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Sandie Mourão completed her Doctorate in Teacher Education and Didactics (Universidade de Aveiro) in 2012 and her MA in TESOL (University of Manchester, UK) in 2000. She is presently a research fellow at the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS), FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her career in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) spans nearly 40 years with experience as a teacher, teacher trainer, educational consultant, author and researcher. Sandie specialises in early language learning and picturebooks in English language education. At present she is investigating classroom assessment practices in early English language education and children's literature for intercultural citizenship education. She was coordinator of the Erasmus+ project 'Intercultural citizenship Education through Picturebooks in early English Language Learning' (ICEPELL) (2019 - 2022) and a national project investigating 'Assessment in Primary English Education in Portugal' (2018 - 2020), and co-coordinator of a project in Portuguese higher education, 'TEYL in the practicum: mapping supervisory and teaching approaches' (2018 - 2020). She has supervised/is supervising three doctoral students and many masters students involved in action research activities during their teaching practicum. Sandie is actively involved in research and teacher associations and is presently the Chair of the ‘Early Language Learning Research Association’ (ELLRA) and coordinates the ‘Primary English Education in Portugal Network’ (PEEP). Sandie has published widely in the field of TEFL, children's literature and early childhood education, ranging from educational textbooks, award-winning teacher resources and scholarly publications (7 books, 4 textbook sets, 3 reports, 27 book chapters and 15 articles and 13 journal issues). She is a regular invited speaker at scholarly and teacher conferences around the world.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sandra Jones Mourão

Citation names

  • Mourão, Sandie

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D21F-02E2-BFF7
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1849-9850

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2008/01/01 - 2012/07/20
Concluded
 Doctorate in teacher education and didactics (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"English Picturebook illustrations and language development in early years education" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 pass
1994 - 2000
Concluded
 MA in TESOL (Mestrado)
The University of Manchester Faculty of Humanities, United Kingdom
"Integrating a Foreign Language Programme in Portuguese Pre-schools" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 PASS
1983/09 - 1986/06
Concluded
 Creative Arts (Bachelor)
Major in Art
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
 2'1
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/05/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09/15 - 2019/12/30 Lecturer (University Teacher) Norwich Institute of Language Education, United Kingdom
University of Chichester, United Kingdom
(...)
2015/02 - 2019/04 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/12/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/02/01 - 2016/08/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/02 - 2015/05 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
1997/09 - 2002/07 Lecturer (University Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/06 - Current Teacher trainer / consultant Norwich Institute for Language Education, United Kingdom
Norwich Institute for Language Education, United Kingdom
2000/02 - Current Teacher trainer Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês, Portugal
2002/05 - 2019/04 Teacher trainer / Consultant Letras & Línguas - Actividades de Ensino de Inglês e de Teatro, Portugal
Letras & Línguas - Actividades de Ensino de Inglês e de Teatro, Portugal
2017/03/01 - 2017/05/01 Online tutor for MA module Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2013/01 - 2015/10 Teacher trainer Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
2015/04/01 - 2015/06/01 Online tutor for MA module Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current Intercultural citizenship in language education: difficulties, challenges and possibilities
11/H922
Invited Scientist Fellow
Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Argentina
 CONICET La Plata
Ongoing
2019/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Intercultural Citizenship Education through Picturebooks in early English Language Learning
2019-1-PT01-KA203-061353
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2013/09/01 - 2014/09/30 English learning areas in pre-primary classrooms: an investigation of their effectiveness
ELT Research Papers 15.02
Researcher
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
 British Accreditation Council
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011/12/31 English Picturebook illustrations and language development in early years education
10773/9180
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/09/01 - 2027/08/31 Intercultural Citizenship Education through Teacher Education for the Mediation of Picturebooks (ICETEMP)
KA220-HED-D9B6E3DC
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Center for English, Translation and Anglo Portuguese Studies, Portugal
 Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
2019/05 - 2025/04 An investigation into developing the intercultural domain in primary English education in Portugal: Children’s literature to support intercultural citizenship education
CEECIND/01822/2017
Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01 - 2017/09 Early language learning in Peruvian pre-primary education
000
Principal investigator
Norwich Institute of Language Education, United Kingdom
 British Accreditation Council
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 194 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/CED/UI0194/2011
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/01/03 - 2027/12/15 Transforming Assessment Mindsets: Professional development through a blended MOOC and online community of practice (TAM-bMOOC)
UIDP/04097/2020
Principal investigator
Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Assessment in primary English education in Portugal: Teachers’ Perceptions and practices
000
Principal investigator
Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/02 - 2020/12 TEYL in the practicum: mapping supervisory and teaching approaches
000
Researcher
Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Mourão, Sandie. Picturebooks in early language learning: Beyond Brown Bear. Bristol, United Kingdom: MultilingualMatters. 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Mourão, Sandie; Leslie, Carolyn. Researching Educational Practises, Teacher Education and Professional Development for Early Language Learning: Examples from Europe. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. 2024.
    Published • Editor
  3. Mourão, Sandie; Bennett, Karen. Mediation in Multimodal Literature, Education, and Translation: Picturebooks and Graphic Narratives. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. 2024.
    Accepted • Editor
  4. Mourão, Sandie; Gail Ellis. Corresponding author: Mourão, Sandie. Teaching English to Pre-primary Children. Educating very young children. Peaslake, United Kingdom: Delta Publishing. 2020.
    Published
  5. Mourão, Sandie; Ramos, Ana Margarida; Cortez, Maria Teresa. Fractures and Disruptions in Children's Literature.. Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2017.
    Published • Editor
  6. Mourão, Sandie. Early years second language education: International perspectives on theories and practice. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. 2015.
    Published • 10.4324/9781315889948 • Editor
  7. Mourão, Sandie. Discover with Dex 1 and 2. London, United Kingdom: Macmillan Publishers. 2015.
    Published
  8. Mourão, Sandie; Penelope Robinson; Nam Joon Kang. English Learning Areas in pre-primary classrooms: an investigation of their effectiveness. London, United Kingdom: British Council. 2015.
    Published
  9. Mourão, Sandie. Hello Jack!. Oxford, United Kingdom: Macmillan Education. 2011.
    Published
  10. Mourão, Sandie. Hoola Hoop Primary 1, 2, 3 and 4. Porto, Portugal: Porto Editora. 2009.
    Published
  11. Mourão, Sandie; Daniela Coelho. Little Hoola. Porto, Portugal: Porto Editora. 2009.
    Published
  12. Mourão, Sandie; Fran Gamboa. Best Buddies Levels 1, 2, and 3. Mexico City, Mexico: Editorial Macmillan de México. 2009.
    Published
  13. Mourão, Sandie; Americo Dias. Inglês no 1º Ciclo - Práticas Partilhadas. Lisbon, Portugal: Edições Asa. 2005.
    Published
  14. Mourão, Sandie; Cristina Bento; Raquel Coelho; Niki Joseph. Programa de Generalização de Ensino de Inglês no 1º Ciclo do ensino Básico. Orientações Programáticas. Lisbon, Portugal: Ministério da Educação. 2005.
  15. Mourão, Sandie. Junior English Timesavers ‘REALBOOKS! in the Primary Classroom. London: Mary Glasgow Magazines. 2003.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Leslie, Carolyn; Mourão, Sandie; Hanžic Deda, Silvja; Pérez-Segura, José Jaime. "The Development of Communicative Ability in Primary EFL Coursebooks: A Comparative Study of Croatia, Portugal and Spain". In Materials for Helping L2 Learners Develop Communicative Ability, edited by Tomlinson, Brian; Masuhara, Hitomi. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Vieira, Flávia; Mourão, Sandie; Andrade, Ana Isabel; Simões, Ana Raquel. "Professional learning competences and tasks in primary English teacher education curricula". In Researching Educational Practices, Teacher Education and Professional Development for Early Language Learning: Examples from Europe, edited by Mourão, Sandie (D21F-02E2-BFF7); Leslie, Carolyn, 193-208. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2024.
