Maria Isabel Abreu Award

The Maria Isabel Abreu Award is given for the best research article on the teaching of Portuguese as a foreign language. A $500 honorarium accompanies this award.

Eligibility:

1. All articles published after 2004 written in Portuguese, Spanish or English, on the subject of teaching Portuguese as a foreign language are eligible for consideration for the award. Special consideration will be given for articles published in the journal Hispania.
2. All nominated authors must be AATSP members in good standing at the time of publication of their article and nomination for the award.

Nominations :

1. Nominations, including self-nominations may be submitted by any member of the AATSP.
2. All nominations must be submitted in writing.
3. Nominations must include
   1. a letter of nomination explaining why the article should receive the award as the best research article on the teaching of Portuguese for the time period in question
   2. name(s) of the author(s) of the article along with complete contact information for the author(s)
   3. five copies of the nominated article with complete bibliographic citation for the article.

Notes

The prize will be awarded at the Awards Luncheon during the Annual Meeting of the AATSP to be held in San José, Costa Rica on July 10, 2008. The winner is expected to be in attendance at the luncheon to accept the award.

The Executive Director of the AATSP will forward the complete applications for the Maria Isabel Abreu Prize to the Selection Committee.

Send all nomination materials via email to:

corporate@aatsp.org
Indicate the name of the nominee and the award in the Subject line.

Deadline: Monday, May 19, 2008