Ana Rita de Sousa Aguiar Carrilho

Ana Rita de Sousa Aguiar Carrilho serves as Assistant Professor at the Department of Letters, Universidade da Beira Interior. She holds leadership positions including President of the Department of Letters and Director of LabCom - Comunicação e Artes research unit. Her teaching focuses on Portuguese language instruction for non-native speakers across multiple proficiency levels (A1-C1) and linguistics courses including Phonetics, Syntax, and Discourse Analysis.

Research interests center on Portuguese language pedagogy, linguistic policies in Lusophone countries, and discourse studies. She coordinates numerous language courses for international students and develops curriculum for Portuguese as a Foreign Language programs.