Português de Viva Voz / Portuguese Live: strengths and challenges of teaching a non-native language online

Castelo, Adelina; Braz, Ana

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Português de Viva Voz / Portuguese Live: strengths and challenges of teaching a non-native language online

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dc.contributor.author	Castelo, Adelina
dc.contributor.author	Braz, Ana
dc.date.accessioned	2023-09-28T10:45:54Z
dc.date.available	2023-09-28T10:45:54Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description.abstract	The open and distance education is crucial to offer many people the possibility of continuing their education and lifelong learning. Nowadays, many open educational resources including MOOCs are available, but these do not offer mentoring. Consequently, there is a need for online courses with the support of a teacher. In the field of non-native languages, these courses face essentially two main challenges: to help the learners maintain their motivation and develop all the communication skills needed in a nonnative language. These challenges were considered when the course “Português de Viva Voz / Portuguese Live” was designed at Universidade Aberta. This is a general language course, and its target public is composed of any adolescent or adult who does not speak Portuguese as their mother tongue (no matter where s/he is living or what her/his education is, as long as s/he has some digital skills and knowledge of the English language). The goal of this work is to discuss the strengths and challenges of the before-mentioned course based on some proposals on second language instruction (e.g., Ellis, 2005; Kumaravadivelu, 2006) and online teaching (e.g., Guitert and Romeu, 2019), as well as on its piloting with some learners during the second semester of 2020-2021. First, we point out the main ideas drawn from the research literature that support the analysis. Second, we present the macrostructure of the course and the (micro)structure of a unit while simultaneously showing how the course contributes to developing communicative skills online and which challenges still need to be overcome. Then, the course functioning is illustrated with a specific unit. Finally, a synthesis of the course’s strengths and challenges is presented.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Castelo, A., & Braz, A. (2023). Português de Viva Voz / Portuguese Live: strengths and challenges of teaching a non-native language online. In I. S. Marques et al. (Eds.), Inovação e Tecnologia no Ensino de Línguas: pedagogias, práticas e recursos digitais. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta, Coleção Ciência e Cultura, n.º 23, pp. 233-261.	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.34627/uab.cc.23	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-972-674-940-0
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/15012
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Universidade Aberta	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Online teaching	pt_PT
dc.subject	Non-native language teaching	pt_PT
dc.subject	Portuguese as a non-native language	pt_PT
dc.title	Português de Viva Voz / Portuguese Live: strengths and challenges of teaching a non-native language online	pt_PT
dc.type	book part
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Lisboa	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	261	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	233	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Inovação e Tecnologia no Ensino de Línguas: pedagogias, práticas e recursos digitais	pt_PT
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