    Published
  3. Mourão, Sandie; Ibrahim, Nayr. "Intercultural and citizenship objectives through picturebooks in early language learning: Teacher-made resources for Taking Action projects". In Early language learning in instructed contexts: Current issues and empirical insights into teaching additional languages in primary school, edited by Frisch, Stefanie; Glaser, Karen. Lausanne, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2024.
    Accepted
  4. Mourão, Sandie. "Crack in the classroom: a picturebook about the social problem of drug abuse and retrospective reflections from the classroom". In Rethinking Picturebooks for Intermediate and Advanced Learners: Perspectives for Secondary English Language Education, edited by Merse, Thorsten; Alter, Gritt, 225-254. Tübingen, Germany: narr Studienbücher., 2023.
    Published
  5. Mourão, Sandie; Ellis, Gail. Corresponding author: Mourão, Sandie. "Identifying quality in asynchronous, pre-recorded picturebook read-alouds for children learning English as a foreign language". In Taking Literature Online: New Perspectives on Literature in Language Learning and Teaching, edited by Paran, Amos; Stadler-Heer, Sandra, 47-70. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury, 2022.
    Published
  6. Mourão, Sandie; Leslie, Carolyn; Moreira, Maria Alfredo; Monteiro, Estela. "From (mis)perceptions to (mis)practices: The assessment of oral skills in primary English education in Portugal". In Oracy Acquisition and Development in Early Second Language Learning: Voices from Diverse International Context, edited by Karoulla-Vrikki, Dimitra; Lopriore, Lucilla. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters, 2022.
    Submitted
  7. Mourão, Sandie; Gonçalves Matos, Ana. Corresponding author: Mourão, Sandie. "From Culture to Intercultural Citizenship Education". In The ICEGuide: A handbook for intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in early English language learning, edited by ICEPELL Consortium, 22-29. Lisbon, Portugal: CETAPS, NOVA FCSH, 2022.
    Published
  8. Gail Ellis; Sandie Mourão. "Identifying Quality in Asynchronous, Pre-recorded Picturebook Read-alouds for Children Learning English as a Foreign Language". edited by {Stadler-Heer, 47-70. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
  9. Mourão, Sandie; Becker, Carmen. "Introduction". In The ICEGuide: A handbook for intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in early English language learning, edited by ICEPELL Consortium, 13-20. Lisbon, Portugal: CETAPS: FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  10. Mourão, Sandie. "Picturebooks and Reading Aloud in the Early English Language Classroom". In The ICEGuide: A handbook for intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in early English language learning, 13-20. Lisbon, Portugal: CETAPS: FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  11. Mourão, Sandie; Becker, Carmen; Ibrahim, Nayr. "Picturebook Selection". In The ICEGuide: A handbook for intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in early English language learning, edited by ICEPELL Consortium, 41-46. Lisbon, Portugal: CETAPS: FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  12. Mourão, Sandie. "The ethical practices of collecting informed consent in action research projects". In Ethical and methodological issues in researching young language learners in school contexts, edited by Annamaria Pinter; Kuchah Kuchah, 223-243. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters, 2021.
    Published
  13. Mourão, Sandie; Leslie, Carolyn; Moreira, Maria Alfredo; Estela Monteiro. "Battling Against a Traditional Assessment Culture: The Case of Early English Learning in Portugal". In Current Research into Young FL and EAL Learners Literacy Skills, edited by Frisch, Stefanie; Romeik, Eva; Rymarczyk, Jutta, 141-164. Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, 2021.
    Published
  14. Mourão, Sandie. "Interpreting and mediating a wordless picturebook in pre-primary early English language learning". In Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education : International Perspectives on Language and Literature Learning book cover 1st Edition Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education International Perspectives on Language and Literature Learning, edited by Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina; Ommundsen, Ase Marie; Haaland, Gunnar, 59-78. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2021.
    Published
  15. Sandie Mourão. "Integrating and emulating". In Early english initiatives in Portugal, edited by Rokita-Jaskow, {Joanna, 26-48. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters, 2019.
    Published • 10.21832/ROKITA2500
  16. Sandie Mourão. "Collaborative approaches to assessing progression in English in an early language learning initiative". In A case study, edited by Shelagh Rixon, 122-139. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters, 2019.
    Published
  17. Mourão, Sandie. "Research into the teaching of English as a Foreign language in early childhood education and care". In The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners, edited by Garton, Sue; Copland, Fiona, 425-440. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2019.
    Published • 10.4324/9781315623672-27
  18. Mourão, Sandie. "Playing in English: The emerging voices of pre-primary children in a foreign language context". In Voices from the TESOL Classroom : Participant Inquiries in Young Learner Classes, 67-76. Maryland,, United States: TESOLPress, 2018.
    Published
  19. Sandie Mourão. "Play and Peer Interaction in a Low-Exposure Foreign Language-Learning Programme". In Preschool Bilingual Education. Agency in interactions between children, teachers and parents, edited by Schwartz, {Mila, 313-342. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77228-8_11
  20. Sandie Mourão; Ana Margarida Ramos; Maria Teresa Cortez. "Introduction". In Fractures and Disruptions in Children’s Literature, edited by Ramos, {Ana Margarida; Mourão, Sandie; Maria Teresa Cortez, 1-13. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
    Published
  21. Mourão, Sandie. "Picturebooks in instructed foreign language learning contexts". In The Edinburgh Companion to Children's Literature, edited by Beauvais, Clémentine; Nikolajeva, Maria, 245-264. Edinbourgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
    Published
  22. Mourão, Sandie. "O livro como objeto: Bernardo Carvalho no papel de ilustrador-designer". In Aproximações ao Livro-objeto : Das Potencialidades Criativas às Propostas de Leitura, edited by Ana Margarida Ramos, 159-180. Palmela, Portugal: Tropelias e Companhia, 2017.
    Published
  23. Sandie Mourão; Penelope Robinson. "Facilitating the learning of English through collaborative practice". edited by Victoria Murphy; Evangelou, {Maria, 253-264. British Council, 2016.
  24. Mourão, Sandie. "English in Pre-primary: The Challenges of Getting It Right". In Teaching English to Young Learners: : Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3–12 Year Olds, edited by Janice Bland, 51-70. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
    Published • 10.5040/9781474257145.ch-004
  25. Mourão, Sandie. "Response to picturebooks: A case for valuing children’s linguistic repertoires during repeated read alouds". In Early Years Second Language Education, edited by Mourão, Sandie; Mónica Lourenço, 62-77. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015.
    Published
  26. Mourão, Sandie. "The potential of picturebooks with young learners". In Teaching English to Young Learners. : Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 year olds, edited by Janice Bland, 199-218. London / New York, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic Publishing, 2015.
    Published
  27. Mourão, Sandie. "What’s real and what’s not: Playing with the mind in wordless picturebooks". In Challenging and Controversial Picturebooks: Creative and Critical Responses to Visual Texts, 181-200. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2015.
    Published
  28. Sandie Mourão. "Picturebook: Object of Discovery". In Children’s Literature in Second Language Education, edited by Janice Bland; Christiane L{\, 71-94. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
    Published • 10.5040/9781472552815.ch-007
  29. Sandie Mourão. "Planeta Tangerina: an editorial concept that pushes boundaries". In Beyond the Book: Transforming Children’s Literature, 210-221. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
    Published
  30. Sandie Mourão. "Picturebook". In Object of Discovery, edited by Janice Bland; Christiane L{\, 71-94. Bloomsbury, 2013.
  31. Mourão, Sandie. "Using stories in the primary classroom". In BritLit : using Literature in EFL Classrooms, 19-33. Girona, Spain: APAC, 2009.
