Mission: The Portuguese Language Journal (PLJ) is an academic endeavor created to promote and disseminate information about the teaching of Portuguese as a foreign language. PLJ also aims to provide a venue to improve the collaboration and exchange of information among Portuguese language teachers.

PLJ seeks articles exploring the following themes:

• Why study Portuguese?
• How can we promote the teaching of Portuguese as a foreign language?
• How can we increase in enrollment in Portuguese?
• Pedagogical and linguistic research
• Classroom activities and methodologies
• Use of technology in the Portuguese classroom
• Program development for study abroad programs
• Assessment
• New materials
• Teaching Portuguese to Spanish Speakers
• Book reviews

Editorial Board:

Guest Editor- 2010 Edition:   Margo Milleret, University of New Mexico

Ana Catarina Nobre de Mello- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Ana Cristina Sousa- Universidade de Aveiro
Augusta Vono- Florida International University
Carmen Tesser- University of Georgia
Daniela Meyer- Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos
Danúsia Torres dos Santos- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Elizabeth Ginway- University of Florida
Lyris Wiedeman- University of Stanford
Mark Lokensgard- St. Mary’s University, Texas
Matilde Scaramucci- UNICAMP
Orlando Kelm- University of Texas, Austin

For any questions you may have about the journal or submissions, please contact Mary Risner.

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