Sofia D. F. Barreiro Email & Phone Number

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Portuguese as a foreign language (PLE) instructor at BabeliUM, the language center of the School of Arts and Humanities (ELACH) at University of Minho. Disciplines/Course:
• "Léxico e estruturas da língua portuguesa" e "Práticas de conversação/escrita": 2024/2025 Online PLE Biannual Course Level A1/A1+

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Teaching assistant at University of Minho, School of Arts and Humanities (ELACH), Department of Portuguese Studies. Discipline/Course:
• Portuguese Language: 2024/2025 Preparation and Evaluation Course for Applicants Aged 23 or Above

Porto, Porto, Portugal

• Areal Editores is a well-established Portuguese publishing house, founded in 1984. It has been a major player in the Portuguese educational publishing market and is now part of the Porto Editora Group, a leading.
• Create educational materials for the teaching and learning of Portuguese as a non-native language

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• The Associação Humanitária Domus - Dignificar a Habitação/The Fuller Center for Housing Portugal is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation aimed at eradicating poverty housing in Portugal by building and.
• Act as a liaison interpreter and cultural mediator on the construction site by facilitating communication between international volunteers, staff members, and local community
• Help coordinating volunteer teams on site by organising and controlling tasks and resources allocated to them
• Work with Global Builders Volunteer Teams from all over the world, especially from the U.S.A.

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Deliver instruction in all language proficiency levels (from beginner to advanced)
• Work with both children and adults
• Implement competency-based instruction: select instructional approach, methodology, strategies, and content according to the learner's needs, goals, and learning pace
• Go beyond the traditional textbook learning approach: promote active, inquiry-based, and learner-centred learning through personalised, authentic, and meaningful (real-life relevant) activities and materials

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Provide translation, editing, proofreading and transcription services on an as-needed basis:
• Deliver accurate and culturally appropriate translations from English to (European) Portuguese
• Review documents written in Portuguese for completeness, clarity, accuracy, and consistency
• Provide edited, intelligent verbatim, and/or phonetic (using IPA) transcriptions (European Portuguese)

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Colégio Dom Diogo de Sousa is one of the top private educational institutions in the north of Portugal, well-known for its academic excellence, teaching staff quality, values and mission.
• Taught Portuguese Language and Literature to 7th and 8th grade students (aged 12-13)
• Tutored 2 groups of students weekly
• Co-developed 5 interdisciplinary learning projects with students
• Collaborated closely with the other grade-level and discipline-area teachers in planning lessons, creating instructional materials, and assessing students' work

Braga, Portugal

• Instructor/Teaching Assistant at University of Minho, School of Arts and Humanities (ELACH). Disciplines/Courses:
• Portuguese Language I and II, Preparation and Evaluation Course for Applicants Aged 23 or Above (8 course editions)
• Portuguese Language I, Preparation Course for International Students (1 course edition)
• Laboratory Practice II: Advanced Level (CEFR B1 and C1), Portuguese for Galician Teachers Course (1 course edition)

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Invited Lecturer/Monitor at University of Minho, School of Arts and Humanities (ELACH). Disciplines/Courses:
• Applied Linguistics: Lectures on Psycho(neuro)linguistics and Clinical Linguistics, BA in Applied Languages (2013–2016)
• Linguistics IV: Semantics, BA in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies and BA in European Languages and Literatures (2010/2011)Teaching Assistant at University of Minho, Institute of Education (IE). Discipline/Course:
• Language and Literacy Development: Modules "Language Acquisition and Development", and "Development of 'School' Language", BA in Basic Education (2009/2010)

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• The Center for Humanistic Studies at the University of Minho (CEHUM) is an interdisciplinary research centre focused on research and academic activities in the humanities (literature, linguistics, cultural studies.
• Psycho(neuro)linguistics: Language processing by young and older adults
• Experimental Linguistics: Auditory moving window, and visual world [eye tracking] paradigms
• Applied Linguistics: Clinical Linguistics (language processing disorders, aphasia)
• Portuguese and Comparative Linguistics
• Tense and Aspect Semantics and Pragmatics

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Collaborated on the following research projects at CEHUM:
• Aquisição do Português por falantes nativos do Mandarim: Aspectos fonéticos [Acquisition of Portuguese by native speakers of Mandarin: Phonetic aspects]: organised, validated, and edited data; edited audio files using.
• Erosão e mudança linguística: Uma pesquisa sobre o português falado por emigrantes de segunda geração [Attrition and linguistic change: A study on the Portuguese spoken by second generation emigrants]: transcribed.

