The line of research German as a Foreign Language, Linguistics and Translation comprises research projects analysing historical and methodological aspects of teaching and learning German as a foreign language, with a special focus on Brazilian context and the analysis of specific grammatical structures in a contrastive perspective (Portuguese/German), as well as projects focussing the development of teaching materials, the use of new technologies in language teaching, and questions of translation.

Current research projects:

·        Critical education in/about the German language: teaching proposals and possible scenarios

·        Cultural dynamics in teaching German as an additional and foreign language: identity, power and media in German-speaking countries and Brazil

·         Teaching materials for teaching and learning German as a foreign language

·        The use of technologies in the teaching and learning of additional languages

·        Pragmatic studies in German: perspectives on language in use

·        German for specific purposes

·        Perspectives on the relationship between language, philosophy and reason; non-literary translation