Biography
Desirée Oliveira is originally from Brazil and joined the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at BYU as an Assistant Professor of Portuguese Pedagogy in 2022.
Research Interests
• Language policy• Reading and writing
• Language immersion
• Teacher development
• Materials and curriculum development
• Language teaching and learning beliefs
Teaching Interests
• Reading and writing• Intercultural communication
• Portuguese for Specific Purposes
• Methods of Foreign Language Teaching
• Portuguese language teaching research
• Contemporary debates in Portuguese as a Foreign Language
Education
- BA, Portuguese and English , , Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (2021)
- PhD, Applied Linguistics, , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2019)
- MA, Portuguese Pedagogy, , Brigham Young University (2011)
- BA, Secretariado Executivo Trilíngue, , Universidade Federal de Viçosa (2006)
Memberships
- Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) (2023 - Present)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (2022 - Present)