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Gl谩ucia Silva received her B.A. from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and her M.A. (in Linguistics) and Ph.D. (in Hispanic Linguistics) from the University of Iowa. She is Professor in the Department of Portuguese, where she coordinates the Portuguese Language Program and supervises Graduate Teaching Assistants. Besides language courses, Prof. Silva also teaches courses in Linguistics and Teaching Methodology Prof. Silva's current research focuses on teaching and learning Portuguese as a heritage language. 

Publications and Presentations

Books

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (Forthcoming). Pr谩ticas textuais: Escrita, oralidade e pensamento cr铆tico. Dartmouth, MA: Tagus Press.

Santos, D., Silva, G.V., & Gontijo, V. (2019). Contextos: Curso intermedi谩rio de portugu锚s. London & New York: Routledge.

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (2013). Bons neg贸cios: Portugu锚s do Brasil para o mundo do trabalho. S茫o Paulo: Disal.

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (2011). Beginner's Brazilian Portuguese. New York: Hippocrene.

Silva, G. V. (2001). Word order in Brazilian Portuguese. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter [Studies in Generative Grammar 57].

Book Chapters

Silva, G. V. (Forthcoming). Instru莽茫o gramatical em portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a: percep莽玫es dos aprendizes e desenvolvimento lingu铆stico. In A. Souza & M. L. Ortiz-Alvarez (Eds.), Portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a 鈥� uma disciplina que se estabelece. Campinas, SP: Pontes.

Costa, E. V., & Silva, G.V. (Forthcoming). 鈥淓ntre abordagens e m茅todos鈥擮 portugu锚s que ensinamos鈥�. Uma experi锚ncia de forma莽茫o de professores-autores em PLH. In S. Melo-Pfeifer & M. L. S. Gon莽alves (Eds.), Portugu锚s l铆ngua de heran莽a e forma莽茫o de professores. Lisbon: LIDEL.

Silva, G., & Boruchowski, I.D. (2016). Heritage learners. In M. Milleret & M. Risner (Eds.), A handbook for Portuguese instructors in the U.S.  (pp. 161-194). Rossevelt, NJ: Boavista Press.

Silva, G. V. (2016). O ensino de gram谩tica para aprendizes de portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a. In L. Gon莽alves (Ed.), Fundamentos do ensino de portugu锚s como l铆ngua estrangeira (pp. 345-360). Roosevelt, NJ: Boavista Press.

Silva, G.V. (2015). O fim 茅 apenas o come莽o: o ensino de portugu锚s l铆ngua de heran莽a para adultos e adolescentes. In F. Jennings-Winterle & M. C. Lima-Hernandes (Eds.), Portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a: A filosofia do come莽o, meio e fim (pp. 234-247). New York: Brasil em Mente.

Gontijo, V., & Silva, G.V. (2013). A ansiedade no aprendizado de PLE e PLH. In K. A. da Silva & D. T. dos Santos (Eds.), Portugu锚s como l铆ngua (inter)nacional: as suas faces e interfaces (pp. 47-67). S茫o Paulo: Pontes.

Silva, G.V. (2010). Maintaining (?) Portuguese in Southeastern 糖心logo入口. In J. P. Ferreira & M. Marujo (Eds.), Ensinar Portugu锚s nas universidades da Am茅rica do Norte/Teaching Portuguese in North American universities (pp. 69-81). Toronto: University of Toronto/Instituo Cam玫es.

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (2008). The orchestration of voices in conversation sessions: Rules and roles developed by participants. In L. Wiedeman & M. Scaramucci (Eds.), Portugu锚s para falantes de espanhol: Ensino e aquisi莽茫o / Portuguese for Spanish speakers: Teaching and acquisition (pp. 135-156). S茫o Paulo: Pontes.

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (2004). Ensinando portugu锚s para hispanofalantes: contrastes, transfer锚ncias e a voz do aprendiz. In A. Sim玫es, A. Carvalho, & L. Wiedeman (Eds.), Portugu锚s para falantes de espanhol: Artigos selecionados escritos em portugu锚s e ingl锚s. (pp. 125-151). S茫o Paulo: Pontes.

Journal Articles

Silva, G. V. (2019). Portuguese grammar instruction: Views of heritage and foreign language learners. Caderno de Letras, 35, 179-194.

