Claudia Maria Oliveira Bordalo da Costa

Claudia is a graduate student in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at Penn State University, where she specializes in Hispanic Linguistics.  She earned a B.A. in Letters, Portuguese and Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a B.A. in Pedagogy from the Signorelli International University. She also earned a M.A. in  Language Studies and Linguistics from the  Fluminense Federal University in Brazil. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish, Japanese and a few French. Her mainly research interests are focuses Bilingualism, Second language acquisiton, Portuguese as a Heritage Language and code-switching. Besides linguistics, Claudia likes to spend time playing with her dog Duda, playing videogames, reading mangás and swimming.

Publications:

• “The learning of a Heritage Language in the early years” (In Portuguese) – Final Paper – Undergraduate thesis – 2021
• “Portuguese as a Heritage Language in Japan: Textual production in focus.” (In Portuguese) – M.A. Dissertation – 2020
• “The construction of Brazil’s reality through the videos used in the Celpe-Bras exam in the 21st century.” (In Portuguese) – Final Paper – Undergraduate thesis – 2015

Grants and Awards:

• Teaching Assistantship – Portuguese as a Second Language from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (CLAC & PEPPE – UFRJ)

Preferred Pronouns:

• she/her/hers/ela/ella