PORTUGUESE TEACHERS IN NETWORK: CHALLENGES OF TEACHING PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

In this interview, Professor Dr. Maria das Gracas Soares Rodrigues, from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Coordinator of PROFLETRAS (Professional Master in Languages) presents the main points of this program. PROFLETRAS began in August in 2013, being offered nationally with the participation of 34 public universities, linked to Sistema da Universidade Aberta (UAB). It is a course of stricto sensu post-graduation, offered to 854 teachers of undergraduate courses of Languages, who teach Portuguese language in elementary school (from 1st to 9th grade) in public schools and were approved in public contest. The program is coordinated by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), and is connected directly to Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES). Maria da Penha Casado Alves, coordinator of PROFLETRAS at UFRN (Campus in Natal) and Maria Ines Batista Campos, coordinator of PROFLETRAS at USP: The interview was held at Hotel Imira, just before the beginning of the National Meeting of the Thematic Committees in 11/27/2013