🎓 Academic Background
Master’s in Portuguese Language and Culture
Foreign Language Variant
Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (Flul)

Strong academic training specializing in teaching Portuguese as a foreign language, combining linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical foundations.

🧑‍🏫 Experience Teaching Portuguese for Foreigners
Teaching in language schools in Greater Lisbon
Teaching at the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon (Flul)
Teaching Erasmus program students

Direct experience with students of different nationalities, levels, and goals, in both academic and practical contexts.

🌍 International and Multicultural Experience
Classes at CLL – Centres de Langues Louvain (Brussels)
Language training for foreign students in international contexts

Experience living and teaching in multicultural environments, with close contact with different languages, cultures, and learning styles.

🏛️ Teaching in Institutional Contexts
Portuguese language and culture training for Translators and Interpreters
European Parliament and European Commission (Brussels)

Experience in high-level linguistic and cultural environments, where precision, clarity, and rigor are essential.

🤝 Social Work and Volunteer Activity
Volunteer Portuguese classes for Russian and Ukrainian immigrants upon their arrival in Portugal in the 1990s
Work focused on linguistic and cultural integration, with social and human sensitivity.

🧭 Pedagogical Approach
With a practical, human, and personalized approach, I develop classes focused on:
Real conversation
Portuguese culture
Each student’s specific needs
Social, professional, and cultural integration

In addition to Portuguese classes, I also provide cultural and linguistic preparation for interviews and assessments in the Portuguese citizenship process, always in a clear, calm manner focused on building student confidence.