Short Bio
Viviana Han graduated as a master’s student in Applied Linguistics in Portuguese and Intercultural Studies at Department of Portuguese, University of Macau. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at University of Macau, in Applied Linguistics (Portuguese). Her research focuses mainly on the study of Comparative Linguistics between Chinese and Portuguese, Preposition Study and Cognitive Linguistics.
Publications
Han, Xiaoxuan. (2022). Preposições de tempo em chinês e em português. In. Zhang, J. & Grosso, M.J. (orgs.) Linguística Contrastiva: Estudos Português-Chinês. Macau: Universidade de Macau. ISBN: 978-99965-1-182-0
Lima, T., Collovini, S., Leal, A. L. V., Fonseca E., Han Xiaoxuan, Huang Siyu, and Vieira, R. (2018). Analyzing Semantic Resources for Coreference Resolution. Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language. Springer International Publishing. ISBN:978-3-319-99721-6
Modules
Year 1 Bachelor
Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will be exercised as a first approach to the Portuguese language.
Training and practice in the translation of sentences and short paragraphs related to basic communication, giving particular attention to the contrasts between the grammars, lexicons and information formats of Portuguese and Chinese.
Year 2 Bachelor
Practice of writing essays on selected topics (II). Analysis of selected texts (models). Practice of summary and abstract writing.
This subject aims to provide students with a systematic overview of Portuguese grammar and its diversity in the different Lusophone countries. Explicit grammar will help students to seek referential support when they have doubts.
Basic theory of interpretation, and practical interpretation of short conversations on relevant topics and short formal speeches.
This subject aims to familiarise the students with computer aided translation and its risks. Different approaches will be undertaken to show students how helpful a computer translator can be and how far from perfection computer translation still is.
Year 3 Bachelor
This course concentrates on developing advanced accuracy in oral comprehension and spoken production. Students will work with materials drawn from radio and television, developing skills in transcription and oral summary. Particular attention will also be given to phonetic accuracy in oral production.
Year 4 Bachelor
In this module students will complete work practice by intership, or complete a translation project. Students will be expected to take the lead responsibility for undertaking tasks, whilst under the supervision of an experienced professional and a university tutor. Students will utilise the skills and knowledge acquired in the modules. Whether in schools, libraries, communication media, or offices or companies, students should put to a test their skills in the Portuguese language, in supporting tasks or people. As an alternative, with the supervision of a university tutor, students can develop a translation project, directly concerned with skills, procedures, contents and issues contemplated in the course, on a topic and area chosen by the student in consultation with the instructors.
Last Updated: September 5, 2023 at 2:55 pm