Silva, G. V. (2019). A teoria informa a pr谩tica: atividades para o ensino de PLH a partir da pesquisa lingu铆stica. Lincool 鈥� L铆ngua e Cultura, a Revista Eletr么nica sobre PLH, 3, 23-34.

Silva, G. V., & Costa, E. V. (2018). What do teachers want? Professional development opportunities for instructors of Portuguese as a heritage language. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 23, 41-62.

Silva, G. (2015). Features of Portuguese as a heritage language: Morphosyntax and beyond. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 8(2), 415-427.

Santos, D., & Silva, G.V. (2015). Exploring Portuguese heritage and non-heritage learners鈥� perceptions of and performance in listening. The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 18(1), 60-82. 

Silva, G.V. (2011). Textbook activities among heritage and non-heritage learners of Portuguese. Hispania 94:4, 734-750.

Silva, G.V. (2010). On starting a course sequence for heritage learners of Portuguese. .

Silva, G.V., & Santos, D. (2010). Business communication in less commonly taught languages: Teaching suggestions through discourse analysis. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 1-20.

Silva, G.V. (2008). Heritage language learning and the Portuguese subjunctive. .

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (2008). Making suggestions in the workplace: Insights from native and learner discourses. Hispania 91:3,  651-664.

Santos, D. & Silva, G.V. (2008). Authenticating materials through critical thinking: The case of teaching and learning suggestions in Portuguese. Hispania 91:1, 110-122.

Silva, G.V., Maci谩n, J.L., & Mej铆a-G贸mez, M. (2006). Peer TA mentoring in a Foreign Language Program. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Eucation 18:3, 241-249.

Silva, G.V., & Santos, D. (2006). Framing participation through repetition: The case of a Portuguese learner in different settings. .

Schwenter, S., & Silva, G.V. (2003). Anaphoric direct objects in spoken Brazilian Portuguese: semantics and pragmatics, Revista Internacional de Ling眉铆stica Iberoamericana 2, 99-123.

Schwenter, S., & Silva, G.V. (2002). Overt vs. null direct objects in spoken Brazilian Portuguese: a semantic/pragmatic account, Hispania 85:3, 577-586.

Conference Proceedings

Silva, G.V., & Santos, D. (2005). A Spanish speaker learning Portuguese: Different settings, different voices. In D. Eddington (Ed.), Selected Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese (pp. 137-149). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Edited Volume

Melo-Pfeifer, S., & Silva, G.V. (Eds.) (2020). Santar茅m: Instituto Polit茅cnico de Santar茅m/Escola Superior de Educa莽茫o. (e-book)

Conference Presentations (2015 - Present):

鈥淥 poder da tecnologia na constru莽茫o da transculturalidade鈥� (with Teresa Valdez), ), National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 9-12, 2020. [conference canceled]

鈥淒esenvolvimento profissional para professores em escolas comunit谩rias: um modelo para Portugu锚s e outras l铆nguas鈥� (with Everton Vargas da Costa), National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 9-12, 2020. [conference canceled]

鈥淎ssessing Portuguese heritage language in Brazilian community-based schools鈥�, Heritage Languages Around the World, Lisbon, May 20-22, 2020. [conference postponed]

鈥淯sing technology to develop transcultural competence in a Portuguese language class鈥� (with Teresa Valdez), 9th International Second Language Pedagogies Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, May 8-9, 2020. [conference postponed]

鈥淭eaching Portuguese grammar in mixed classrooms: Considerations on views of heritage and foreign language learner鈥�, Association of British and Irish Lusitanists (ABIL) Conference, University of Edinburgh, September 6-7, 2019.

鈥淎prender gram谩tica: A vis茫o de aprendizes de PLH e PLE鈥�, VII Simp贸sio Mundial de Estudos da L铆ngua Portuguesa (SIMELP), Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, August 20-24, 2019.

鈥�Uma problema complicado: Praticando g锚nero em portugu锚s como l铆ngua estrangeira鈥� (with Cristiane Soares), VII Simp贸sio Mundial de Estudos da L铆ngua Portuguesa (SIMELP), Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, August 20-24, 2019.

鈥淧ara o ensino descomplicado do g锚nero gramatical鈥� (with Cristiane Soares), VIII EMEP 鈥� Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Portugu锚s, Princeton University, NJ, August 9-10, 2019.

鈥淚nstru莽茫o gramatical em portugu锚s l铆ngua de heran莽a: a vis茫o dos aprendizes鈥�, National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), San Diego, CA, July 8-11, 2019.

