publications
UF/UNM
www.ensinoportugues.org

14. Pointers on Portuguese. ADFL Bulletin, 2012
O português do Brasil nos Estados Unidos dos anos de
1940. Hispania, 2013
Portuguese Study in Higher Education in the United
States. Hispania, 2012
Ensino de Português nos Estados Unidos:
História, Desenvolvimento, Perspectivas (book)
Publications

16. American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
(AATSP) www.aatsp.org
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL
Special Interest Group) www.actfl.org
Association of Teachers of Portuguese (AOTP)
www.aotpsite.orgSociedadeInternacional de
PortuguêscomoLínguaEstrangeira (SIPLE) www.siple.org.br
Professional Associations

18. Flagship/NRC K-12 Teacher Institute

19. https://startalk.umd.edu/programs/search?sort=name&l
anguage=Portuguese
STARTALK

20. University of North Georgia-Portuguese
Summer Program
Concordia Villages-Portuguese
Middlebury Language Schools
Other Programs

21. Conference Sessions

22. Promoting Proficiency
(Celpe-Bras, Caple)
http://celpebras.inep.gov.br/inscricao/

23. Resources-Business Portuguese
http://faleportugues.ning.com/

24. Resources-Business Portuguese
www.nble.org

25. Languages & Careers

26. Preparing Global Leaders Through
the Spanish Classroom
CristinBleess-Colorado
cristin.bleess@dcsdk12.org
How to set-up a Spanish for Leadership
program at your public school

27. Spanish in the Community and the
Workplace-Wisconsin, Katrina Beeck
Spanish for Leadership-Florida, Danika
Cornelius
Spanish for Careers- Connecticut, Juanjo
Vazquez-Caballero
“C” for Careers

29. Brazil is a global leader…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcZ2kDh7TSA
Why Study Portuguese?

30. Contact