Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT) offers the course “La carta de motivación en Español” [The motivation letter in Spanish]. The aim is to guide participants on how to prepare a motivation letter in Spanish to apply for academic mobility programs. The course will cover the following topics: analysis and identification of the parts of a motivation letter; formality and informality; forms of address; greeting and farewell formulas in Spanish; selection and organization of information relevant to the letter; lexicon and appropriate contents.

• Course type: online, through Moodle Groups.

• Period: from 14 September to 7 October.

• Time: synchronous classes will take place on Wednesdays, from 3 to 5 pm, and the asynchronous activities on Fridays.

• Registrations: from 24 August to 12 September, through the link http://inscricoes.ufsc.br/carta-motivacao-espanhol-nilt.

• Note: materials, classes and activities will be in Spanish. Thus, the participants must have reading and writing proficiency in Spanish.

• If you have any questions, please contact espanhol.nilt@gmail.com.

Welcome to the French Conversation Group! If you are interested in news related to the francophone world and its different cultural aspects, this discussion group is for you. In weekly meetings, we will discuss and work together on several themes associated with the francophone culture. Thus, you will be able to practice your French while learning how to structure your arguments during a debate. The meeting will be in table ronde [round table] format, in which everyone will have to defend their arguments to strengthen their critical thinking and train their debating skills in French.

Course objective: This course aims at engaging the students, offering them the possibility of giving their opinions in French about subjects pre-defined by the teacher or by the participating students.

DATES: every THURSDAY from 10 to 11:30 pm. The meetings will be held in-person,  in the Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT), Rectorate Building II (Av. Desembargador Vitor Lima, no. 222)

Start date: 5 September 2022.

Register here until 2 September.

What is francophony? How far does the French language go? What are the different university models? These are the issues we will try to tackle in this course, establishing our first contact with this multi-faceted culture.

The classes are targeted at students, faculty members and administrative staff interested in undertaking mobility in one of the French-speaking countries. The aim of the course is for participants to broaden their knowledge of the French language and become familiar with the francophone university education system. Registrations are open until 2 September 2022.

Level required: B1

Total hours: 8 hours

Two groups will be offered:

• Morning period: Mondays and Tuesdays, from 10 am to 11:30 am. Classes on 5, 6, 12 and 13 September. Register here.
• Afternoon period: Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm. Classes on 7, 8, 14 and 15 September. Register here.

Course description by Prof. Clarissa Oliveira: Ce module se déroulera en deux temps. Pour commencer une partie plus culturelle, où je vous présenterais la francophonie en général, pour ensuite me concentrer sur les spécificités reliées à la Belgique, le Canada et la France. Évoquer les stéréotypes reliés à ces pays, pour pouvoir à terme en faire une description la plus authentique possible. La deuxième partie du module, dans la continuité de la présentation de la Francophonie, va être concentré sur la présentation des différents modèles universitaires francophone. Nous nous concentrerons plus spécifiquement sur le système universitaire Belge, Français et Canadien, qui sont les plus demandés par les étudiants étrangers.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) promotes the course “Francophonie et mobilité étudiante” [Francophony and student mobility]. The aim of the course is for participants to broaden their knowledge of the French language and become familiar with the francophone university education system. The course is open to the entire university community – students, faculty and staff – and registrations run from 22 May to 1 June 2022.

The course totals eight hours and two groups – with 15 seats each – will be offered. A B1-level proficiency in French is required and the classes will be held in person, with support from the Moodle platform for complementary activities. Choose one of the links below to register and, should you have any questions, please contact Prof. Clarissa Oliveira (clarissa.oliveira@ufsc.br).

Group 1: morning period. Classes on 6, 8, 13 and 15 June, from 10 am to 11:30 am.

Group 2: afternoon period. Classes on 7, 9, 14 and 16 June, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm.

The Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT/SINTER) promotes the course “Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy – reading and understanding Calls for Application in Italian language – 2nd edition”. The initiative seeks to equip the academic community (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff) to understand Calls for Applications for scholarships in Italian educational institutions.

Given the offer of Italian government scholarships for undergraduate exchange, graduate research and cultural exchanges, it is intended that students, at the end of this course, will be able to: 1) easily locate Calls for Applications for Italian government scholarships; 2) understand the Italian higher education system; 3) know the main Italian proficiency tests; 4) recognize characteristics of a Call for Applications, in Italian; 5) autonomously fill in registration forms.

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The Office for International Relations (SINTER) announces the final results of the simplified selection process for scholarship holders of the Institutional Center of Languages and Translation (NILT) in accordance with CALL No. 19/2021/SINTER.

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