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Cristina Flores

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO · SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

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Cristina Flores

Cristina Flores

Teaching and Supervision

Graduate courses (University of Minho)

  • Bilingualism and L2 Acquisition – MA in Portuguese-German Studies (since 2016/17)

  • Bilingualism and Acquisition of Portuguese as a Non-Native Language – MA in Portuguese as a Non-Native Language (since 2018/19)

  • Topics in Multilingualism – MA in Language Sciences (since 2018/19)

  • Research Methods in Linguistics – MA in Portuguese-German Studies (since 2016/17)

  • German B1/B2 – MA in Portuguese-German Studies (since 2016/17)

  • Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language – MA in Spanish as a Second/Foreign Language (since 2013/14)

  • Translation and Communication Methodologies (German B2/C1) – MA in Translation and Multilingual Communication (2011/12–2016/17 and since 2023/24)

  • Translation – MA in Portuguese-German Studies (2023/24)

  • Contrastive Linguistics – MA in Portuguese as a Non-Native Language (2010/11–2017/18, co-taught with Pilar Barbosa)

  • Topics in Comparative Linguistics – MA in Language Sciences (2013/14)

  • Bilingualism and Language Contact – MA in Portuguese and Comparative Linguistics (2011/12)

  • Specialised Languages: Health – MA in Translation and Multilingual Communication (2010/11)

  • German C1/C2 – MA in Translation and Multilingual Communication (2008/09–2009/10)

  • Contrastive Linguistics I and Portuguese-German Bilingualism – MA in Portuguese-German Studies (2007/08–2008/09)

Undergraduate courses (University of Minho)

  • Bilingualism – University of Minho elective course (co-taught with Montserrat Comesaña, School of Psychology; since 2023/24)

  • German B1, B1+, B2, B2+ (Language II.3–II.6, including German linguistics: phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax) – BA in European Languages and Literatures and BA in Applied Languages (since 2008/09)

  • Legal German – BA in Law (2011/12–2012/13)

  • German IV and Translation Portuguese–German – BA in Teaching Portuguese and German / English and German (2002/03–2004/05)

  • German Culture and German Society and Culture (1999/2000–2002/03)

PhD Supervision

In progress

Clara Setas. Métodos de avaliação de proficiência linguística em Português Língua Não Materna (PLNM): Interface de testagem de eficiência e viabilidade. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho. FCT grant 2022.09752.BD. Co-supervisor: Idalete Dias.

Yang Min. As Didáticas para a Melhoria da Aquisição dos Oclusivos Consonântico da Língua Portuguesa por Aprendentes Chineses. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho. Co-supervisor: Anabela Barros.

Liliana Correia. A influência de fatores extralinguísticos sobre o desenvolvimento lexical de crianças bilingues. Um estudo sobre falantes de herança do Português Europeu residentes em diferentes contextos migratórios. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho. FCT grant SFRH/BD/138397/2018.

Alfredo Salomão Gomes. A interferência do Cicopi no Português: A regência verbal nas produções linguísticas em Português dos estudantes submetidos ao Ensino Bilingue na Escola Primária Completa de Mungói, na Província de Gaza, no sul de Moçambique. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho. Co-supervisor: Pilar Barbosa.

Zulfa Omar Said. Português como L3: Sobre a influência das línguas previamente adquiridas. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho. Camões Institute grant.

Completed

Duarte Oliveira. Boundedness and telicity marking in the acquisition of German as a first, second, and heritage language. PhD in Language Sciences (German Linguistics), University of Minho, 4 November 2025. FCT grant. Co-supervisor: João Veríssimo (University of Lisbon).

Qunying Li. Desenvolvimento do Português como Língua Segunda na Perspetiva da Teoria dos Sistemas Dinâmicos: Um Estudo Longitudinal com Aprendentes Chineses. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho, 23 April 2025. Co-supervisor: Cuiui Cheng.

Tânia Lopes Senra. O português de herança de emigrantes portugueses residentes na Alemanha. Um estudo sobre conhecimento e uso dos tempos verbais. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho, 29 June 2022. FCT grant. Co-supervisor: Pilar Barbosa.

Joana Zehner Matos. Kland, Kländer, Klanden? Aquisição do plural por falantes portugueses de alemão língua segunda. PhD in Language Sciences (German Linguistics), University of Minho, 22 October 2021. FCT grant.

Diana Oliveira. Effects of Short-term Perceptual Training on the Perception and Production of European Portuguese Consonant Sounds by Chinese Learners. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho, 15 September 2020. FCT grant. Co-supervisor: Anabela Rato (University of Toronto).

Joaquim Sapalo Castilho Cacumba. Competências de literacia académica bilingue (português / inglês) dos graduandos em ensino de língua inglesa em Angola. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho, 15 June 2020.

Maria João da Costa Freitas. Aquisição de verbos da Língua Portuguesa no primeiro ciclo de escolaridade, por crianças monolingues alemãs e crianças bilingues luso-alemãs. PhD in Language Sciences (Applied Linguistics), University of Minho, 30 July 2015. FCT grant.

External co-supervision (in progress)

Anne-Sophie Hufer. Individual Differences: How Heritage Speakers of German in Norway Juggle Multilingualism. PhD in Linguistics, University of Stavanger, Norway. Co-supervised with Nadine Kolb and David Natvig.

Sophie Catherine Bennett. Portuguese as a heritage language in the UK. PhD in Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK (NWSSDTP CASE Studentship). Co-supervised with Patrick Rebuschat and Padraic Monaghan.

Melanie Gonçalves Marques. Portuguese as a heritage language in Luxembourg. PhD, University of Luxembourg (since 2023). Co-supervised with Constanze Weth and Birgit Huemer.

Patrícia Ribeiro. Definite articles and grammatical gender in Portuguese as a Heritage Language in Finland and Sweden. PhD in Language Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. Co-supervised with Pekka Poisio.

Contact

Department of German and Slavic Studies

Departamento de Estudos Germanísticos e Eslavos,

Escola de Letras, Artes e Ciências Humanas (ELACH)

Universidade do Minho

Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal

Email: cflores@elach.uminho.pt

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