luciana c. de oliveira assistant professor dept of curriculum & instruction purdue university...

Luciana C. de Oliveira

Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Dept of Curriculum & InstructionDept of Curriculum & InstructionPurdue UniversityPurdue University

Our Living Language

Where it all started: Dinner with Marlene Lomando and Lafayette Partners!

June 2008

Trip to Rio Grande do Sul

June 30-July 13, 2009Goals: to strengthen the professionalization of English as a

Foreign Language (EFL) educators from Rio Grande do Sul (RS);

to address the annual meeting of the largest language teachers conference (APIRS) in Rio Grande do Sul on new methodologies in practice in Indiana and the US;

to gain insights into the current educational practices of EFL teaching and learning in the Brazilian context.

Cultural Experiences

Um Araraquarense em Bento Gonçalves!

Parrillada

Viniculas(Wineries

)

Shopping!

Cuca at PUC

Porto Alegre

Gramado & Canela

Bento Gonçalve

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Linguistic ExperiencesPechar

Charque

Tchê

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PechadaParrillada

Erva

Português acadêmico

Luciana, Luis Fernando Verissimo, and Claudio Glauche

Ana Isabel KrziminskiPartners RS

President

Leslie BarrattPartners IN Board member & TESOL

friend!

Jhani LaupusPartners IN President

Thanks for helping me complete my travel grant application!

Thanks to my hosts Marlene and Sergio

Lomando!

Dr. Sergio

Eduardo and Marlene

Lu, Marlene & Taiki

Thanks to all who were involved!

Thanks to all of the RS Companheiros

Elaine Schenkel

Daisy Farias

Vanda Piuma and Nara Finco

Beatriz Glauche

Lucia Helena A. Lima

Yamil (taking the picture!)

For your help and assistance!

For being extremely caring and thoughtful!