
Susana Duarte Martins is an assistant professor at NOVA FCSH (Department of Portuguese Studies) with a PhD in Linguistics and an integrated researcher at the Linguistics Research Center of NOVA University of Lisbon. She taught Portuguese Language and Culture for Foreigners at the same university and has collaborated in the assessment and implementation of the CAPLE (Centre for Evaluation of Portuguese as a Foreign Language) exams. Currently, she is coordinating the project “TERMVEST – The Clothing Terminology: European Portuguese version”, in partnership with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. As a linguist project manager for an international company, she has worked with issues of Portuguese phonology and Text-To-Speech technologies. Susana performs research work in lexicology, lexicography, and terminology, foreign language and language for specific purposes teaching and learning. Besides linguistic proofreading, she has experience and training in creative writing, screenwriting, and journalism. She is a former Portuguese L1 and L2 teacher for the Portuguese Ministry of Education.