Instructor profile

Rita Silva Veloso

TEACHER | LINGUISTICS | HIGHER EDUCATION

Graduated in Linguistics from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (FLUL). She was a professor of Linguistics and Portuguese Language at this Faculty from 1997 to 2014, a specialist professor in Linguistics at ESEI Maria Ulrich from September 2014 to June 2016, and a specialist professor in Mother Language and Literature at ISEC Lisbon from September 2017 to February 2019. Teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign Language at FLUL, from October 2016 to February 2017 and at FCSH in July 2017; researcher at the Linguistics Center of the University of Lisbon since 1995; collaborator of the Organizing Committee of the Portuguese Grammar, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2013, where she is also the author of one chapter and co-author of two. Trainer in Portuguese for everyone at INOVINTER - Center for Training and Technological Innovation from June to September 2019 and at CFPSA - Professional Training Center for the Food Sector since September. Registered on the IEFP Netforce Trainers Scholarship; Trainer registered with the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Training in the areas of Portuguese/Portuguese Language and Linguistics.

Rita Silva VelosoLICA / INSTRUCTOR

Curriculum

Graduated in Linguistics from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (FLUL). She was a professor of Linguistics and Portuguese Language at this Faculty from 1997 to 2014, a specialist professor in Linguistics at ESEI Maria Ulrich from September 2014 to June 2016, and a specialist professor in Mother Language and Literature at ISEC Lisbon from September 2017 to February 2019. Teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign Language at FLUL, from October 2016 to February 2017 and at FCSH in July 2017; researcher at the Linguistics Center of the University of Lisbon since 1995; collaborator of the Organizing Committee of the Portuguese Grammar, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2013, where she is also the author of one chapter and co-author of two. Trainer in Portuguese for everyone at INOVINTER - Center for Training and Technological Innovation from June to September 2019 and at CFPSA - Professional Training Center for the Food Sector since September. Registered on the IEFP Netforce Trainers Scholarship; Trainer registered with the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Training in the areas of Portuguese/Portuguese Language and Linguistics.

Teaching Philosophy

Student-centered Portuguese language teaching with strong linguistic foundations and practical classroom communication.

Profile Highlights

  • Graduated in Linguistics from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (FLUL)
  • Registered on the IEFP Netforce Trainers Scholarship
  • Trainer registered with the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Training
Portuguese as a Foreign LanguageLinguisticsPortuguese language