Teaching Aviation English: an Introduction, by Aline Pacheco

BRAZ-TESOL is organizing a serie of free webinars to allow BRAZ-TESOLers from all over the country to participate.

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Aline Pacheco is an Associate Professor at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). She holds a PhD in Language Studies from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics from PUCRS and a Bachelor’s Degree in Letters – English Language from PUCRS. She has been working as an English teacher for over 23 years. Currently, she works at the School of Humanities and the School of Aeronautical Science. Her major interests are teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language and Aviation English.