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