University of Macau hosts seminar this Friday on training Portuguese teachers

Training of teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language is the topic of a seminar to be held on Friday, The University of Macau has announced.

The university says the seminar will see experts “discuss strategies for establishing a systematic, professional system for the training of teachers of Portuguese as a foreign language”.

The university says the aim of the event is to help “gradually establish a Portuguese language training centre in the Asia-Pacific region” and to meet the demand for bilingual professionals in Macao.

Representatives from the university’s Department of Portuguese will present new research at the event, Learning Framework for Chinese Students of the Portuguese Language.