    Published
Book review
  1. Mourão, Sandie. "Review: Children's Picturebooks. The Art of Visual Storytelling". Review of Children's Picturebooks. The Art of Visual Storytelling 8, 1 (2020): 74-80. http://clelejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Book-review-Sandie-Mour%C3%A3o-CLELE-8.1.pdf.
    Published
  2. Sandie Mourão. "Review: The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks". Review of The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks 7, 2 (2019): 1-5. https://clelejournal.org/book-reviews-4/.
    Published
  3. Sandie Mourão. "Review article: Teaching Children’s Literature. It’s Critical!". Review of Teaching Children’s Literature. It’s Critical! 67, 3 (2013): 367-369. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/d3e79e1f-c9e2-4ef1-a267-af8d55c95b95.
    Published • 10.1093/elt/cct025
  4. Mourão, Sandie. "Review: English through music". Review of English through music 64, 3 (2010): 363-365.
    Published
  5. Mourão, Sandie. "Review article: 500 Activities for the primary classroom". Review of 500 Activities for the primary classroom 62, 3 (2008):
  6. Mourão, Sandie. "Review article: The Primary English Teacher’s Guide". Review of Getting Science 57, 4 (2003):
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Vieira, Flávia; Mourão, Sandie; Andrade, Ana Isabel; Silva, Elisabete Mendes; Orega, Maria Isabel. "Formação de professores de inglês do 1. o CEB em Portugal: que currículos?". 2019.
  2. Gabriela Sotto Mayor; Sandie Mourão. "A typology of title pages". Paper presented in A comparative analysis between Portugal and the United Kingdom, Guimarães, 2017.
    Published
Edited book
  1. Mourão, Sandie. Teaching English to Young Learners – Critical issues in language education with 3 to 12-year-olds. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. 2025.
    Accepted • Editor
Journal article
  1. Hobbs, B. G.; Mourão, Sandie. "Take-home tests as an assessment for learning strategy". ELT Journal (2024): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccae023.
    Published
  2. Mourão, Sandie. "Picturebooks for Intercultural Learning in Foreign Language Education. A Scoping Review". Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht 28 1 (2023): 173-209. https://zif.tujournals.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/article/id/3620/?fbclid=IwAR3lf1JPG8ON_4gsHWjwp6-6uTC31ZepZGZmJNMjiR_VSNFDJujLiL1Xqos.
    Published
  3. Mourão, Sandie; Valente, David. "Picturebooks as vehicles: Creating materials for pedagogical action.". Children’s Literature in English Language Education Journal 10 2 (2022): 1-26. https://clelejournal.org/article-1-david-valente-sandie-mourao/.
    Open access • Published
  4. Vieira, Flávia; Mourão, Sandie; Andrade, Ana Isabel; Cruz, Mário; Reis-Jorge, José; Leslie, Carolyn; Orega, Maria Isabel; et al. "Primary English teacher education in Portugal: an exploratory study". European Journal of Teacher Education (2022): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2022.2132384.
    10.1080/02619768.2022.2132384
  5. Vieira, Flávia; Mourão, Sandie. "Formar professores para a investigação pedagógica: o caso do Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico em Portugal". Estreiadialogos 6 1&2 (2022): 15-33. https://www.estreiadialogos.com/vol6.
    Open access • Published
  6. Mourão, Sandie. "English as a foreign language in ECE: itinerant teachers of English and collaborative practices for an integrated approach". European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 29 3 (2021): 455-471. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350293x.2021.1928726.
    Open access • 10.1080/1350293x.2021.1928726
  7. Alstad, Gunhild Tomter; Mourão, Sandie. "Research into multilingual issues in ECEC contexts: proposing a transdisciplinary research field". European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 29 3 (2021): 319-335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350293x.2021.1928845.
    10.1080/1350293x.2021.1928845
  8. Mourão, Sandie. "Response during picturebook read alouds in English as a foreign language". TEANGA, the Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 10 (2019): 58-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v10i0.70.
    Published • 10.35903/teanga.v10i0.70
  9. Sandie Mourão; Mónica Lourenço. "Learning English (and other languages) in Portugal". Language Issues 28 2 (2018): 53-55. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/0a831a6d-a830-44fd-a4b1-36f1104bfda3.
    Published
  10. Mourão, Sandie. "Picturebooks in the Primary EFL Classroom: Authentic Literature for an Authentic Response". Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 4 1 (2016): 25-43. http://clelejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Picturebooks-Authentic-literature-for-an-authentic-response-CLELEjournal-4.1.pdf.
    Published
  11. Mourão, Sandie. "Fostering affective responses to picturebooks in the young learner classroom". Humanising Language Teaching 17 4 (2015):
    Open access • Published
  12. Mourao, S.. "Taking play seriously in the pre-primary English classroom". ELT Journal 68 3 (2014): 254-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccu018.
    10.1093/elt/ccu018
  13. Sandie Mourão; Mourão, Sandie; Centro de Estudos Ingleses de Tradução e Anglo-portugueses (CETAPS). "Response to 'The Lost Thing". Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 1 1 (2013): 81-106. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/0e92f847-14f5-4900-ae3d-c3d32a710cb6.
    Published
  14. Mourão, Sandie; Centro de Estudos Ingleses de Tradução e Anglo-portugueses (CETAPS); Sandie Mourão. "Understanding response to picturebook". Encuentros 22 1 (2013): 98-114. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93169.
    Published • http://hdl.handle.net/10017/19948
  15. Mourão, Sandie Jones. "Specialist or generalist?". (2002): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/258.
Journal issue
  1. Mourão, Sandie; Beecroft, Raphaelle. "Young Language Learners and the Intercultural Domain: Emerging perspectives". Language Teaching for Young Learners Journal 6 2 (2024):
    Accepted • Coeditor
  2. Mourão, Sandie; Alstad, Gunhild Tomter. "Special Issue: Multilingual Childhoods". European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 29 3 (2021): https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/recr20/29/3.
    Published • Coeditor
  3. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "The Global Reach of Children's Literature and ELT: from BANA Countries to the Majority World". Children's Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 6 1 (2018):
    Published • Coeditor
  4. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "Intercultural Learning and Critical Literacy: There is No Single Story". Children's Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 5 2 (2017): https://clelejournal.org/2116-2/.
    Published • Coeditor
  5. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "The Shapeshifting Nature of Children's Literature for ELT". Children's Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 5 1 (2017): https://clelejournal.org/editorial-the-shapeshifting-nature-of-childrens-literature-for-elt/.
    Published • Coeditor
  6. Mourão, Sandie; Bland, Janice; Centro de Estudos Ingleses de Tradução e Anglo-portugueses (CETAPS). "Intercultural Learning and Critical Literacy: There is No Single Story". Children's Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 5 2 (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93098.
    Published • Coeditor
  7. Sandie Mourão; Janice Bland. "The Journey". Children’s Literature in English Language Education Journal 4 2 (2016): https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/f56930dc-ae1f-4809-b896-6307eac67cba.
    Published • Coeditor
  8. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "Cultural Identity in the Language Classroom". Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal) 4 1 (2016): http://clelejournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CLELEjournal-4.1-Contents-and-Editorial-Cultural-Identity1.pdf.
    Published • Coeditor
  9. Sandie Mourão; Janice Bland. "Children's Literature in English Language Education Journal". 3 2 (2015): https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/2ecb8ca1-1392-4376-a252-34e357b2542b.
    Published • Coeditor
  10. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "Children's Literature in English Language Education Journal". 3 1 (2015):
    Published • Coeditor
  11. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "Children's Literature in English Language Education Journal". 2 2 (2014):
    Published • Coeditor
  12. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "Children's Literature in English Language Education Journal". 2 1 (2014):
    Published • Coeditor
  13. Mourão, Sandie; Janice Bland. "Children's Literature in English Language Education Journal". Children's Literature in English Language Education Journal 1 1 (2013):
    Published • Coeditor
Magazine article
  1. Mourão, Sandie. "Rhyme time in early years English sessions.", TEYLT Worldwide, 2023
  2. Mourão, Sandie; Ellis, Gail. Corresponding author: Mourão, Sandie. "Demystifying the read-aloud", English Teaching professional, 2021, https://www.etprofessional.com/demystifying-the-read-aloud.
