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Beyond “pancakes for breakfast” - assessing Cultural awareness in the EFL class...
Albuquerque, AnaCulture is an inseparable part of language and has always played a role the EFL classroom, however, perspectives on how to deal with the cultural aspects of the foreign language differ among teachers and researchers. On the other hand, in the globalized internet world we live in today, further issues arise concerning which aspects of culture should be brought into the classroom to enhance students’ awareness of...
Can ICT help overcome L1 interference in L2 writing? — implications and challen...
Albuquerque, Ana; Duarte, JaneLearning English as a foreign language can posit a number of difficulties to students whose native language is Latin-based and therefore ethymologically different from a Germanic language such as English. Despite the abundance of Latin vocabulary in the English language, syntax and morphology may be difficult to master for a speaker of a Latin language, namely Portuguese students. A number of studies (Silva 199...
Am I aware of my level of english? — comparing students’ perceptions of CEFR le...
Albuquerque, AnaUniversity students in Portugal are often required to certify their level of English before, after or during their course of studies, either as a degree or international studies program requirement. Consequently, at the Catholic University in Lisbon, students are often asked to take writing and speaking diagnostic tests in order to assess their proficiency in the foreign language and place them into the right C...
Pyogenic liver abscess and delayed massive gastrointestinal bleeding following ...
Vara-Luiz, Francisco; Barbosa, Fábio Pé D’Arca; Albuquerque, Ana; Fernandes, Eduardo; Marques, Ana Valada; Spencer, Vanda; Nunes, GonçaloA liver abscess (LA) is the most common type of visceral abscess. While biliary tract disorders are its most common etiology, clinicians should also consider less frequent causes such as iatrogenic complications due to certain interventions. One of these unusual causes is related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES), a usually safe procedure that carries s...
Práticas de literacia em jardim-de-infância em Portugal : o que dizem os educad...
Martins, Margarida Alves; Albuquerque, Ana; Almeida, Tiago; Silva, Ana Cristina; Salvador, Liliana; Rato, Leonor MoreiraA organização de um ambiente pedagógico onde as crianças possam utilizar a riqueza comunicativa da linguagem escrita nas suas diversas modalidades, é fundamental para diminuir as desigualdades sociais e para que todas as crianças possam aceder com sucesso à escrita e à leitura no 1º ciclo. É neste contexto que se torna importante monitorizar as práticas desenvolvidas nos jardins-de-infância e refletir acerca da...
Invented spelling activities in kindergarten : the role of instructional scaffo...
Albuquerque, Ana; Martins, Margarida AlvesThere is considerable evidence on the connections between emergent literacy-related skills in preschool-age and successful reading and writing. The purpose of this double-designed experimental/descriptive study was to analyse the impact of invented spelling activities on kindergarten children’s spelling performance and to explore adult mediation and peer collaboration processes that occurred within a sample of ...
Enhancing children’s literacy learning: from invented spelling to effective rea...
Albuquerque, Ana; Martins, Margarida AlvesThis longitudinal study aimed at testing the long-term impact of invented spelling activities conducted in kindergarten on children’s literacy skills throughout primary school until the end of Grade 3. The participants were 100 Portuguese 5-year-olds that were randomly assigned into two equivalent groups and took part in 10 training sessions: invented spelling (experimental condition) or storybook reading (cont...
Dinâmicas interativas em programas de escrita inventada: um estudo qualitativo ...
Martins, Margarida Alves; Albuquerque, AnaDiversos estudos têm demonstrado que a promoção da escrita inventada em pequeno grupo no pré-escolar tem um impacto positivo na forma como as crianças conceptualizam as relações entre a linguagem oral e a linguagem escrita. No entanto, poucos são os trabalhos que analisaram detalhadamente os processos de scaffolding que ocorrem durante as interações, levando à apropriação de procedimentos de análise linguística...
Relatório de Estágio Curricular - HEN – Serviços Energéticos, Lda (Guarda)
Albuquerque, AnaEste relatório de estágio foi realizado no âmbito da conclusão da Unidade Curricular de Estágio/Projeto de Fim de Curso, pertencente ao 3ºano da Licenciatura de Gestão, no Instituto Politécnico da Guarda. O presente relatório foi realizado após um período de 400 Horas na empresa HENServiços Energéticos, Lda., com sede na Guarda. Este período foi de aproximadamente 3 meses, com início a 1 agosto e finalidade em ...
Caracterização do estado nutricional dos utentes de uma Estrutura Residencial p...
Albuquerque, Ana; Rocha, Lúcia; Niza, Paulo; Mateus, MariaIntrodução: As Estruturas Residenciais para Pessoas Idosas (ERPI) e os Centros de Dia (CD) fazem o acolhimento e prestam serviços de saúde, de higiene pessoal e de bem-estar e de alimentação ao indivíduo idoso, de modo a proporcionar-lhe um ambiente adequado. Enquadramento teórico: O estado nutricional tem um enorme impacto na saúde e bem-estar, sendo um fator condicionante da qualidade de vida dos idosos. A pr...