鈥淟earning Portuguese grammar: Perceptions of foreign and heritage language learners鈥�, International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 12), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, June 23-28, 2019.

鈥淒oes grammar help? Views of learners of Portuguese as a heritage language and their linguistic development鈥�, III International Conference on Teaching Grammar, Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona, January 23-25, 2019.

鈥淚nstru莽茫o gramatical: percep莽茫o dos aprendizes de Portugu锚s l铆ngua de heran莽a鈥�, 11th International Conference of the American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 18-20, 2018.

鈥淒ifferent but still the same: Teaching (in) Brazilian Portuguese on the South Coast鈥�, New England Council of Latin American Studies (NECLAS), University of New Hampshire, November 4, 2017.

鈥淥 (n茫o) uso das normas padr玫es por aprendizes de Portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a: Evid锚ncias de uma interl铆ngua鈥�, VI Simp贸sio Mundial de Estudos da L铆ngua Portuguesa (SIMELP), Santar茅m, Portugal, October 24-28, 2017.

鈥淣铆veis de profici锚ncia, processamento e consci锚ncia entre aprendizes avan莽ados de PLE鈥� (with Cristiane Soares), VI Simp贸sio Mundial de Estudos da L铆ngua Portuguesa (SIMELP), Santar茅m, Portugal, October 24-28, 2017.

鈥溾�橢u falei portugu锚s quando fui crian莽a鈥�: O aprendizado de tempo-aspecto em Portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a鈥�, National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Chicago, IL, July 6-9, 2017.

鈥淥 aprendizado da norma padr茫o por falantes de heran莽a de portugu锚s,鈥� Tenth International Conference of the American Portuguese Studies Association (APSA), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, October 13-15, 2016.

鈥�Outra problema complicado: Grammatical gender in semi-spontaneous productions of learners of Portuguese,鈥� (with Viviane Gontijo and Cristiane Soares), National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Miami, FL, July 8-11, 2016.

鈥淔oi ou era? A aquisi莽茫o de tempo-aspecto por falantes de heran莽a鈥�, V Simp贸sio Mundial de Estudos de L铆ngua Portuguesa (SIMELP), Lecce, Italy, October 8-11, 2015.

鈥淭raining teachers of Portuguese as a heritage language鈥� (with Everton da Costa), Annual Convention, American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2015.

鈥淔oi ou era? A aquisi莽茫o de tempo-aspecto por falantes de heran莽a鈥�, V Simp贸sio Mundial de Estudos de L铆ngua Portuguesa (SIMELP), Lecce, Italy, October 8-11, 2015.

鈥�Uma problema complicado: Grammatical gender among Spanish speakers, heritage learners and L2 learners of Portuguese鈥� (with Viviane Gontijo and Cristiane Soares), National Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), Denver, CO, July 17-20, 2015.

Invited Presentations (2014-present):

鈥淗eritage and foreign language learners together: Taking advantage of mixed classrooms鈥�, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, March 22, 2019.

鈥溾�橨os茅, para onde?鈥� PLH e curr铆culo鈥�, Panel (Painel de L铆ngua Portuguesa), Focus Brasil Boston, June 8, 2018.

 鈥淎 teoria e a pr谩tica: Atividades para o ensino de PLH a partir de pesquisas lingu铆sticas鈥�, Plenary, 5^a Confer锚ncia Mundial sobre o Ensino, Promo莽茫o e Manuten莽茫o do Portugu锚s como L铆ngua de Heran莽a, Cambridge, MA, May 31-June 3, 2018.

鈥淎spectos lingu铆sticos do Portugu锚s L铆ngua de Heran莽a e suas implica莽玫es pedag贸gicas鈥�, Plenary, I Congresso Mundial de Bilinguismo e L铆ngua de Heran莽a / I Congresso Brasileiro de Portugu锚s como L铆ngua de Heran莽a, Bras铆lia, August 15-17, 2017.

鈥淎prendendo a 鈥榝alar direito鈥�: as regras normativas e os falantes de heran莽a de Portugu锚s,鈥� A Diversidade Lingu铆stica nos Espa莽os da L铆ngua Portuguesa, Paris, May 26, 2016.

鈥淥 fim 茅 apenas o come莽o: PLH para adolescentes e adultos鈥�, Forma莽茫o continuada para professores de portugu锚s como l铆ngua de heran莽a, Brasil em Mente/Brazilian Consulate, New York, May 17, 2014.