  3. Mourão, Sandie. "Reflecting on the early years in the YLT SIG", TEYLT Worldwide, 2019
  4. Mourão, Sandie. "ELT in early childhood education: from a trickling stream to a rushing river", Children and Teenagers, 2016
  5. Sandie Mourão. "Picturebooks for old and young", APPI Journal, 2013, https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/e345b9c1-baae-4c52-b8f1-0d48d75a752a.
  6. Mourão, Sandie. "The learning affordances of picturebooks.", The ETAS Journal, 2011
Manual
  1. Costa, Ana Margarida; Costa, Ana Rita; Espinha, Ângela; Lourenço, Mónica; Mourão, Sandie; Pinho, Ana Sofia; Sá, Susana; Simões, Ana Raquel. Kit Pedagógico PETIz. 2011.
Report
  1. Mourão, Sandie; Vieira, Flávia (AA1F-DDAC-5618); Andrade, Ana Isabel; Cruz, Mário; Leslie, Carolyn; Orega, Maria Isabel; Pinho, Ana Sofia; et al. 2021. Mapeando abordagens da formação inicial de professores de Inglês no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico em Portugal. https://ria.ua.pt/bitstream/10773/32721/3/Cadernos%20LabELing_Vieira%20et%20al%202021.pdf.
  2. Moreira, Maria Alfredo; Mourão, Sandie; Leslie, Carolyn; Monteiro, Estela. 2021. Avaliação das Aprendizagens de Inglês no 1º CEB. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/321e9a2c-6435-414b-8e5b-c62cddf90d8d.
  3. Mourão, Sandie. 2018. English Teaching in the Early Years. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/e588569e-74fc-4ffe-b3df-6bc8a10cc6a6.
  4. Mourão, Sandie; Sónia Ferreirinha. 2016. Early Language Learning in Pre-primary Education in Portugal. http://www.appi.pt/activeapp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Pre-primary-survey-report-July-FINAL-rev.pdf.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic performance
  1. Mourão, Sandie; Perdomo, Laura; Markava, Inesa; Ishizuka, Yumiko. 2022. Léguas de Línguas. Centro de Dialogo Intercultural de Leiria.

Other

Other output
  1. ELT as a Pluricultural Space. Editorial. 2018. Sandie Mourão; Janice Bland. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/794c896e-0f8b-4036-a9e3-74e3df453bf0.
  2. The Shapeshifting Nature of Children’s Literature for ELT. UID/ELT/04097/2013. 2017. Mourão, Sandie; Bland, Janice; Centro de Estudos Ingleses de Tradução e Anglo-portugueses (CETAPS). http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93097.
  3. Cultural Identity in the Language Classroom. Editorial. 2016. Sandie Mourão; Janice Bland. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/378808e9-4797-4cf4-8941-d207297b072e.
  4. The Journey. UID/ELT/04097/2013. 2016. Mourão, Sandie; Bland, Janice; Centro de Estudos Ingleses de Tradução e Anglo-portugueses (CETAPS). http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93101.
  5. Editorial. UID/ELT/04097/2013. 2015. Mourão, Sandie; Bland, Janice; Centro de Estudos Ingleses de Tradução e Anglo-portugueses (CETAPS). http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93099.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/25 Picturebooks for intercultural citizenship education: Surpassing the traditional primary EFL picturebook canon BORDERLITE Symposium - Breaking Borders
Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2024/10/18 Picturebooks in early language education: From a little brown bear to a great big polar bear International conference on additional language learning by young learners
University of the BAsque Country (Vitoria Gastiez, Spain)
2024/06/05 Portuguese coursebooks in primary English education: A barrier to developing communicative abilities Materials for Developing Communicative Ability
Nova University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/05/08 Picturebooks as disruptors in early English language education Reading for in-depth English Learning: Texts in and beyond the classroom
Nord University (Bodo, Norway)
2024/05/06 Intercultural Citizenship Education through Picturebooks in Early English Language Learning: Practitioner Competencies Reading for in-depth English Learning: Texts in and beyond the classroom
Nord University (Bodo, Norway)
2024/04/25 Oral skills and formative assessment: An analysis of Portuguese coursebooks 1st ELLRA Conference - Early Language Learning Research: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
University of Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
2024/04/25 Child-initiated play in a foreign language in Portugal 1st ELLRA Conference - Early Language Learning Research: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
University of Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
2024/03/04 Picturebook read-alouds in early language education Workshop for teacher education
University of Udine (Udine, Italy)
2024/02/02 Picturebooks, read-alouds and intercultural learning Picturebooks and storytelling in language teaching with young learners: Enhancing intercultural competence 
Unibz, ( Brixen-Bressanone , Italy)
2023/10/04 Intercultural Citizenship Education through Picturebooks in early English Language Learning CELEBRAR A EXCELÊNCIA
Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Educação e Formação (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09/29 Deconstructing modal metaphors and mapping empathy: The fictionalized reality of linguistic assimilation 9TH European Network of Picturebook Research: The picturebook Between Fiction and Reality
Croatia Association of Researchers in Children's Literature (Osijek, Croatia)
2023/09/24 Materials development in primary English education: Picturebooks for disrupting the commonplace 3rd SCRELE International Conference on Developing, Using and Evaluating ELT Materials for Young Learners
SCRELE, Shanghai International Studies University (Shanghai)
2023/09/01 Picturebook read-alouds in a foreign language: Mediation for children's multilingual agency 31st EECERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE Children’s Curiosity, Agency and Participation: Challenges for Professional Action and Development
EECERA & APEI (Estoril, Portugal)
2023/08/30 Curiosity, agency and participation in a foreign language: The relevance of play Curiosity, agency and participation. Children in multilingual settings
EECERA Multilingual Childhoods SIG (Estoril, Portugal)
2023/08/23 Picturebooks as vehicles on the roadmap of democratic citizenship LEND Summer School
LEND (Senigallia, Italy)
2023/07/12 Transforming Assessment Mindsets: Professional development through a blended MOOC 7th Advanced Research Seminar: Technology and online learning in language and intercultural education
CETAPS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/05/13 The (he)art of picturebooks: English and socially responsible behavior 36th Annual APPI Conference
APPI / ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/29 English in primary education: Inspectors and researchers collaborating to manage the curriculum Perspectives in Research: capabilities of inspectorates and inspectors skills
The Standing International Conference of Inspectors (Funchal, Portugal)
2023/03/13 Picturebooks in early language learning Master Class
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2023/03/11 Pictures, words and the gaps between: The potential of picturebooks in early language learning MA E-LINGO Face-to-Face Meeting II
University of Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany)
2023/03/10 Picturebooks as vehicles for the road ahead together TESOL Spain Annual Convention
TESOL Spain (Madrid, Spain)
2023/02/03 Teacher mediation for response and agency: Picturebook read-alouds and storying Using Stories to Story Instructed, Usage-based L2 Learning
Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, United States)
2023/01/30 Picturebooks for intercultural citizenship education: Discovering teacher resources Contemporising Primary English Teaching
Karlsruhe University of Education (Karlsruhe)
2022/11/17 Picturebooks as vehicles in professional development for intercultural citizenship education Fostering Dialogue: Teaching Children’s Literature and Culture Conference
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
2022/11/09 Intercultural and citizenship education in action: Mapping perceptions and practices of Portuguese teachers of English Teaching Testing and Translation Team Webinars
University of Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus)
2022/10/01 Refresh, recharge, restart and re-associate… picturebooks are for all learners! APPI Regional Seminar
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Loulé)
2022/09/22 Advances in understanding the role of early English education in Portugal: Intercultural and citizenship education in action Advances in Teaching Foreign Languages to Young Learners (ATFLY22)
University of Wuppertal & University of Leipzig (Wuppertal, Germany)
2022/09/08 Picturebooks as disruptors in primary English education International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC22)
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/07/11 Pictures, words and the gaps between: The potential of picturebooks in early language learning Fudan University webinar series
Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
2022/06/23 The ICEPro Course: Empowering action-taking International Conference Future Challenges in Early Language learning and Multilingual Education (ELLME2022)
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2022/06/22 Teacher education and transition between pre-primary and primary International Conference Future Challenges in Early Language learning and Multilingual Education (ELLME2022)
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2022/05/14 Integrating early foreign language initiatives: Making a case for collaborative practices ISTAL 25
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki , Greece)
2022/04/29 Teaching English to pre-primary children: Looking at learning Speaking Globally Webinar
DELTA Publishing (London, United Kingdom)
2022/04/05 Picturebooks and eTwinning as vehicles for Intercultural Citizenship Education in early language learning YELL turns ten!
