Ana Leão has been teaching English at a cluster of schools in Portugal. She also has experience as a foreign language teacher to adults from different cultures and origins in Madrid and Reykjavik. She worked as a translator in Madrid and Reykjavik. She was an invited translator and interpreter at Iceland University and Islandsstofa. She holds a master’s degree in English Teaching Methodology and advanced studies in Language Didactics. She is interested in the areas of education for intercultural citizenship, democratic culture and CLIL. She is a PhD candidate and a collaborator member at TEALS – CETAPS.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-0230
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.is/citations?hl=en&user=ZiEsIAUAAAAJ
Google Sites: https://sites.google.com/site/analeaodidactics/
Awards, Publications and Conferences as a teacher and researcher
2020 – Participated in the Networking Europeans Citizenship Education Conference (NECE) 2020 “Reconnecting in a post pandemic world. Citizenship education for democracy and sustainability with a Pechakucha presentation entitled “Democratic Competence.”
2019 – “Estilos de aprendizaje y las tecnologías digitales: la competencia intercultural en el aula de lengua extranjera,” for the World Congress about Learning Styles in Colombia, VIII CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE ESTILOS DE APRENDIZAJE: MODELOS EDUCATIVOS, RETOS PARA LOS DOCENTES EN LA DIVERSIDAD DE CONTEXTOS DE FORMACIÓN. < http://esapidex-b.org/cmea2018/es/content/memorias >
2019 – “Interculturality in English Language Teaching,” Via Panorâmica journal.
<https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/VP/article/view/5489/5159>
2018 – Participated in the 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING ENGLISH AS A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE – “Intercultural language education for increased European identity and cohesion,” held at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences – New University of Lisbon – on 9th – 10th November 2018 with a talk entitled: Interculturality in English Language Teaching – a small study with Portuguese teachers.
2018 – Holds the JRAAS SEAL OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE since May 2018.
2018 – Participated in the 2ND JRAAS ANGLO-AMERICAN STUDIES MEETING in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities – University of Porto – 15th May with a presentation entitled Interculturality in English Language Teaching
2018 – “Interculturality in English Language Teaching – a small study with Portuguese teachers”- e-Teals:< http://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/et/article/view/5070/4735>
2006 – Participated in a CONFERENCE AT THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND DIGITAL CULTURE, about an educational experiential activity – a blog created for a 5th grade alternative curriculum at Barbosa du Bocage cluster of schools in Setúbal <http://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/prismacom/article/view/2123>