María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro
Guarda Polytechnic University (IPG)
E-mail: maricarmen@ipg.pt
María’s PhD (2011) on metalinguistics, writing and constructive error perception commemorated 20 years in Europe.
Her undergrad work in French and Contemporary International Relations (UC Berkeley 1984-88) included an honor’s thesis on immigrant language education in the California Community Colleges while her Master’s in Applied Linguistics (UC Davis 1989-1991) was based on further work with the California Department of Education. Teaching at UC Davis, in Madrid, and Oporto preceded her current work at the School of Technology and Management at the Guarda Polytechnic University (IPG).
International and national collaborations have resulted in Open Educational Resources (OERs), primarily in interdisciplinarity, on a variety of topics that are relevant to CLIL, such as:
- CLIL teacher training
- Task-based Language Learning
- Intercultural Communicative Competence(s)
- Interdisciplinary collaborations
- A Design Thinking Model and activities
(for students) (for teachers) (for administrators) - Collaborative Autonomy for Language Learning
In 2024, we are also close to launching the results, including OERs, in two further interdisciplinary areas:
- creative thinking approaches in the classroom
- a full semester course on sustainable entrepreneurship with design thinking modules that you can draw on for your own CLIL and EMI courses.
Ciência ID: 3C1C-4D92-5B2B
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2117-7396
She has presided over Aprolínguas (2004-2014) and the Network Association of Language Centers in Portuguese HE (ReCLes.pt, 2009-present). An expert consultant for the DAAD in Germany on HE mobility for teacher training (2015-2018), she also has represented Portugal on the coordinating council of the European Association of Language Centers in HE (CercleS, 2010-2022) and as an elected board member of the European Language Council (CEL/ELC, 2018-2022).
Some edited books of selected papers and proceedings include:
Morgado, M., M. Coelho, M. C. Arau Ribeiro, A. Albuquerque, M. Silva, G. Chorão, S. Cunha, A. Gonçalves, A. Carvalho, M. Régio, S. Faria and I. Chumbo.
ReCLes.pt CLIL training guide: Creating a CLIL learning community in higher education. Santo Tirso: De Facto Editores, 2015.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C., L. Guerra, A. C. Gonçalves, M. M. Silva, A. A. Silva, O. Gonçalves, and S. Llinás, eds. Proceedings of the International Meeting on Languages, Applied Linguistics, and Translation – LALT 2012. Évora: Department of Línguistics and Literatures, University of Évora, 2015.
http://paol.iscap.ipp.pt/~paol/docentes/recles/LALT2012Proceedings.pdf
Arau Ribeiro, M. C., and I. Chumbo, eds. Communication without Borders – Selected Papers of the International Conference Languages 2011: X Meeting of Aprolínguas and II Meeting of ReCLes.pt. Guarda: Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, 2014.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C., ed. Línguas 2010: Pontes, portas, janelas, espelhos e redes. Guarda: Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, 2011.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C., E. B. Brito, and G. Árias Méndez, eds. Aprender Ensinando: Dinâmicas metodológicas no ensino-aprendizagem das línguas estrangeiras. Guarda: Arthipol, 2008.
Other recent articles include:
Arau Ribeiro, M. C., S. W. Best, L. C. Campos, and M. P. Neves. “Immigrant L2 Education in Portugal.”Proceedings of the International Meeting on Languages, Applied Linguistics, and Translation – LALT 2012. M. C.
Arau Ribeiro et al., eds. Évora: Department of Linguistics and Literatures, University of Évora, 2015. 25-37.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C. “EFL Diagnostic Tests: A case study of design and application.” Communication without Borders – Selected Papers of the International Conference Languages 2011: X Meeting of Aprolínguas and II Meeting of ReCLes.pt. M. C.
Arau Ribeiro and I. Chumbo, eds. Guarda: Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, 2014. 56-59.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C. “Translating the CercleS European Language Portfolio into Portuguese for Plurilingual Development in a Community of Practice.” Language Learning in Higher
Education; Journal of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS) 3.2 (2013). 323-38.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C. “Preserving Plurilingualism: The case study of an emerging language policy in a small inland Portuguese polytechnic institute.” Language Learning in Higher Education; Journal of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS) 2.2 (2012). 499-509.
Arau Ribeiro, M. C. “Historical Linguistics, Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics: A Study Inspired by Trees.” ODISEA – Revista de Estudios Ingleses 12 (2011): 39-52.