University of Udine (Udine, Italy)
2022/03/21 Avaliação das Aprendizagens de Inglês no 1º CEB: Um Estudo em Portugal Continental            DGE Internal Webinar Series
Direção Geral de Educação (Lisbon)
2022/03/10 Picturebooks for Intercultural Citizenship Education: an ICEKit in action CANDIICE Conference
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/02/19 Picturebooks as prompts for Intercultural Citizenship Education: an analysis of teacher-made materials Taking Action!
Technische Universität Dortmund (Dortmund, Germany)
2022/02/04 Picturebooks as prompts for Intercultural Citizenship Education: an analysis of teacher-made materials CETAPS / TEALS Advanced Research Seminar: Researching Materials Development for Language Learning
CETAPS (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/11/20 Picturebook read-alouds – storytelling with a difference MA Seminar
Universidade do Minho (Braga)
2021/08/27 'This is my story' as An other' s story: Picturebooks, theory of mind and empathy This is my story - 2nd Storytelling Conference
PHZH / Zurich University of Teacher Education (Zurich, Switzerland)
2021/07/21 Pictures, words and the gaps between. The potential of picturebooks in early language learning The JALT Younger Learner Teachers’ Olympic Webinar
Miyagi University of Education, (Miyagi, Japan)
2021/06/24 Peritext in asynchronous read-alouds: the missed overture Picturebooks and graphic narratives in education and translation: mediation and multimodality Virtual
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/06/20 Picturebooks that challenge: Moving beyond the conventional in ELT Pre Conference Event - 25th BETA-IATEFL Annual International Conference
IATEFL (Faversham, United Kingdom)
2021/06/07 Demystifying the read-aloud in early English language learning ICEPELL Virtual Symposium
Nord University (Bodo)
2021/05/20 Picturebooks for a reworking of CLIL: Citizenship through Language for Intercultural Learning New trends in Foreign language teaching
University of Granada (Granada)
2021/04/21 The effectiveness of picturebooks for developing the intercultural dimension in language education: charting the evidence Cultnet Intercultural
University of Durham (Durham, United Kingdom)
2021/03/26 Picturebooks and intercultural citizenship education Working CLIL
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/03/21 Pictures, words and the gaps between. The potential of picturebooks in early language learning MA E-LINGO Face-to-Face Meeting II
University of Freiburg (Freiburg)
2021/02/04 The intercultural dimension of English as a foreign language: a survey of teachers of English in primary education in Portugal Advanced Research Seminar: Challenges, solutions and synergies
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon)
2021/01/28 Play and Learning Areas Red Espanola para el Aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras en infantil: Network Webinar Series
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2021/01/08 Intercultural citizenship education through picturebooks in early English language learning LEND Webinar
LEND (Turin, Italy)
2020/12/19 The dichotomy of asynchronous picturebook read-alouds INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VISUAL LITERACY AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION: : THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN NEW EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
FACULTAD DE FILOLOGI´A, UCM (Madrid, Spain)
2020/11/28 An other's story: picturebooks, theory of mind and empathy APPInep YL & VYL Online Conference 2020
APPI (Virtual , Portugal)
2020/10/27 Collaborative practices for an integrated foreign language experience Donostia Lectures on Multilingualism and Education
University of the Basque Country (San Sebastian, Spain)
2020/02/12 Picturebooks and play for meaningful early English experiences JORNADA SOBRE LA ENSEÑANZA DE LENGUA EXTRANJERA EN EDUCACIÓN INFANTIL Y PRIMARIA
University of Mondragon, Department of Education (Mondragon, Spain)
2019/10/18 Picturebooks to inspire 'CREATE, INSPIRE, BE FLEXIBLE!': APPI Regional Seminar - Litoral Alentejano
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Vila Nova de Santo André, Portugal)
2019/05/10 Picturebooks, the intercultural domain and citizenship education in early language learning English Language Learning in Primary School: International Perspectives: XVth International LASLAB Workshop
University of the Basque Country (Vitoria Gastiez, Spain)
2019/05/05 (Re)Connecting with nursery rhymes! Building Connections : 33rd APPI Conference
Associação Portuguese de Professores de Inglês (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/04/27 Keynote: The power of picturebooks in ELT The Gift of Creativity : XI TED ELT Conference
TED Atakent College Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)
2019/04/26 Invited: Developing teacher agency: Approaches to effective teacher development The Gift of Creativity : XI TED ELT Conference
TED Atakent College Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)
2018/11/27 Invited: Children's literature in ELT and empirical research CLELEjournal Editorial Review Board Networking Meeting
Nord University (Bodø,, Norway)
2018/11/23 Invited: Developmentally appropriate approaches to early language learning in English EAQUALS - Training for Excellence
EAQUALS (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2018/05/16 To play or not to play in English. Sharing Languages Conference
British Council (Paris, France)
2018/04/29 To be, or not to be, interculturally effective? Teaching Effectively, Teaching Affectively – 32nd APPI Conference, Aveiro Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/04/28 Being effective with affect in the primary English classroom Teaching Effectively, Teaching Affectively – 32nd APPI Conference, Aveiro Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/04/10 Picturebooks and language learner response Symposium - Researching Literature in the Language Classroom: Patterns and Possibilities
IATEFL ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Brighton, United Kingdom)
2018/01/26 School cluster assessment criteria and implications for primary English education in Portugal Bridging and Assessing EFL in 1st and 2nd Cycles
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Porto, Portugal)
2017/12/09 Supporting an intercultural stance through English language coursebooks in Portugal Language Education across Borders
University of Graz (Graz, Austria)
2017/12/07 The house that Jack built: One rhyme, multiple interpretations Seminar
University of Zagreb, Education Faculty (Zagreb, Croatia)
2017/10/21 Invited: Picturebooks and Teenagers: Rebellious authentic texts in an English classroom. Revoluções, Revoltas, Rebeldias Línguas e literatura - rebeldia
3º SEMINÁRIO INTERNACIONAL FOLIO EDUCA - (Obidos, Portugal)
2017/10/14 Keynote: Picturebooks and their films: multimodality on pages and screens The 6th IMAGE Conference
Associação Portuguesa de professores de Inglês (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/09/30 The house that Jack built: In search of a definite ending 6th European Network of Picturebook Research - Home and lived spaces in picturebooks from 1950s to present
University of Padua (Padua, Italy)
2017/08/30 Child-initiated play and peer interaction in a foreign language 27th EECERA Conference / Symposium: Multilingual Childhoods SIG: Children's voices in multilingual interactions
Bologna University (Bologna, Italy)
2017/07/14 A typology of title pages: A comparative analysis between Portugal and the United Kingdom CONFIA 2017
ESD - IPCA, Campus do IPCA (Barcelos, Portugal)
2017/05/19 Keynote: Multilingualism in a foreign language through the shared reading of picturebooks Multilingual Childhoods 2017: Multilingualism in the Early Years,
Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin, Ireland)
2017/04/30 Progression and the intercultural competence: Assessing the impossible 31st APPI ANNUAL CONFERENCE - EFL ASSESSMENT: WORK IN PROGRESS
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/11/19 Keynote: Communication, culture and creativity: a staple diet or supplements? Communication, culture and creativity in the ELT classroom
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/09/01 Collaborative practices to support integrated foreign language projects 26th EECERA Conference: Happiness, Relationships, Emotion & Deep Level Learning
Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland)
2016/06/05 invited: Penguins and polar bears: Being intercultural in English 25th BETA-IATEFL Annual International Conference
Plovdiv University (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
2016/06/04 Keynote: Pictures, words and the gaps between – a no tech resource for the classroom 25th BETA-IATEFL Annual International Conference
Plovdiv University (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
2016/06/03 Keynote: Making the impossible possible – play in English Pre Conference Event - 25th BETA-IATEFL Annual International Conference
Plovdiv University (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
2016/05/12 Invited: Storytelling with picturebooks in the primary English class Seminar
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2016/04/28 Keynote: English in pre-primary education in Europe: Integrating and emulating Child Foreign Language Learning: Between theory and Practice
Institute of Modern Languages, Department of English Studies, Pedagogical University, (Cracow, Poland)
2016/04/12 Responding to picturebook design and aesthetics in the ELT classroom 50th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, Birmingham, UK
IATEFL (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
2016/03/12 Discussing the social problem of drug abuse using picturebooks in ELT Challenging Reading: English Language Education with Children and Teenagers
University of Munster (Munster, Germany)
2016/03/10 Keynote: Multimodal texts: pictures and words on pages and screens Teaching Children’s and Teen Literature and Film - TEFL DAY 2016
University of Munster (Munster, Germany)
2016/03/05 Keynote: Pictures, words and the gaps between 10th ELT Conference, Ayse Abla Schools Conference
Ayse Abla Schools, Baskent University (Ankara, Turkey)
2015/11/27 Linguistic repertoires, interpretation and knowledge transfer during English Issues in multilingualism at home and in school: 0-6 the early years.
