CEP•CA PROJECTS
CE P• CA
Portuguese Language Network - Online www.portulan-online.net An emerging virtual community of educators to promote, support and develop the teaching and learning of the Portuguese language and its cultures. Where all Portuguese educators can grow by sharing, collaborating and networking.
Portuguese Enrichment Program (PEP)
For a brochure in Portuguese or for further information on how to start, enrich or repurpose your Portuguese program, please contact CEP•CA.
Especially geared towards K-8 students, PEP helps schools and teachers to gradually introduce Portuguese language and culture as an enrichment to their curriculum. Customized support, just-in-time teacher development and systematic evaluation.
Portuguese-English Interface (PEN interface)
ANA CRISTINA SOUSA COORDINATOR OF PORTUGUESE PROGRAMS Department of Teacher Education California State University, Stanislaus One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382 ✆ 209-202-0980 Fax 209-667-3358 acsousa@csustan.edu www.portulan-online.net
Speaking languages involves exchange. Through this bilingual program high-school students and teachers embark on a discovery of other speakers of Portuguese and English, creating meaningful connections, and lively, technology-rich, collaborations.
Adopt-a-PortugueseSchool (AD-PT) “A d o p t ” a s ch o o l o r Portuguese program and become personally involved in its success. (see inside>>)
COORDINATION OF PORTUGUESE PROGRAMS CALIFORNIA & WESTERN STATES
Promoting Portuguese as a world language for global communication, education, business and science.
COORDENAÇÃO DO ENSINO PORTUGUÊS • CALIFÓRNIA
Vision & Mission Portuguese is Growing Worldwide
ADOPT-A-PORTUGUESE-SCHOOL (AD-PT)
Add value to Portuguese If you are a committed community member, represent an association, business or other organization and wish to become directly involved with the success of a school or Portuguese program of your choice, AD-PT will work with you and facilitate the process. Your contribution, whatever the level or amount, will help participating schools and programs meet their educational goals, provide students with quality materials and learning tools, hire qualified teachers, enlarge their libraries and multimedia collections, and much more. All contributions are tax deductible and will be dully acknowledged. For more details regarding school participation, and donation methods, please call or email CEP.CA. Obrigada!
“Portuguese, with close to 200 million speakers in eight countries spread across four continents, ranks among the top ten [languages], holding a firm seventh position” (in Parallel, 2008 (02)). Besides being an official language in many international organizations, Portuguese is also the fastest growing Romance language world-wide with a higher ratio of speakers than that of other former colonial powers (e.g. there are 16.7 Brazilians for every speaker in Portugal, compared to 3 Mexican speakers of Spanish for every user in Spain).
A Global Language Strategy A new strategy is underway to promote the prestige of the Portuguese language on the international scene. The Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) agreed to “share policies and create common programs for the ‘globalization’ of the Portuguese language, through the promotion of its cultural and economic value” (Lusa). Support for immigrant Lusophone communities to maintain their heritage, and teaching Portuguese as a f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e ( P F L ) a r e c u r r e n t t o p priorities, which will be supported not only by the new spelling standards (Acordo Ortográfico), but also by a large investment in teaching and training projects on the part of the Portuguese Government and others.
A Dual Coordination Model In substitution of the former model centralized at the Embassy of Portugal in Washington, D.C., there are now two Coordinations for Portuguese programs in the USA – one on the East Coast, and one in the West. CEP•CA’s office opened in October 2007, and is funded
by the Portuguese Government in partnership with California State University, Stanislaus, in the San Joaquin Valley.
Vision and Mission Statements Vision
Promoting Portuguese as a world language for global communication, education, business and science. Mission
. To respond to the diverse learning needs of students of Portuguese at different levels of education (K-12 and adult), and to the professional development needs of their teachers; . To encourage and promote the learning of Portuguese as part of the school curriculum and life-long endeavors, by: • providing quality services, advocacy and consultancy, together with vision and leadership, • promoting high quality, inspiring, innovative, and accessible programs, • supporting the growth of both the profession and the individual teacher of Portuguese, through collaboration and sharing within communities of learning and practice.
CEP•CA’s Intervention Areas Pedagogy
Technology
Curriculum develop- Training on the use ment; lesson plans of web tools
Research Transference of current research
Materials creation, Dedicated multi- On-site observation teacher development function web spaces & project evaluation International Facilitation of virtual exchange projects communities
Reporting of results, publishing