Researchers

Maria Clara Silva Setas

Academic degree: Mestrado

Professional category: Investigador (com bolsa)

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E-mail: id10885@uminho.pt

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CIÊNCIA ID: CF11-D4E5-009C

ORCID: 0009-0000-2380-1466

Short bionote:

Clara Setas obtained her Master's Degree in German-Portuguese Studies at the University of Minho and the Goethe-University Frankfurt with the thesis "Proposal of a digital interface for assessing the linguistic proficiency of children of portuguese heritage in the diaspora". Clara is currently working on her PhD project in Language Sciences, in the field of Applied Linguistics. The project entitled "Methods for assessing language proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language: Interface testing efficiency and reliability" is supervised by Prof. Dr. Cristina Flores and Prof. Dr. Idalete Dias (both senior reseachers at CEHUM). PhD Scholarship granted by FCT, with the reference number 2022.09752.BD.

Research interests:

Language acquisition, Language testing, Applied linguistics, Psycholinguistics, European Portuguese.

Education:

Post-graduation in Technical Communication (ISCAP)

Master’s degree in German-Portuguese Studies (UMinho)

Bachelor’s degree in Applied Languages (UMinho)

Professional experience:

Teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (Summer intensive Course) at BabeliUM.

Technical Writer at Bosch Security Systems.

Member of the External Evaluation Board (as student-evaluator) at A3ES.

Translator (pt-PT/en-US) and content creator at Bloomidea.

Institutional positions:

2nd Secretary of the General Assembly of Associação Portuguesa Para a Comunicação Técnica (APCOMTEC)

IPQ Member (Vogal) / ISO Drafting Commitee - ISO/AWI 24495-3 Plain language Part 3: Science writing

Publications

Articles

  • Flores, C., Setas, C., Sousa, I., & Antunes, J. (2021). Ein Cloze Test zur Sprachstandserhebung portugiesischer L2 Lerner des Deutschen. POLISSEMA - Revista De Letras Do ISCAP, (21). https://doi.org/10.34630/polissema.vi21.3815

    RepositóriUM: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/75306

Organização de eventos

  • 2024/12/04 - 2024/12/06 | Universidade do Minho, Portugal

    GOING ROMANCE 2024

    https://cehum.elach.uminho.pt/going_romance2024

  • 2022/04/27 - 2022/04/29 | University of Minho

    International Conference 'Humanity/Humanities on the move' | Member of logistics and secretarial team

Participação em eventos

  • Colóquio/Congresso

    Thesis project presentation at the I Jornadas do Doutoramento em Ciências da Linguagem at Universidade do Minho, CEHUM.

  • Colóquio/Congresso

    Poster presentation at Retiro de Verão CEHUM 2023, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. Setas, Clara. (2023). Methods for assessing language proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language: Interface testing efficiency and reliability.

  • Seminário (Por convite)

    Poster presentation at V Jornadas Princípios e Práticas na Formação de Línguas Estrangeiras at Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. Setas, Clara. (2023). Methods for assessing language proficiency in Portuguese as a foreign language: Interface testing efficiency and reliability.