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Colégio Dom Diogo de Sousa is one of the top private educational institutions in the north of Portugal, well-known for its academic excellence, teaching staff quality, values and mission.
• Taught English as a foreign language to 7th and 8th grade students (aged 12-13)
• Tutored 2 groups of students weekly
• Developed 3 interdisciplinary learning projects with students
• Collaborated closely with the other grade-level and discipline-area teachers in planning lessons, creating instructional materials, and assessing students' work
• Co-organised and participated in several school activities and events

Guimarães, Braga, Portugal

• Tutored 17 school students from 5th to 11th grade (aged 10–17) in 1-on-1 and targeted small group sessions
• Designed and delivered 5 Intensive English Courses (A2, A2+, and B1 CEFR levels) for young learners (aged 6–9 and 10–13) and 2 Preparation Courses aimed at consolidating students' English skills before the beginning of.
• Prepared students for the Cambridge PET exam
• Devised my own differentiated study plans and learning materials based on students' specific needs
• Helped students set clear goals and successfully engaged them in achieving them
• Monitored students' progress and provided them personalised feedback, study guides and strategies to overcome their problems effectively

Póvoa De Lanhoso, Braga, Portugal

• Agrupamento de Escolas Gonçalo Sampaio:EB1 Calvos, EB1 Redufinho, EB1 Santo Emilião, EB1 Serzedelo (Elementary Public Schools)English as a Curriculum Enrichment Activity (AEC) | 1st–4th grade students (aged 6–9)
• Lead multi-level classrooms: 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th grade combination classes
• Designed classes to go beyond standard classroom setting: blended learning with creativity and fun through interactive and hands-on activities such as storytelling, visual art production (painting, drawing, crafting).
• Tailored the curriculum to meet students' specific interests (e.g., as most students lived in a rural area, vocabulary and other linguistic structures related to their lifestyle – close-knit community, connection with.
• Built strong relationships with students' families and local community

Guimarães, Braga, Portugal

• Agrupamento de Escolas Egas Moniz: EB1 Pegada, EB1 Santa Luzia (Public Elementary Schools)English as a Curriculum Enrichment Activity (AEC) | 3rd and 4th grade students (aged 8–10)
• Designed classes to go beyond standard classroom setting: blended learning with creativity and fun through interactive and hands-on activities such as storytelling, visual art production (painting, drawing, crafting).
• Tailored the curriculum to meet students' specific needs (e.g., worked with 1 neurodivergent student and 3 students with severe mental health conditions, which required appropriate adaptation of the curriculum and the.
• Created my own board game to assess students' language skills at the end of the school year
• Attended the course "Gestão curricular do Inglês no 1.º ciclo do ensino básico" [Curriculum management of English in elementary school], during which I presented and discussed my teaching method and materials (final.

Braga, Braga, Portugal

• Escola Secundária Alberto Sampaio (Public Secondary School)Portuguese Language and Literature | 12th grade students (aged 17–19)English as a Foreign Language | 11th grade students (aged 16–17)
• Created new and engaging learning activities and materials and shared them with colleagues
• Co-organised several extracurricular learning-oriented activities (school events, trips, 1 column in the school magazine "De Facto", pen pal correspondence, among others)
• Attended training seminars and engaged actively in discussion and group work
• Resolved team conflicts in a respectful and positive way when needed
• Kept an up-to-date teaching portfolio showcasing my teaching journey and earnest reflections that was highly praised by my supervisors and colleagues

Doctor Of Philosophy - Ph.D. (Ongoing), Language Sciences

Activities and Societies: Ph.D. student fellow (FCT Grant SFRH/BD/709382010) at the Centre for Humanistic Studies of the University of.

Postgraduate Certificate (Master'S Degree Without Thesis), Portuguese And Comparative Linguistics, 18/20

Activities and Societies: Class representative Course Unit/Grade (out of 20): • Phonetics and Phonology (17) • Semantics (19) • Pragmatics.

Licentiate Degree, Teaching Of Portuguese And English (Before Bologna'S Process, 5-Year Degree Programme), 18/20

Activities and Societies: Class representative; member of NECLUM (Núcleo de Estudantes dos Cursos de Letras da Universidade do Minho).

High School Diploma, Curso Geral Do Ensino Secundário – Agrupamento 4 (Humanidades) [Humanities], 19/20

Activities and Societies: Class representative, volleyball, dance, art (pencil/charcoal drawing), foreign languages song contest, school.