Rome Tre University (Rome, Italy)
2015/10/17 Keynote: Penguins and polar bears: being intercultural in English Young Learner & Very Young Learner Conference
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/10/17 Language learning in pre-primary language education in Portugal Young Learner & Very Young Learner Conference
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/10/03 Keynote: The potential of picturebooks for young learners British Council – 1st EFL Young Learners Conference
Universidad San Sebastián (Santiago de Chile, Chile)
2015/09/18 Invited: Issues of quality in pre-primary language teaching 24th IATEFL Poland Conference
Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)
2015/09/08 Early language learning in Portugal: the implications of teacher profiles and practices 25th EECERA Conference: Innovation, Experimentation and Adventure in Early Childhood
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2015/08/10 What’s Real And What’s Not: Playing With The Mind In Wordless Picturebooks 22nd Biennial IRSCL Congress – Creating Childhoods
University of Worcester (Worcester, United Kingdom)
2015/04/12 The house that crack built: a picturebook for teens 49th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
IATEFL (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2015/03/20 Keynote: The potential of picturebooks in primary English education LEND Day for primary school teachers - Creative minds in primary classes
LEND, Turin (Turin, Italy)
2015/03/06 Making the impossible possible: play and autonomy in pre-primary English IHWO Young Learner Conference,
International House, World Organisation (Torres Vedras, Portugal)
2014/11/22 Documenting pre-primary children’s language learning during play. 5th International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language: 'Assessment in ELT: Opportunities and Challenges'
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/09/20 Keynote: Pictures, words and the gaps between ETAS Professional Development Day
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwester Switzerland (Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland)
2014/09/16 Formats in teacher-led activities to support child-initiated play in a foreign language International Conference on Child Foreign Language Acquisition,
University of the Basque Country (Vitoria-Gastiez)
2014/07/17 Invite: Pictures, words and the gaps between. Seminar
Norwich Institute of Language Education (Norwich, United Kingdom)
2014/06/13 Meta-linguistic development during shared read alouds: a case of valuing linguistic repertoires Early Language Learning: Theory and Practice
Department of Language Studies, Umea University (Umea, Sweden)
2014/06/03 Invited: Play and language learning Seminar
Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul, South Korea)
2014/05/24 Keynote: Play and language learning: cracking the enigma Language Learning 2 – 6: international perspectives on early years pluriligualism
European University (Nicosia, Cyprus)
2014/05/06 A mancha gráfica manuscrito na obra de Bernardo Carvalho Seminar
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/05/02 Crack in the classroom APPI Conference: Language and Culture: encourage, engage, empower, Porto, Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Porto, Portugal)
2014/04/02 Learner autonomy through free play in pre-primary English 48th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
IATEFL (Harrogate, United Kingdom)
2014/03/05 Keynote: Picturebooks and language teaching 11th Seminário APPI Madeira, ‘Challenge your teaching practice!’, Plenary: Picturebooks and language teaching
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Funchal, Portugal)
2013/11/27 Invited: Teaching English in pre-primary. Seminar
British Council Centre (Paris, France)
2013/11/23 Secondary students’ response to the book and the film of The Lost Thing: notes on language and learning with images 4th International Conference on Teaching English as a Foreign Language: What do ELT professionals need to know?' TEFL
FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/10/15 Keynote: A case study approach: empirical enquiry to understand real-life classroom phenomena International Forum on English Language Teaching VI, ‘Reflect, research and respond: re-vitalizing ELT experiences’
Faculty of Letters, University of Porto, (Porto, Portugal)
2013/09/28 Keynote: Picturebook as object Sharing practice – APPInep
Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/09/14 The fluidly integrated practice of hand lettering in the work of Bernardo Carvalho Text, image, ideology – Picturebooks as meeting places,
Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
2013/07/13 So what about play? Implications for incorporating free play in preschool EFL classes. MATSDA - Enjoying to Learn: the Best Way to Acquire a Language?
University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2013/04/10 Principles of early childhood education and VYLs 47th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition,
IATEFL (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
2012/11/10 Planeta Tangerina: an editorial concept that pushes boundaries 'Beyond the Book’ - IBBY UK/NCRCL MA Conference
University of Roehampton (Roehampton, United Kingdom)
2012/10/25 Picturebooks, literary understanding and language development Teaching Literature in English for Young Learners - I International Conference
University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain)
2012/08/24 The Lost Thing: response to the book and the film in an English language classroom Crossing boundaries: translations and migrations - 23rd IBBY International Congress
IBBY (London, United Kingdom)
2012/07/24 Children as meaning makers: interpretation and knowledge transfer prompted by the visual. 2nd Art, Illustration and Visual Culture in Infant and Primary Education Conference
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2012/03/22 Literary understanding and language development in a foreign language context 46th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
IATEFL (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2011/09/21 The illustrations and structure within Rosie's Walk and its role in language development during repeated read alouds. PhD Workshop: New Perspectives in Picturebook Research
University of Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/01 - Current Make room for Picturebooks: promoting Intercultural Awareness in EFL classrooms.
