Portuguese Sign Language

Língua Gestual Portuguesa (Portuguese Sign Language)

The Portuguese Sign Language degree aims to develop and consolidate studies around this language in order for it to be understood as a vehicle for full and autonomous communication by the deaf community. The intention of this programme, which combines a solid theoretical grounding with practice of the language, is to spark an interest and desire in the students to deepen their reflexive knowledge concerning Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) in order to become competent professionals, capable of advanced critical thinking.

Goals

Train professionals to teach or interpret Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) as a 1st or 2nd language and to spread the values and culture of the deaf community, contributing towards ensuring equal opportunities, social integration and access to education for deaf people, and towards ensuring that communication takes place between the deaf and the hearing.

Careers and Professional Opportunities
- Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) trainers / teachers;
- Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) interpreters.

See the study plan below. FGT is a set of unit courses common to all ESEC degrees, aiming to promote transversal competencies basic to any profession. To see the unit courses click HERE.

Curriculum
Year	Semester	Code	Disciplina	Unit Course / Subject	ECTS	Contact Hours	Hoursp/ week
1	S1	550001	Língua Gestual Portuguesa I	Portuguese Sign Language I	12	120	--
1	S1	190014	Língua Portuguesa I	Portuguese Language I	6	60	4
1	S1	190021	Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa	Introduction to Portuguese Linguistics	6	75	5
1	S1		FGT	Optional Transversal Course
1	S2	550003	Ética e Deontologia Profissional do Interprete de LGP	Ethics and Deontology of the Sign Language Interpreter	3	30	--
1	S2	160014	Codificação e Representação Gráfica na LGP	Code and Graphic Representation in Portuguese Sign Language	3	30	2
1	S2	550002	Língua Gestual Portuguesa II	Portuguese Sign Language II	12	120	2
1	S2	560001	Surdez e Comunicação	Deafness and Communication	3	30	2
1	S2	440005	Psicologia da Educação	Psychology of Education	3	45	3
1	S2	110019	Sociedade, Cultura e Identidade Surda	Society, Culture and Deaf Identity	3	30	2
1	S2		FGT	Optional Transversal Course
2	S1	550006	Teoria e Prática da Tradução e Interpretação da LGP	Translation and Interpretation of Sign Language: Theory and Practice	3	45	--
2	S1	550004	Língua Gestual Portuguesa III	Portuguese Sign Language III	15	150	2
2	S1	190015	Língua Portuguesa II	Portuguese Language II	3	30	2
2	S1	550005	Linguística da Língua Gestual Portuguesa I	Linguistics of Portuguese Sign Language I	3	30	2
2	S1	310012	Currículo e Formação	Curriculum and Training	3	45	3
2	S1		FGT	Optional Transversal Course
2	S2	550008	Interpretação para LGP I	Sign Language: Gesture Interpretation I	6	60	--
2	S2	550009	Interpretação para Voz I	Sign Language: Voice Interpretation I	6	60	--
2	S2	550014	Didáctica do Ensino da LGP	Didactics of Portuguese Sign Language I	3	30	2
2	S2	560003	Intervenção Precoce em Problemas de Comunicação	Early Intervention in Children with Communication Problems	3	30	2
2	S2	560002	Necessidades Educativas Especiais	Special Education Needs	3	30	2
2	S2	310008	Tecnologia Educativa	Educational Technology	3	30	2
2	S2	190022	Técnicas de Expressão Escrita	Writing Technics	3	45	3
2	S2	550007	Língua Gestual Portuguesa IV	Portuguese Sign Language IV	15	150	3,5
3	S1	550015	Didáctica do Ensino da LGP II	Didactics of Portuguese Sign Language II	9	90	--
3	S1	550012	Interpretação para LGP II	Sign Language: Gesture Interpretation II	6	60	--
3	S1	550013	Interpretação para Voz II	Sign Language: Voice Interpretation II	6	60	--
3	S1	110020	Cultura dos Surdos	Deaf Culture	3	30	2
3	S1	570003	Workshop	Workshop	3	30	2
3	S1	550011	Linguística da Língua Gestual Portuguesa II	Linguistics of Portuguese Sign Language II	3	45	3
3	S1	550010	Língua Gestual Portuguesa V	Portuguese Sign Language V	12	120	4
3	S2	-	Prática Profissional	Internship	30	435	--