http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26 2026-04-06T02:01:34Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41250 Title: Using Web-based technology in ELF contexts Authors: Guerra, Luis Editors: Bayyurt, Yasemin; Illés, Éva Abstract: This chapter aims to provide a critical analysis of current classroom web-based technology through an ELF-aware paradigm. It takes into consideration how an ELF-aware approach may be implemented, adapted or constructed through different web-based tools, namely text-based, audio, video, multimodal production, digital storytelling, website creation, knowledge organisation and sharing, social networking and web-conferencing tools to enhance classroom learning in the use of blended, face-to-face, or online learning. The chapter also includes the case study of a project whose outcome is an online journal written and edited by undergraduate university students who are users of ELF. In sum, this chapter hopes to assist ELT teachers with pedagogical alternatives which rely on the use of innovative technological tools aiming at developing learners’ communicative skills for language use in ELF contexts inside and outside the classroom. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41190 Title: EFL teachers’ journey from ELF-aware perceptions to ELF-aware teaching Authors: Guerra, Luis Editors: Kordia, Stephania Abstract: EFL classrooms have traditionally promoted a native-speaker perspective associated with standard British and/or American English, along with these nationalistic views of culture. This viewpoint has been perpetuated by (inter)national textbook publishers, often limiting learners’ exposure to other varieties and cultures where English is used to communicate across different scenarios. Although EFL teachers widely recognize the use of ELF in many domains, the difficulty remains in how to implement ELF-aware lessons in their contexts. Consequently, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses can play a key role in promoting greater awareness of ELF and how ELF awareness may be implemented to equip learners for real-life communication. This article focuses on the initial modules of the CPD course developed by the ENRICH Erasmus+ project, and explores ELF, identity and use, ownership, Standard vs. Non-standard English, intercultural communication, among other relevant concepts. Subsequently, some practical examples of ELF-aware tasks are presented. Ranging across different educational levels, these samples illustrate ELF-aware tasks where issues of linguistic and cultural diversity are promoted. Additionally, this article examines Portuguese teachers’ feedback from the CPD course, with the purpose of gauging their overall understanding of ELF and ELF-awareness in ELT. 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41179 Title: Findings of ECRs’ research-related needs analysis Authors: Guerra, Luis Editors: Oral, Yasemin; Inal, Dilek Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to identify, analyze, and discuss the !ndings regarding the needs and personal understanding of research activities of eighty-six Early Career Researchers (ECRs). First, it examines qualitative and quantitative data from an online survey concerning the ECRs’ needs analysis and their perceptions of research activities. Data are divided into the following sections: information regarding the ECR’s communities; cultures of research; research governance and choices; researcher positionality and reflexivity; and personal understanding of research activities. It then goes on to discuss the issues and emerging themes related to the data presented and discussed in the previous sections. In essence, one of the main goals of the EUREDIE project is to identify the needs of ECRs so they can plan and carry out research proj- ects that are sensitive to the inherent interculturality and represent diversity, regardless of the speci!c subject they investigate. By and large, this goal is ful!lled through the examination and discussion of the needs analysis survey. 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/39780 Title: Diálogos de amor na Comédia Filodemo de Camões Authors: Esteves, Elisa Rosa Pisco Nunes Editors: Soares, Maria Luísa Abstract: Este artigo incide na dimensão lírico-amorosa presente nos monólogos e diálogos da comédia Filodemo de Luís de Camões, o seu texto dramático mais vivo e interessante. Neles encontramos a defesa do amor em versão platónica, passiva, a par de um original e interessante contraponto nas vozes de personagens com um espírito mais libertino e malicioso. A tensão dramática aviva-se aqui também a partir de um confronto entre os direitos do amor e a necessidade de respeitar as hierarquias no seio de uma sociedade rigorosamente estratificada. Camões exaltou, em vários dos seus textos líricos, a superioridade do sentimento amoroso, mas talvez não o tenha feito de forma tão explícita como em alguns versos desta peça. 2025-11-26T00:00:00Z