Supervisor
 MESTRADO DE ENSINO DE INGLÊS E DE FRANCÊS NO 3.º CICLO DO ENSINO BÁSICO E NO ENSINO SECUNDÁRIO (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/10/01 - Current A promoção da Competência Comunicativa Intercultural na Aula de Língua Estrangeira através do Digital Storytelling
Co-supervisor
 MESTRADO EM ENSINO DE INGLÊS E DE LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA NO 3.º CICLO DO ENSINO BÁSICO E NO ENSINO SECUNDÁRIO (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/10/01 - Current Literacia multimodal como uma ferramenta que desencadeia a Educação Literária e a Leitura
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Português e Língua Estrangeira no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e Ensino Secundário (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/10/01 - Current Empowering English Oral Proficiency: Building Confidence Using Picturebooks
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/10/01 - Current Using picturebooks as a prompt for spoken interaction and critical skills among EFL learners
Co-supervisor
 MESTRADO EM ENSINO DE INGLÊS E DE LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA NO 3.º CICLO DO ENSINO BÁSICO E NO ENSINO SECUNDÁRIO (Master)
2021/03 - Current A plurilingual approach within ESL for adult immigrants, in context of Language Instruction for Newcomers (LINC) to Ontario, Canada
Co-supervisor
 Didática das Línguas - Multilinguismo e Educação para a Cidadania Global (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/10 - Current A intervenção da Inspeção-Geral da Educação e Ciência na gestão do currículo da disciplina de Inglês
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento em Didática das Línguas – Multilinguismo e Educação para a Cidadania Global (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2024/09/01 - 2025/10/31 An investigation into the impact of involving Swiss primary school learners in the assessment process through co-design of assessment rubrics and peer assessment.
Supervisor
 MA IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION (Master)
University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Norwich Institute for Language Education, United Kingdom
2021/06/15 - 2024/03/04 A Multimodal Approach to Non-fiction Picturebook Mediation with Children in English as an Additional Language.
Co-supervisor
 Dottorato di ricerca in Studi Linguistici e Letterari (PhD)
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy

Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
2022/09/15 - 2023/12/31 A utilização da narrativa gráfica no âmbito de desenvolver as competências comunicativas na aula de línguas estrangeiras
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2022/09/15 - 2023/12/01 Teaching strategies and feedback in the EFL classroom setting
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2022/09/15 - 2023/12/01 Peer Interaction and Oral Communication Skills
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021/10/01 - 2023/01/01 Exploring the implementation of a self-assessment process as part of a book project in a preschool English language classroom in China
Supervisor
 MA IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION (Master)
University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Norwich Institute for Language Education, United Kingdom
2021/09/01 - 2022/12/01 An investigation into the design and delivery of English language teaching and learning materials catering for the affective learning needs of a group of Young Learners in a school in Argentina
Supervisor
 MA IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION (Master)
University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Norwich Institute for Language Education, United Kingdom
2020/09/01 - 2022/01/15 Investigating young learner motivation and engagement in online learning
Supervisor
 MA in Professional Development for Language Education (Master)
University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Norwich Institute for Language Education, United Kingdom
2019/09/01 - 2021/06/01 An Investigation into the Impact of Using Take-home Tests as an Assessment for Learning Strategy on Young Learners' English Language Learning Motivation in a Private Thai Language School.
Supervisor
 MA in Professional Development for Language Education (Master)
University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Norwich Institute of Language Education, United Kingdom
2019/09 - 2021/04/30 THE IMPORTANCE OF STORIES TO PROMOTE EMPATHY IN YOUNG LEARNERS
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês do 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/09 - 2021/04/30 English learning in primary education in Portugal: story as vehicle
Supervisor
 MESTRADO EM ENSINO DE INGLÊS NO PRIMEIRO CICLO (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/06/10 Expressa~o drama´tica no ensino do Ingle^s: desenvolvendo confianc¸a para falar Ingle^s
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de inglês no 1º Ciclo Ensino Básico (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/06/10 Citizenship education in primary English education in Portugal - Picturebooks as windows and mirrors
Supervisor
 MESTRADO EM ENSINO DE INGLÊS NO 1º CICLO DO ENSINO BÁSICO (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/06/10 English as a vehicle for citizenship education
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 Affect: What is teacher confirmation and what effect does it have on learning?
Supervisor
 MA in Teaching English in Primary Education in Portugal (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 Understanding and Improving Oral Corrective Feedback in Primary FL Classrooms in Portugal
Supervisor
 MA in Teaching English in Primary Education in Portugal (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 The significance of knowing preferred learning styles in primary foreign language learning
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Ensino: Ensino de Inglês no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 The Role of Ludic Activities in Primary English Classrooms – do they really help children to learn?
Supervisor
 MA in Teaching English in Primary Education in Portugal at Nova University (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 Pairwork for developing speaking skills
Supervisor
 MA in Teaching English in Primary Education in Portugal (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 Critically assessing and adapting a coursebook
Supervisor
 MA in Teaching English in Primary Education in Portugal (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/06 Listen, sing and learn: the place of songs in primary FL learning in Portugal
Supervisor
 MA in Teaching English in Primary Education in Portugal (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/07/16 - 2024/07/16 9th Advanced Research Seminar Researching language learning and language education (2024/07/16 - 2024/07/16)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2024/02/08 - 2024/02/08 8th Advanced Research Seminar Researching language education: Taking stock (2024/02/08 - 2024/08/08)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2023/10/14 - 2023/10/14 PEEP'2023 Enhancing classroom practices and children’s learning experiences. A one-day online professional development opportunity for primary English teachers in Portugal (2023/10/14 - 2023/10/14)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2023/07/12 - 2023/07/12 7th Advanced Research Seminar: Technology and online learning in language and intercultural education (2023/07/12 - 2023/07/12)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2023/02/09 - 2023/02/09 6th Advanced Research Seminar: Researching multilingualism and education for a global citizenship (2023/02/09 - 2023/02/09)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2023/01/13 - 2023/01/14 8th TEFL Virtual Conference Learning to communicate - communicating to learn: English language learning in formal education (2023/01/13 - 2023/01/14)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2022/07/13 - 2022/07/13 5th Advanced Research Seminar: On a verbal-visual continuum: Approaches to data collection and analysis (2022/07/13 - 2022/07/13)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/02 ICEPELL Hybrid Conference (2022/07/01 - 2022/07/02)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2021/07/15 - 2021/07/15 3rd Advanced Research Seminar - Research in progress: Looking at the dark side, (2021/07/15 - 2021/07/15)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2021/06/24 - 2021/06/26 Picturebooks and graphic narratives in education and translation: Mediation and multimodality (2021/06/24 - 2021/06/26)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2021/02/04 - 2021/02/04 2nd Advanced Research Seminar - Challenges, solutions and synergies (2021/02/04 - 2021/02/04)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/11/12 - 2020/11/14 Teachers and teacher educators: Education and professional development for early language learning (2020/11/12 - 2020/11/14)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2019/10/16 - 2019/10/16 3rd Primary English Education in Portugal Meeting (2019/10/16 - 2019/10/16)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019/10/09 - 2019/10/09 1st Advanced Research Seminar: Languages in Education (2019/10/09 - 2019/10/09)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2019/05/14 - 2019/05/16 Multilingual Childhoods 2019: Education, policy and practice (2019/05/14 - 2019/05/16)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Høgskolen i Innlandet - Studiested Hamar, Norway
2018/11/08 - 2018/11/09 Intercultural language education for increased European identity and cohesion - 7th TEFL Conference (2018/11/08 - 2018/11/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2018/10/13 - 2018/10/13 2nd Primary English Education in Portugal: A meeting to value and share teacher research. (2018/11/13 - 2018/11/13)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Institute of Education, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2018/06/08 - 2018/06/08 A One-day Seminar: Picturebooks and Graphic Narratives in the Classroom (2018/06/08 - 2018/06/08)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2017/09/22 - 2017/09/22 1st Primary English Education in Portugal: A meeting to value and share teacher research. (2017/09/22 - 2017/09/22)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2015/11/25 - 2015/11/27 Issues of Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education: Zero to Six (2015/11/26 - 2015/11/28)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
