Past Courses and Calls

Here you will find the list of courses and calls already offered by the Institutional Center for Languages and Translation (NILT):

Past Courses and Calls – 2026

Course Type Target Audience Course Period Application period 
Curso de Supervivencia en Portugués Brasileño  Online Undergraduate and graduate students Self-paced 9 March to 10 April
 Brazilian Portuguese Survival Course Online Undergraduate and graduate students Self-paced 9 March to 10 April
Instrumental French I – reading academic literature On-Campus
(Florianópolis – NILT/SINTER – Rectorate Building II, Groundfloor)
Undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members 30 March to 1 June 16 March to 10 April
Preparation for Italian proficiency tests (B2 level) Online Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members and staff 13 April to 15 June 16 March to 27 March

Past Courses and Calls – 2025

Courses Registrations/Applications Target Audience Course Period
English as a Medium of Instruction 28 November – 8 December 2025 UFSC faculty members 12 December 2025
English Email Writing 7 November – 24 November 2025 UFSC staff members 28 November 2025
Machine Translation of Academic Abstracts (Portuguese-English): pre- and post-editing techniques 7 November – 16 November 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff at UFSC From 17 November to 14 December
Theatrical Reading in Italian: From Natalia Ginzburg’s Irony to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Provocation 15 October – 2 November 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff at UFSC From 7 November to 5 December
Writing Abstracts for Academic Papers in Spanish By 5 October 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff at UFSC From 10 October to 31 October
Writing Motivation Letters in Spanish for Academic Exchange By 5 September 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff at UFSC From 8 September to 29 September
English for Study Abroad 25 August – 31 August 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students and staff members at UFSC From 8 September to 10 December
English for Academic Communication 25 August – 31 August 2025 Graduate students and faculty members at UFSC From 8 September to 9 December
English for Academic Writing  25 August – 31 August 2025 Graduate students and faculty members at UFSC From 10 September to 10 December
Italian language and culture through cinema: history, aesthetics and society By 5 August 2025 UFSC university community From 8 August to 26 September
Motivation Letter in Spanish for Academic Exchange By 10 May 2025 UFSC and UDESC students, faculty and staff From 19 May to 9 June
Academic Abstract in Spanish By 14 May 2025 UFSC and UDESC students From 12 May to 21 May
Academic English Writing 26 March – 9 April 2025 Graduate students and faculty members at UFSC From 14 April to 7 July
Academic English Communication 26 March – 9 April 2025 Graduate students and faculty members at UFSC From 14 April to 7 July
English for Study Abroad 26 March – 9 April 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students and staff members at UFSC From 14 April to 7 July

 

 Les premiers pas en français [First steps in French] By 31 March 2025 All members of the UFSC University Community From 7 April to 9 June

Calls Deadline Target audicence Submissions
Call No. 1/2025/NILT/SINTER
Translation Needs (Portuguese⇔English)
30 November 2025 Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff at UFSC nilt.tradingles@contato.ufsc.br

Past Courses and Calls – 2024

Course / Call
French course: DELF B1 – Preparatory for french proficiency tests
Call no. 7/2024/SINTER – Selection Process for NILT internship – English
French in-person course: Learn to write a lettre de motivation [motivation letter]
Call no. 6/2024/SINTER – Selection Process for NILT internship – Portuguese for Foreigner
Italian course: Immersion in Italian Language and Culture through Opera and Cinema
Call no. 3/2024/NILT/SINTER – Needs for Translation Services (Portuguese⇔Spanish)
Call no. 2/2024/NILT/SINTER – Needs for Translation Services (Portuguese⇔German)
Call no. 1/2024/NILT/SINTER – Needs for Translation Services (Portuguese⇔English)
“Francophonie Multiculturelle” course (In-person)
Italian course: preparation for interviews, filling out forms and CVs for study and work purposes in Italy (online)
Online course on student exchange in German-speaking countries
Italian course: preparation for interviews, filling out forms and CVs for study and work purposes in Italy
French conversation course – instructor: Maéva da Costa
Extension course: welcome and integration of foreign students at UFSC
German course: Study Opportunities in German-Speaking Countries
English course: Automatic Translation of Academic Abstracts (Portuguese-English): pre- and post-editing techniques
English course: Written Production in English – Abstracts 2024
English course: Written Production in English – Emails 2024

Past Courses and Calls – 2023

Course / Call
Call no. 2/2023/NILT/SINTER – Translation (Portuguese⇔French) of Academic Abstracts for Undergraduate Students
Call no. 3/2023/NILT/SINTER – Translation (Portuguese⇔English) of Academic Abstracts for Undergraduate Students
Free online course “Writing emails in English”
Free online course – “Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy”
Free online course “Written Production in English” – Abstracts 2023
Call no. 4/2023/NILT/SINTER – Needs for courses and translation works in German
Free in-person course “Oral and written practice in English”  –  CCA/UFSC
Préparation au DELF B1 – preparation for french proficiency tests
Conversation in French
Basic Italian 
Préparation au DELF B1 [preparation for DELF B1] 
Parler pour communiquer : parler de soi-même et de l’UFSC  [Speak to communicate: talk about yourself and about UFSC]
Self-instructional Brazilian Portuguese
French music workshop
Culture in focus in German texts: a translation project
Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy 
 La Carta de Motivación en Español [Motivation letter in Spanish]
DELF B1 – preparation for French proficiency tests
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese – A1 [Level 2]
Francophonie et mobilité étudiante [Francophonie and student mobility]
Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture
English for Political Science
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese – A1 [Level 1]

Past Courses – 2022

Title
Culture in focus in German texts: a translation project
NILT launches the self-instructional course “Francophonie et mobilité étudiante” 
Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy – reading and understanding Calls for Applications in Italian language
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese – Level A1
 Italian Proficiency Tests
 La carta de motivación en Español
 French Conversation
 Francophonie et mobilité étudiante
Curso Préparation pour le DELF B1
Aspects of academic writing in Brazilian Portuguese: abstract, review and scientific article
 Written Production in English – Abstracts
Exámenes de certificación en español: acercamiento
Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy – reading and understanding Calls for Application in Italian language – 2nd edition
Elaboration of a motivation letter for academic exchange/mobility
Written Production in English– Abstracts
Cultural texts in German: a translation practice
Atelier: Rédiger une lettre de motivation
Italian proficiency tests
Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy – reading and understanding Calls for Application in Italian language
Aspects of academic writing in Brazilian Portuguese: abstract, review and scientific article
Francophonie et mobilité étudiante

 

Past Courses – 2021

Title
Préparation pour le DELF B1
“Exámenes de certificación en español: acercamiento” (Getting familiar with Spanish proficiency tests)
Ways and perspectives of studying in Italy – reading and understanding calls for applications in Italian