Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics

The Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística Aplicada – PPG-LA) has invested in research and teaching to reflect on the different uses of language since its accreditation for the Master’s degree program in 1987 and for its Doctorate degree program in 1993. The emergence of new objects of study has called for theories that consider the inevitability of change and that reaffirm views that strive to be transformative and ethical as well. Fed by different theoretical and methodological trends, our research areas and topics help to establish a historical overview of Applied Linguistics in Brazil.

The program emphasizes the interrelationships amongst research areas and topics, which reinforces the interdisciplinary nature of research in Applied Linguistics. We have strongly supported the creation of social spaces for education and research, as well as the use and creation of media policies and new technologies. Such media and technologies are seen as discursively constructed spaces and, as such, they are constantly tensioned, which fosters the challenge of theoretical and methodological boundaries of research.

The relevance and consistency of the research developed in the program is highlighted by the increasing investment in the internationalization of the students and faculty members; post-doctoral internships, lectures and courses abroad; agreements with international research institutions and projects’ grants received from CNPq’s  (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) Research Productivity Grants. Our Program is also characterized by the quality of its infrastructure, the transparency of its actions and the scientific maturity of its faculty members.

In addition to seeking excellence in teaching and research activities, with the expansion of areas of interest already consolidated and openness to innovative work in the area, the Program offers a privileged qualification area for professionals in different fields of interest in Language Studies. More precisely, our goal is to qualify masters and doctors to be researchers and professors at higher education institutions in Brazil, since the program is a consolidated reference in the development of human resources in the field. Many of our supervisees work in Federal and State Universities and Colleges throughout Brazil.

The PPG-LA has increasingly sought to strengthen its commitment to the integration of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in order to enhance the interest of students in research in the field of Applied Linguistics. Actions in this direction include, among others, internal seminars with the participation of graduate students, such as the SePeG  (Seminário de Pesquisa da Graduação) – The Graduate Studies Research Seminar at the Institute of Language Studies and the UNICAMP’s Scientific Initiation Internal Congress; as well as the Teacher Training Program (Programa de Estágio Docente – PED) aimed at the graduates’ education as future teachers.

The relationship between the PPG-LA and the academic community and society is expressed in our commitment as disseminators and multipliers of knowledge. In order to live up to such a standard a wide range of actions have been taken, such as the PPG-LA’s active participation in widening student access and retention programs, such as the Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program (Programa de Formação Interdisciplinar Superior – ProFIS), a two-year general education program, which was established in 2011 at UNICAMP and whose main goal was to increase the access of low-income students who attended high School in the Campinas Public School district. We can also highlight projects developed by the Program’s faculty members, together with undergraduate students, whose main goal is the production of teaching materials. Some of these materials are aimed at secondary education and Youth and Adult Education Programs (Educação de Jovens e Adultos – EJA), while others are made available to public and private school teachers.

It is also important to mention that a significant part of our program focus is on the practice of teaching in a great variety of contexts, such as Early Childhood Education, Youth and Adult Education, Indigenous Education and Special Education. Besides, Distant Education, another strongly established field in our Program, contributes by widening the scope as far as teaching material production is concerned.

The work concerning PIBID (Programa Institucional de Bolsa de Iniciação à Docência) – Institutional Grant for Teaching Initiation Program, coordinated by a member of the PPG-LA, along with other members of the Institute of Language Studies, should also be highlighted.  As a result of this program, teaching materials are produced and made available to schools coordinators and teachers.

Published by PPG-LA, the journal “Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada  – TLA” (Works in Applied Linguistics) (ISSN 0103-1813), is a means of social diffusion of knowledge and of giving visibility to the Program. The TLA has been hosted at the SCIELO platform – Scientific Library On Line since January 2008 and its articles are available online. The publication maintained the A1 rating at the Capes Journal Assessment of 2015.

The investigations developed within the scope of the Program in the “Applied Linguistics” concentration area are split into three research strands:

1. Languages ​​and Technologies

Language studies with an emphasis on their relationship with various technological mediations.

2. Languages ​​and Language Education

Language studies with an emphasis on issues related to language teaching and learning.

