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Moreira, Paulo – Hispania, 2022
This article looks into the place of Machado de Assis in literature and his peculiar treatment of intertextual sources through a careful analysis of three short stories from the collection "Histórias sem data." "The Devil's Church," "An Alexandrian Tale," and "The Academies of Siam" are clearly set apart…
Descriptors: Fiction, Authors, Portuguese, Latin American Literature
Gabrielle Oliveira; Carolina Barbosa Lindquist; Estela Sato Shiratori; Leila Baptaglin – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to show the complexities of engagement between students - Venezuelan and Brazilian - and their teachers. This qualitative ethnographic study documents the everyday pedagogies and practices that take place in elementary schools with high levels of refugee and immigrant children. While Brazilian law ensures the basic right…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Spanish Speaking, Portuguese
Frizzi, Adria – Hispania, 2016
In this article, Adria Frizzi provides a brief overview of Fred Ellison's work in the field of literary translation. Frizzi does so by outlining Ellison's trajectory as a translator--highlighting how his choices in this area of his scholarship fit into a broader, multipronged approach to the study and diffusion of the language, culture, and…
Descriptors: Translation, Latin American Literature, Scholarship, Novels
Oliveira, Gabrielle; Lima Becker, Mariana; Segel, Marisa – Multicultural Perspectives, 2021
The phrase "ready to learn" has been widely used and researched by scholars, policy makers, and education practitioners. School readiness, as a construct, has referred to the basic skills that children need to transition to elementary school. However, there is no consensus on which basic skills students should possess when entering…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Latin Americans, Elementary School Students, Immigrants
Ellis, Jason Brent; Abreu-Ellis, Carla; Moor, Alexa; Aukerman, Kaitlyn; Buttil, Michael; Edwards, Alyssa – American Secondary Education, 2017
This article demonstrates how teachers can represent a different culture in their instructional planning while still meeting state-mandated content standards. It shares the lessons learned by practicing and pre-service teachers through an experience designed to help them become more culturally responsive teachers. Participants spent a month in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Instructional Development, Academic Standards
Enslen, Joshua – Hispania, 2011
This article analyzes Vinicius de Moraes's "Patria minha" (1948) within the historical context of his first diplomatic post abroad. "Patria minha" was written while Moraes was stationed in Los Angeles as a Consul de Segunda Classe (Ministerio, "Moraes" 385). Moraes's poetic interpretations of Brazil often originated…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Politics

Martins, Wilson – Hispanic Review, 1972
Descriptors: Historical Criticism, Latin American Culture, Literary History, Literary Influences

Rabassa, Gregory – Books Abroad, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Fiction, Latin American Culture, Literary Influences
Hoge, Henry W., Comp. – 1968
More than 1,100 selected references and source studies are listed in this bibliography, compiled in connection with a research project entitled "The Syntax of Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese." The articles selected formed a part of the "Working Bibliography" and are all considered to be relevant to the analysis of Brazilian…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Language Research, Latin American Culture, Linguistics
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
This text, an introduction to the advanced phase of the course, focuses on instruction of the geography and history of Brazil, the development of reading and writing skills, and the expanded use of audiolingual skills in diverse and student-selected situations. Lessons consist of a grammar review topic, a narrative, and a list of new vocabulary.…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Cultural Education, Geography, Grammar

Hoge, Henry W., Comp. – 1969
This third section of the research project, "The Syntax of Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese," presents a descriptive and historical survey of the evolution of the language. Included in the work are: (1) a summary of historical concern with this subject reflecting literary and linguistic interest, (2) classification and discussion of…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Research, Latin American Culture

Hoge, Henry W., Comp. – 1970
This section of a four-part research project investigating the syntax of Brazilian Portuguese presents data concerning tense usage in verb distribution. The data are derived from the analysis of selected literary samples from representative and contemporary writers. The selection of authors and tabulation of data are also described. Materials…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Form Classes (Languages), Language Research, Latin American Culture
Chatham, James R. – 1994
This bibliography is the first part of an update of the "Western European Dissertations on the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures: A Retrospective Index (1984)," which lists 6,050 dissertations from the early 19th century through 1980. Twenty universities on the Iberian Peninsula granted approximately half of the total…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographic Records, Bilingualism, Doctoral Dissertations
ANDREWS, NORWOOD, JR. – 1967
REASONS ARE ADVANCED FOR STUDYING PORTUGUESE, BASED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD, ESPECIALLY BRAZIL, TO THE UNITED STATES. DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, AND EDUCATION NOT ONLY TESTIFY TO THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE BUT ALSO NOTE THE ADVANTAGES OF SUCH STUDY. LANGUAGE STUDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT…
Descriptors: Business, Career Opportunities, College Language Programs, Cultural Enrichment

Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT. Language Research Center. – 1976
This booklet was designed to facilitate interactions and communication with the people of Brazil by providing information about their customs, attitudes and other cultural characteristics which influence their actions and values. A brief description of Brazil is given, covering the following: its size and geography, history, language, economy,…
Descriptors: American Culture, Autoinstructional Aids, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)