Author's Biography
Rosângela Souto Silva received an M.A. in Portuguese Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Applied Portuguese Linguistics with a certificate in SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education), both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her professional experience includes Portuguese language instruction, Portuguese course development and supervision, and Portuguese Language Instruction Program directorship. She has developed, taught, and supervised Portuguese courses ranging from beginning to advanced levels for a variety of orientations, including Portuguese for speakers of Romance languages and Study Abroad Programs in Brazil. She has also published and presented conference papers on several areas of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), including cross-cultural pragmatics, bilingualism, language teaching and discourse analysis. See the Author's home page for more information.
Read "Courseware Development for Less Commonly Taught Languages: Beginning Brazilian Portuguese" by Rosângela Silva