3. Languages, Transculturality and Translation

Language studies with an emphasis on issues of culture and identity and also on translation theories and practices.

The PPG-LA staff works, in many cases, on more than one of these  research strands. By the very nature, these strands welcome master’s and doctoral projects based on inter and transdisciplinary approaches.



Committee - Director and Department representatives

Érica Luciene Alves de Lima - Coordenador(a)

Daniela Palma

Anderson Carnin

Student representative

Graduate Program Technical Assistant

Cláudio Pereira Platero

LP009 – Teaching-Learning of Portuguese as a Second Language and Foreign Language
Syllabus: Overview of teaching and learning Portuguese as a foreign / second language in different contexts, including aspects of the institutionalization of the area and language policies in Brazil and abroad. Contemporary approaches to teaching, production and analysis of teaching materials, and assessment.

LP015 – Introduction to Literacies Studies
Syllabus: Introduction to the study of social practices that involve writing in different media and their implications for literacy teaching.

LP017 – Language, technologies and language education
Syllabus: Study on the concept of educational technology and its effects on language and education policies and practices. Reflection on language education and its relationship with Information and Communication Technologies (digital, mobile and other ICTs), face to face, remotely and in Massive On-line Open Courses (MOOCs). Critical analysis of pedagogical models, technological tools and educational platforms.

LP021 – Introduction to Language and Technology Studies
Syllabus: Study of the particular nature of texts and discursive practices in communication mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (analog, digital, printed, locative and mass electronics). Social, cognitive and epistemological and historical aspects and implications for applied language studies.

LP022 – Reading theories and the teaching of reading
Syllabus: Discussion of the main theoretical concepts in reading (psychosocial and socio-historical approaches) from the perspective of Applied Linguistics and their contributions to first language teaching.

LP023 – Language and educational policies in foreign and second language in the context of internationalization
Syllabus: Study of the different models and concepts of language and educational policies in second and foreign language teaching, and critical analysis of the effects of their implementation. Discussion and analysis of policies for the implementation of Portuguese as a second language/foreign language in different teaching-learning contexts demanded by internationalization processes and their social and educational impacts.

LP024 – Practices of academic writing in Applied Linguistics
Syllabus: Principles and practices of text production in academic-scientific genres of Applied Linguistics, such as: abstracts, reviews, articles, papers, research projects, reports etc., except for dissertation and thesis. Understanding blind review systems and the impact rankings of journals, books and scientific events. Strategies for preparing funding proposals and for submitting projects to to research ethics committees.

LP025 – Community outreach and research activities in Applied Linguistics
Syllabus: Participation in collective research projects in Applied Linguistics, whether linked to research centers, associations or institutions, beyond the scope of doctoral research, whether linked to extension and outreach teaching projects or other actions, such as extension courses, events, advisory services, community or professional services, among others, as long as they aim at intervention on specific social/educational problems and, preferably, are directly related to undergraduate courses. Participation requires prior authorization from the class lecturers and consent from the the participants’ supervisors, as well as preparation of a final report for evaluation purposes.

LP030 – Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics
Syllabus: Examination and discussion of concepts, paradigms, principles and procedures that guide applied research in different theoretical and methodological perspectives. Advantages and limitations of quantitative, qualitative and quali-quantitative approaches. Basic instruments for data generation in Applied Linguistics: field observation, questionnaire, interview, focus group, documental analysis, among others, and digital tools (software) for bibliography management and qualitative data analysis.

LP072 – Introduction to Translation Studies
Syllabus: Study of topics concerning translation based on different theories and their relationship with historical, social and cultural contexts.

LP110 – Introduction to Language Studies, Cultures and Identities
Syllabus: Presentation of fundamental topics of studies on languages, cultures and identities. Some meanings of culture and language in the material and symbolic production of human groups. Cultural contacts, ethnocentrism, relativism and multiculturalism. Identities and differences. Interculturality and hybridization.

LP119 – Bilingual Education
Syllabus: Study of basic concepts related to the areas of multilingualism and bilingual education, with emphasis on the processes of construction of cultural identities involved therein. Languge policies and planning in plurilingual and multicultural contexts. Language education programs for Brazilian minorities (indigenous, deaf, immigration, refugee and borderland contexts). Minority languages strengthening projects.

