Graciete Sousa Cruz Londrim
Academic interest
Portuguese grammar, teaching portuguese as a foreign language, translation and interpretation, cognitive linguistics
Teaching
POR1001 - Innføring i portugisisk
University Lecturer, University of Oslo, 2005 - present
2011 - present University Lecturer 20%
2005 - 2010 University Lecturer 80%, all levels of bachelor courses. Position partially financed by Camões (affiliated to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs), "Leitora do Camões". Organization of activities to promote the Portuguese language and cultures of Portuguese speaking countries, in line with Camões' mission.
2004 Teacher, University of Oslo
Examiner - secondary school exams, Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training
2008 - Present
Member of the Examination and Assessment Committee for Portuguese language - secondary school exams, Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training
2010 - Present
Examiner - State Authorization Certificate in Interpreting, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
2006 - Present
Examiner - State Authorization Certificate in Translation, NHH - Norges Handelshøyskole
2008 - Present
Examiner - Interpreting for the Public Sector, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
2008 - Present
Language adviser - bachelor Interpretation for the Public Sector, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
2018 and 2008
Language and Culture Competence Consultant, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2003 - 2012
Teaching and design of materials to learn Portuguese in line with the Ministry priorities: development, humanitarian efforts, international law, climate and environment, energy,
public diplomacy and cultural cooperation, trade policy, oil, United Nations and cultures of Portuguese speaking countries.
Translator
1995 - 2003
Financial translations, technical translations, films, brochures, articles. Some
clients: Reticências ltd (Lisbon), Kaizen Institute (London), Yara (Oslo) etc.
Education
2006 Master's thesis, Path and Manner of motion in Norwegian and in Portuguese, a cognitive contrastive study, University of Oslo
1996 "Licenciatura" in Translation, ISLA Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração
Publications
- Sousa Cruz Londrim, Graciete (2008). Motion in Language and Cognition: Grammatical and Conceptual Aspects of Metaphorical Motion in Portuguese and Norwegian."O movimento na língua e na cognição: aspetos gramaticais e conceptuais do movimento metafórico no português e no norueguês". Revista Portuguesa de Humanidades. ISSN 0874-0321. (12), s 69- 90
- Sousa Cruz Londrim, Graciete (2006). Path and manner of motion. A contrastiv study Norwegian-Portuguese. "Percurso e Modo de Movimento. Um estudo contrastivo Norueguês - Português". Romansk Forum. ISSN 0804-6468. 22(2), s 7- 24
- Sousa Cruz Londrim, Graciete; Santos, Diana; Michalsen, Fabiana & Jansen, Heidi (2017). Viva!. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 978-82-11-02236-3. 241 s.
- Sousa Cruz Londrim, Graciete (2007). Designing learning materials for internet-based learning of languages.
- Sousa Cruz Londrim, Graciete (2007). Metaphorical Motion in Portuguese and Norwegian. "O movimento metafórico no norueguês e no português".