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New perspectives for
the Portuguese language
Nowadays, Portuguese is the sixth
most widely spoken mother tongue on a global level, and the
third most widely spoken European language, being an official
language in eight countries in five continents - Portugal
(with Azores and Madeira Islands), Brasil, Mozambique, Angola
(with Cabinda), Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tomé
and Príncipe and East-Timor -, the working language
of twelve organisations, and being used daily by about 200
million human beings. Also is spoken in Goa, Damao and Diu
in India, Malacca in Malaysia, and Special Administrative
Region of Macau from China, which are all regions where segments
of the population speak Portuguese or creoles with a lexical
basis in Portuguese.
The Portuguese language
is currently studied in Romania at the Bucharest and Constanta
Universities, as well as at the Suceava University as an optional
course. In high schools, Portuguese is studied in Bucharest
(the "Eugen Lovinescu" High School), in Constanta
(the "George Calinescu" High School), and in Cluj
(the "Mihai Eminescu" High School). A total of over
four hundred persons are currently studying Portuguese officially
in Romania.
At the Faculty of Literature
in the University of Bucharest where Portuguese has been taught
since 1974 there is a Portuguese Language Center set up in
April 2001 as a result of the partnership protocol concluded
between the University and the Camoes Institute in Lisbon.
This Center, provided with a large library, with audio, visual,
and information materials: enables students and other interested
persons excellent conditions to study and improve their knowledge
of Portuguese language and culture; organizes activities (conferences,
exhibitions, film cycles for students and other persons interested
in Portugal's language and culture; coordinates and supports
the Portuguese teaching activity in Romania.
For contact and further information:
Centros de Língua Portuguesa/Instituto
Camões:
*Universitatea din Bucuresti. FLLS.
Str. Edgar Quinet, 5- 7 BUCURESTI
www.clpic.unibuc.ro
*Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Mun. Chisinau, str. M.Kogalniceanu, 65, bl.3 / www.usm.md
Courses:
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai
din Cluj-Napoca / http://lett.ubbcluj.ro/
Universitatea Al. I. Cuza
din Iasi / www.uaic.ro
Instituto Camoes
Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 113
1150-279 LISBOA - PORTUGAL
http://www.instituto-camoes.pt
More than that, the Camoes Institute places
yearly at the Romanian citizens' disposal a number of scholarships
as part of the cultural agreement between Romania and Portugal,
and others, for which the students, teaching stuff and researchers
interested in the Portuguese language and culture can compete.
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