LP122 – First Language Writing
Syllabus: Study and discussion of theoretical concepts of text and text production. Contributions of these studies to first language teaching.

LP136 – Multimodality and Meaning-Making in the Digital Medium
Syllabus: Introduction to the problem of multimodality in the techno-communicational environment. Fundamentals for structural, functional, semiotic and / or discursive analysis of multimodality. Particularities of multimodality used in a techno-communicational environment.

LP153 – Contemporary Cultures and Intermidialities
Syllabus: Study of contemporary cultural production through intermidiality. The constitution of artifacts, the spheres of circulation-reception and the construction of meanings in different materialities of languages. Identities, discourses and multimodalities. Intersemiotic, intergenerational, interart and transmedia relations (compositions, transpositions, translations, references).

LP154 – Transculturality, Memory and Language
Syllabus: Analysis and discussion of topics from cultural studies and memory theories in language studies.

LP170 – Translation Theories
Syllabus: Critical study of translation theories based on linguistic, literary, philosophical and psychoanalytical approaches.

LP191 – Computational Tools in Applied Linguistics I
Syllabus: Introduction to Corpus Linguistics. Criteria for compiling corpora. Language learner corpora. Corpora analysis tools. Online e corpora tools. Social media data extraction tools. Network and information flows in social media.

LP192 – Computational Tools in Applied Linguistics II
Syllabus: Advanced text processing. Scritps and data analysis and scraping packages. Introduction to R language. Packages for compilation of corpora and comparative analysis of data in corpora.

LP196 – Evaluation and Production of Materials for Language Teaching
Syllabus: Analysis and evaluation of teaching materials in the light of different theoretical-epistemological and methodological concepts. Effects and impacts of different teaching materials on teacher and student education. Definition of objectives based on didactic-pedagogical needs analysis for the production of general and specific purpose teaching materials based on contemporary views of language.

LP197 – Teacher Education and Languages at School
Syllabus: Discussion on teacher education perspective. Reflection on teachers professional knowledge and professional training. Teacher literacy and language practices in professional practice. Management of curricula for the training of readers and producers of texts at school.

LP198 – Linguistic Analysis and First Language Teaching
Syllabus: Study and discussion on theoretical concepts of linguistic analysis. The axis of linguistic analysis and school literacies in first language teaching. Theoretical and methodological aspects of the linguistic analysis axis in first language teaching.

LP200 – Curriculum and First Language Teaching Materials Production
Syllabus: Reflection on curriculum development: from curriculum documents to didactic artifacts. Analysis of curricular documents and proposals as well as of printed and digital teaching materials in Portuguese.

LP213 – Topics on Second/Foreign Language I
Syllabus: Special topics in the field of foreign language / second language studies.

LP214 – Topics on Second/Foreign Language II
Syllabus: Special topics in the field of foreign language / second language studies.

LP215 – Topics on Applied Linguistics I
Syllabus: Special topics in the field of Applied Linguistics studies.

LP216 – Topics on Applied Linguistics II
Syllabus: Special topics in the field of Applied Linguistics studies.

LP217 – Topics on Literacies Studies I
Syllabus: Special topics in the field of literacy studies.

LP218 – Topics on Literacies Studies II
Syllabus: Special topics in the field of literacy studies.

LP223 – Topics on First Language Teaching I
Syllabus: Special topics in first language teaching.

LP224 – Topics on First Language Teaching II
Syllabus: Special topics in first language teaching.

LP225 – Topics on Language and Technology I
Syllabus: Special topics in Languages and Technologies.

LP226 – Topics on Language and Technology II
Syllabus: Special topics in Languages and Technologies.

LP227 – Topics on Language, Cultures and Identities I
Syllabus: Special topics in languages, cultures and identities.

LP228 – Topics on Language, Cultures and Identities II
Syllabus: Special topics in languages, cultures and identities.

LP269 – Topics on Translation I
Syllabus: Special topics in translation studies.

LP272 – Topics on Translation II
Syllabus: Special topics in translation studies.