2015/03/26 - 2015/03/28 The Child and the Book Conference: 'Children’s Literature – Fractures and Disruptions' (2015/03/26 - 2015/03/28)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/19 Chinese Primary School EFL Teachers Beliefs and Practices of Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Huang Wang (PhD)
University of Wales Trinity Saint David Faculty of Education and Training, United Kingdom
2023/09/21 A Comparative Study of EFL Receptive Modes of Communication in Spanish and Croatian Primary Education Pupils in the 6th Grade
Thesis Member
 José Jaime Pérez Segura (PhD)
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
2023/06/22 Bilingualism and Identity: Chinese students’ perspectives on an independent bilingual school
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Helen Pamela McCann (PhD)
University of Glasgow School of Education, United Kingdom
2022/12/09 Collaborative dialogue and deliberative communication: Reading circles with Young Adult novels and adolescent learners of English as a Second Language
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Madeleine Strobel (PhD)
University of Glasgow School of Education, United Kingdom
2020/12/04 Articulação curricular horizontal: um estudo sobre o ensino de inglês no 1.o Ciclo do Ensino Básico
(Thesis) Arguer
 Vera Lúcia Encarnado Lazana (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/10/16 EXPRESSÃO DRAMÁTICA NO ENSINO DO INGLÊS DO 1º CICLO Desenvolvendo confiança para falar inglês
Supervisor
 Mário Rui Freitas (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/10/16 English as a vehicle for citizenship education
Supervisor
 Sofia Laura Pereira Faria (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/06/16 Citizenship education in primary English in Portugal: Picturebooks as windows and mirrors
Supervisor
 Paula Cristina Pires Carvalho (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/05/06 Citizenship and Language Education Picture Books: New Opportunities for Young Teenagers
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Helena Maria da Mota Lopes (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/12/17 Desenvolvimento da consciência cultural através do álbum ilustrado nas aulas de língua estrangeira (Inglês e Espanhol)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sónia Martins (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2019/05/14 ERA UMA VEZ... A CONSTRUÇÃO DA CIDADANIA COM HISTÓRIAS NA AULA DE INGLÊS
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Francina Branco da Cunha (Master)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Educação, Portugal
2019/04/10 Diferenciação pedagógica na aula de Inglês no 1o ciclo do Ensino Básico
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Lilianan Cristina Relva (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/04/10 Rimas e o Desenvolvimento da Consciência Fonológica em Aula de Inglês nos primeiros anos de Escolaridade
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Paula Lopes Nunes da Silva Mota (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024/08/01 - Current International Research Society for Children's Literature Member
2023/03/15 - Current Early Language Learning Research Association Chair, Executive Committee
2014/01 - Current European Early Childhood Education Research Association
2012/06 - Current International Association of Applied Linguistics - ELL Research Network
2010/01/01 - Current Associação de Profissionais de Educação de Infância (APEI) member
2000 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês Coordinator of special interest group for pre-primary and primary teachers of English (2000 - 2008)
1999/09 - Current International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017/09 - Current Primary English Education in Portugal (PEEP) Network. An inter-institutional network which has been set up to promote the engagement in and dissemination of investigation in the field of primary English education in Portugal.
Coordinator
 Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2023/03/15 - 2026/12/30 Chair, Executive Committee The Early Language Learning Research Association (ELLRA) is an international association which seeks to federate and further research into early language learning – the learning of two or more languages by children (2 - 12 years old), and the teaching of additional languages to these age groups.
President / Vice-president
 Early Language Learning Research Association, Portugal
2015/05 - 2019/08 European Early Childhood Education Research Association - Convenor of Multilingual Childhoods Special Interest Group
Coordinator
 European Early Childhood Education Research Association, United Kingdom
2006/04 - 2009/04 International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language - Board of Trustees as Representative of Special Interest Groups.
Director
 International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, United Kingdom
2000/03 - 2009/04 Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês - núcleo de ensino no primeiro ciclo e pré-escolar (APPInep) A special interest group for teachers of English working with children in Portuguese primary schools and preschools.
Coordinator
2002/04 - 2006/04 International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language - Coordinator of the Young Learner Special Interest Group
Coordinator
 International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, United Kingdom

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/09/01 - Current Future Challenges in Early Language Learning and Multilingual Education (ELLME2022) University of Granada
2023/10/01 - 2033/11/01 Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language in educational settings: Issues and specificities Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
2024/04/25 - 2024/04/27 1st ELLRA Conference - Early Language Learning Research: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities University of Krakow
2023/10/01 - 2023/11/01 UZRT 2024 Early language learning in formal contexts Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2021/04/21 - 2021/04/23 Cultnet Virtual 2021 University of Durham

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/09/20 - 2019/12/01 Principles and Practice of Teaching English to Young Learners Professional Development for Language Education (Master) University of Chichester, United Kingdom

Norwich Institute of Language Education, United Kingdom
2015/09 - 2019/01 Didáctica do Inglês para Crianças Mestrado em Ensino: Ensino de Inglês no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/02 - 2018/06 Seminário de Orientação da P.E.S. I (SO I) Mestrado em Ensino: Ensino de Inglês no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2017/04/15 - 2017/05/31 English picturebooks in the second language classroom MÀSTER DE LITERATURA INFANTIL I JUVENIL (Mestrado) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2016/09 - 2017/01 Seminário de Orientação da P.E.S. II (SO II) Mestrado em Ensino: Ensino de Inglês no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/01 Prática de Ensino Supervisionada II, (PES II) Mestrado em Ensino: Ensino de Inglês no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/06 Prática de Ensino Supervisionada I (PES I) Mestrado em Ensino: Ensino de Inglês no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/04/15 - 2015/05/31 English picturebooks in the second language classroom MÀSTER DE LITERATURA INFANTIL I JUVENIL (Mestrado) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/11/01 - 2023/01/15 Language Teaching (0261-4448) Cambridge University Press
2022/06/01 - 2022/11/30 Teaching and Teacher Education (0742-051X) Elsevier
2022/09/01 - 2022/10/15 Intercultural Communication Education Journal (2209-1041) Castledown
2022/05/01 - 2022/06/15 International journal Early Years ( 0957-5146) Taylor & Francis
2022/01/01 - 2022/01/30 International Journal of Early Years (0966-9760 ) Taylor & Francis
2021/12 - 2021/12 Language Teaching Journal (0261-4448) Cambridge University Press
2021/03/01 - 2021/10/30 Translation Matters (2184-4585) CETAPS, FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2021/10 - 2021/10 European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (1350-293X) Routledge
2021/01 - 2021/01 Learning Teaching Research (1362-1688) Sage
2021/01 - 2021/01 Revista Portuguesa de Educação (0871-9187) Instituto de Educação: Universidade do Minho
2019/12 - 2019/12 Language Teaching for Young Learners (2589-2053) John Benjamins Publishing Company
2019/07 - 2019/09 Children's Literature in English Language Education e-journal (2195-5212) Nord University, Norway
2012/11/15 - 2019/06/30 Children's Literature in English Language Education e-Journal (2195-5212)
2018/10 - 2018/10 Líbrí & Liberí: Journal of Research on Children's Literature (1848-5871) HIDK/CARCL – Zagreb, Croatia
2018/03 - 2018/03 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Taylor & Francis
2017/12 - 2017/12 Sensos-e (2183-1432) School of Education, Porto Polytechnic
2017/09 - 2017/09 System (0346-251X) ELSEVIER
2017/06 - 2017/07 Journal of Applied Languages and Linguistics (2623-3533) ALS House Publications
2017/06 - 2017/06 Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures (1920-261x) University of Winnipeg
2017/06 - 2017/06 PPORTA LINGUARUM Revista Internacional de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras (1697-7467) University of Granada
2017/05 - 2017/05 Children's Literature in Education Springer
2016 - 2016 Acta Didactica Norden Oslo University

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/02 - 2021/02 Peer review for book proposal Palgrave Macmillan, Australia
Distinctions

Award

2022 European Language Label
Erasmus+ European Language Label, Portugal
2021 ELTons Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources
British Council, United Kingdom
2016 English Language Teaching Award - Resources for Young Learners Award Winner
English Teaching Union, United Kingdom