Learn Portuguese: NAPTA/APPEUC in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Posted by Elena Como with Atlantico Books on July 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Saturday was the annual conference of NAPTA (North American Portuguese Teachers Association) in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The group also goes by APPEUC (Associação de Professores de Português dos Estados Unidos e Canadá). 2012 marked 20 years of this group’s existence!
Toucan & Atlantico Books Portuguese Book table at NAPTA Conference in New Jersey
I went yesterday to participate with a book-table of books in Portuguese, available from Atlantico Books. This is what I saw of NAPTA’s conference in Elizabeth, at the beautiful large Portuguese Instructive Social Club:
• O ensino do Português nos Estados Unidos e no Canadá (CEPE EUA e CEPE Canadá)
• O papel da imprensa comunitária no ensino do Português (Fernando Santos, jornalista e escritor)
• Metodologia do PLE (Luís Gonçalves, professor de Português na Princeton University)
• Universidade de Massachusetts Dartmouth: um caso de sucesso no ensino do Português nos EUA (Frank de Sousa, diretor do Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture da UMass Dartmouth)
OFICINA DE FORMAÇÃO PEdagógica para professores:
• Contextualização do QuaREPE (Maria José Grosso, Universidade de Lisboa)
• Materiais de PLE na sala de aula (Ana Paula Ribeiro, CEPE-Canadá)
22:00 – Arraial popular no parque do PISCouEspectáculo na Broadway
Na Onda do Português (European Portuguese For Teens)
It was a great opportunity for Portuguese teachers, professors, and promoters of the Portuguese language & culture in North America to connect and talk about ways of teaching Portuguese and the future of Portuguese teaching. It was also a nice day of Portuguese book sales, with Ana Paula Ribeiro presenting her some great & young adult books for learning Portuguese: Salpicos, Timi, and Na Onda: Pack Português 1 – Livro do Aluno c/CD-áudio + Caderno. I also really enjoyed Luis Gonçalves‘s lively presentation about the use of music and singing in Portuguese class.