LP290 – Directed Study in Applied Linguistics
Syllabus: Individual study of a specific applied question supervised by a staff member.

LP295 – Field Research
Syllabus: Carrying out a field work project.

LP435 – Research Seminar on Translation I
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on translation.

LP436 – Research Seminar on Translation II
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on translation.

LP437 – Research Seminar on Translation III
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on translation.

LP438 – Research Seminar on Translation IV
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on translation.

LP451 – Research Seminar on Literacies Studies I
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on social practices involving writing in different media and their implications for literacy teaching.

LP452 – Research Seminar on Literacies Studies II
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on social practices involving writing in different media and their implications for literacy teaching.

LP453 – Research Seminar on Literacies Studies III
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on social practices involving writing in different media and their implications for literacy teaching.

LP454 – Research Seminar on Literacies Studies IV
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on social practices involving writing in different media and their implications for literacy teaching.

LP455 – Research Seminar on First Language Teaching I
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on first language teaching in various theoretical and methodological perspectives.

LP456 – Research Seminar on First Language Teaching II
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on first language teaching in various theoretical and methodological perspectives.

LP457 – Research Seminar on First Language Teaching III
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on first language teaching in various theoretical and methodological perspectives.

LP458 – Research Seminar on First Language Teaching IV
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on first language teaching in various theoretical and methodological perspectives.

LP461 – Research Seminar on Language and Technology I
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on the particular nature of text and discursive practices in communication mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (analog, digital, printed, electronic, locative and mass) and/or on the possibilities and specificities of technology mediated language teaching-learning.

LP462 – Research Seminar on Language and Technology II
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on the particular nature of text and discursive practices in communication mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (analog, digital, printed, electronic, locative and mass) and/or on the possibilities and specificities of technology mediated language teaching-learning.

LP463 – Research Seminar on Language and Technology III
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on the particular nature of text and discursive practices in communication mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (analog, digital, printed, electronic, locative and mass) and/or on the possibilities and specificities of technology mediated language teaching-learning.

LP464 – Research Seminar on Language and Technology IV
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on the particular nature of text and discursive practices in communication mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (analog, digital, printed, electronic, locative and mass) and/or on the possibilities and specificities of technology mediated language teaching-learning.

LP465 – Research Seminar on Language, Cultures and Identities I
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on languages, cultures and identities.

LP466 – Research Seminar on Language, Culture and Identities II
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on languages, cultures and identities.

LP467 – Research Seminar on Language, Culture and Identities III
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on languages, cultures and identities.

LP468 – Research Seminar on Language, Culture and Identities IV
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research on languages, cultures and identities.

LP469 – Research Seminar on Second Language and/or Foreign Language I
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research in the field of second and/or foreign language studies.

LP470 – Research Seminar on Second Language and/or Foreign Language II
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research in the field of second and/or foreign language studies.

LP473 – Research Seminar on Second Language and/or Foreign Language III
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research in the field of second and/or foreign language studies.

LP474 – Research Seminar on Second Language and/or Foreign Language IV
Syllabus: Discussion and directions for research in the field of second and/or foreign language studies.

LP800 – Online Research Seminar
Syllabus: Discussion of a topic in LA involving researchers from fellow universities.

The Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics accepts both Brazilian and foreign students, regardless of their nationality.

Foreign candidates to the Master’s and Doctorate’s Programs must follow the regular admission process. The invitation for application is posted on an annual basis at the Admission Process website. Such invitation is written in Brazilian Portuguese since mastering this language is a requirement for the program admission.

Foreign students already enrolled in the Graduate Program courses in their own countries may be accepted as special students in the subjects offered by the Program, provided that they are properly authorized by the responsible professor.

In order to prepare for your trip and learn about the University’s enrollment procedures, applicants both to the Master’s and the Doctorate’s  programs must carefully read the Academic Board instructions at
http://www.dac.unicamp.br/portal/pos/estudante_estrangeiro

The University also offers, in some of the cases, Portuguese courses for foreigners. You can find information about enrollment in these courses at:
http://www.cel.unicamp.br/

Credenciamento:

O curso de Mestrado em Linguística Aplicada foi credenciado pelo Conselho Federal de Educação (Processo CFE nº. 23038000681/91-86), segundo parecer do CFE nº 233/92 de 31/03/1992. O curso de Doutorado em Linguística Aplicada foi credenciado pelo CFE, em 1994, tendo em vista a obtenção de nota superior a 3 nas avaliações da CAPES. No último processo avaliatório geral da CAPES, referente ao triênio 2010/2012, o Programa de Linguística Aplicada recebeu o conceito 6.

