Drawing from my background in foreign language teaching and psycholinguistics, I strive to create inclusive and dynamic learning environments that bridge theory and practice. My teaching emphasizes student-centered learning, fostering critical thinking, and applying knowledge to real-world contexts. Whether working with graduate students, bilingual elementary school learners, or teacher trainees, I aim to empower students to engage meaningfully with language and learning processes. 

This course introduces key psycholinguistic concepts in bilingualism and multilingualism, covering topics such as the mental lexicon, lexical access, reading processes, cognition, and connections with neuroscience. It also provides an overview of research methods in the field. 

This course introduces quantitative research methods in linguistics, covering foundational concepts in psycholinguistics, bilingualism, and experimental linguistics. Students explore essential statistical principles, research design, and data analysis tools, including R, while gaining a basic familiarity with experimental paradigms such as acceptability judgments, self-paced reading, and eye-tracking.

This course promotes critical reflection on the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in the Brazilian educational context. Students engage with topics such as input in second language acquisition, post-method approaches, multiliteracies, technology in language teaching, and professional development for language educators. Practical activities include material adaptation and lesson planning.
 

This course focuses on the development of reading strategies and critical reflections on reading processes for academic purposes. Students explore various types of reading (e.g., skimming, scanning, intensive, and extensive reading), vocabulary recognition, and the use of contextual and grammatical cues to interpret meaning. Emphasis is placed on building effective reading practices for academic success. 

In addition to the courses listed above, I have designed and delivered several workshops for both trainee and in-service foreign and second language teachers. These workshops covered topics such as foreign language teaching techniques, language contact in the second language classroom, crosslinguistic similarities in language teaching, and classroom management. 

 

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