Plenaries
Friday, August 16 (19h30)
Opening Plenary - Language Teaching and the Internationalization Process of Basic Education
Speaker: Elaine Maria Santos (UFS)
Elaine is an English professor at the Federal University of Sergipe, in Brazil. She completed her undergraduate degree in Portuguese-English and holds a Masters in Languages and a PhD in Education. She was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in 2018 at New York University. She is the national coordinator of Rede Andifes IsF - English. Her research interests are in applied linguistics, teacher education, history of education, Languages without Borders, English teaching, internationalization, Language Policies, culture and identity.
Saturday, August 17 (15h30)
Final Plenary - Integrating critical interculturality in Brazilian ELT textbooks
Speaker: Carla Richter (IFPE)
Carla holds a PhD in Linguistics from The Federal University of Pernambuco/The University of British Columbia, a master’s degree in Linguistics and a B.A in Languages (English/Portuguese) from The Federal University of Pernambuco. A critical applied linguist, Carla holds a position at The Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Pernambuco as an EFL teacher. Her scholarly pursuits involve language and social justice, multiliteracies, decolonial pedagogies and interculturality. She is also an ELT author/consultant.