Integralização:

O curso de Mestrado em Linguística Aplicada deverá ser integralizado no prazo mínimo de 12 meses e no máximo de 30 meses. O curso de Doutorado em Linguística Aplicada deverá ser integralizado no prazo mínimo de 24 meses e no máximo de 54 meses. No caso de Bolsistas, os prazos máximos sofrerão redução de acordo com os compromissos assumidos junto às agências fomentadoras (CAPES, CNPq, FAPESP).

 

Master´s Degree

Course duration

12 to 30 months

Application requirements

– research project, written in Portuguese

– updated curriculum vitae

– two letters of recommendation

– Exam for the Certification of Proficiency in Portuguese (CELPE-BRAS), upper intermediate level.

See more details in each year’s specific call

Master’s Degree Requirements

Course credits

The student must fulfill at least 40 course credits. Candidates may validate up to 16 credits (two courses) from courses previously taken in PPG-LA as special student or in other graduate programs, passed with A or B, pending on approval by the PPG-LA coordinating commission.

Supervision and Master’s Dissertation

An advisor will be appointed by the graduate studies commission for every incoming student. Foreign students are highly recommended to contact prospective advisors among the staff to discuss supervision possibilities before applying.

Qualification exam

Students must undergo a qualification exam based on  a partial or total version of the their dissertation within a maximum of three semesters from the initial enrollment, by which time all course credits must have been completed with a coefficient of performance equal to or higher than 2.75.

Research Dissemination

It is recommended that, by the end of the course, the student has published at least one paper  presented in a qualified event in the area focusing on the Master’s research project.

Dissertation Defense

The dissertation must pass an examination panel, in accordance with the rules of the General Regulations for Postgraduate Courses at Unicamp.

 

PhD

Course duration

24 to 48 months

Application requirements

– research project, written in Portuguese

– updated curriculum vitae

– two letters of recommendation

– Exam for the Certification of Proficiency in Portuguese (CELPE-BRAS), upper intermediate level.

See more details in each year’s specific call.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

Course credits

The student must fulfill at least 32 course credits.

Students can validate up to 16 credits (two courses) from courses previously taken in PPG-LA as special student or in other graduate programs, passed with A or B, pending on comissional approval

The courses must be chosen in agreement with their Advisor. Optionally, students can attend two elective courses in other Post-Graduation programs, provided that it is authorized by the post-graduate commission and by their advisor.

PhD students who do not hold a Master’s degree are strongly advised to take additional credits from the course list.

Supervision and Doctoral thesis

An advisor will be appointed by the graduate studies commission for every incoming student. Foreign students are highly recommended to contact prospective advisors among the staff to discuss supervision possibilities before applying.

Language Proficiency

PhD students a required to demonstrate reading proficiency in English and French by the third semester of the course. A reading proficiency exam for both languages is offered by PPG-LA yearly.  For native English of French speaking students, CELPE-Bras is eligible as substitute for one of the two proficiency exams.

Qualification exams

PhD students must pass three qualification exams, which are:

(1) the Project qualification exam, up to the third course semester, by which time all course credits must have been completed with a coefficient of performance equal to or higher than 2.75;

(2) the Area qualification exam which corresponds to the publication of a paper in a cientific journal ranked A or B in the Capes Qualis system;

(3) the Thesis qualification exam, in which a partial or complete version of the thesis must be submitted to an evaluating panel comprised of three members,  six months prior to the defense panel at the latest.

Research Dissemination

It is recommended that, by the end of the course, the student has published at least one paper or  presented in at least two qualified national or international  events focusing on the PhD research project.

Panel

The thesis must pass an examination panel, in accordance with the rules of the General Regulations for Postgraduate Courses at Unicamp.