Research output

Research output per year 2009 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022

• 26 Citations
• 2 h-index
• 18 Chapter
• 12 Article
• 10 Editorial
• 5 Book/Film/Article review
• 12 More
  • 4 Book
  • 2 Commissioned report
  • 2 Other report
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Conference article
  • 1 Review article
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  Formar professores para a investigação pedagógica: o caso do Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês no 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico em Portugal

  Translated title of the contribution: Training pre-service for pedagogic research: The case of the MA in Teaching English in Portuguese 1st Cycle educationMourão, S. & Vieira, F., 10 Jan 2022, In: Estreiadialogos. 6, 1&2, p. 15-33 17 p., 2.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • pedagogics 100%
  • student teacher 83%
  • basic education 54%
  • Teaching 42%
  • teacher 41%
  5 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  A challenging topic, format and genre: Interpreting a wordless picturebook in pre-primary English language teaching

  Mourão, S., 30 Jun 2021, Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education : International Perspectives on Language and Literature Learning. Ommundsen, Å. M., Haaland, G. & Kümmerling-Meibauer, B. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 59-78 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • English Language Teaching 100%
  • Learning English 33%
  • Data Collection 26%
  • Language Acquisition 22%
  • Empirical Study 21%

• Avaliação das Aprendizagens de Inglês no 1º CEB: Um Estudo em Portugal Continental

  Translated title of the contribution: Assessment in primary English education: A study in continental PortugalMoreira, M. A., Mourão, S., Leslie, C. & Monteiro, E., 18 Oct 2021, Lisboa: Universidade Nova de Lisboa. 75 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • Portugal 100%
  • Continental 95%
  • Escritas 93%
  • Escritos 88%
  • Disciplina 80%
  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Battling Against a Traditional Assessment Culture: The Case of Early English Learning in Portugal

  Mourão, S., Leslie, C., Moreira, M. A. & Monteiro, E., 31 Dec 2021, Current Research into Young FL and EAL Learners‘ Literacy Skills. Frisch, S. & Rymarczyk, J. (eds.). Berlin: Peter Lang Publishing Group, p. 141-164 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Portugal 100%
  • teacher 42%
  • learning 35%
  • education system 34%
  • language education 22%

• Demystifying the read-aloud

  Mourão, S. & Ellis, G., 1 Sep 2021, In: English Teaching Professional. 136, p. 22-25 4 p., 7.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • English Language Education 100%
  • Reading Aloud 75%
  • language education 59%
  • Clarity 51%
  • teacher 45%

• English as a foreign language in ECE: itinerant teachers of English and collaborative practices for an integrated approach

  Mourão, S., 2021, In: European Early Childhood Education Research journal. 29, 3, p. 455-471 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Language 94%
  • mutual trust 51%
  • teacher 49%
  • Portugal 48%
  • Policy Making 47%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Mapeando abordagens da formação inicial de professores de inglês no 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico em Portugal

  Translated title of the contribution: Mapping approaches to initial teacher education in Portuguese primary educationVieira, F., Mourão, S., Andrade, A. I., Cruz, M., Leslie, C., Orega, M. I., Pinho, A. S., Jorge, J., Silva, E. & Simões, A. R., 10 Dec 2021, Aveiro: Universidade de Aveiro. 68 p. (Cadernos do LabELing. Série temas; no. 1)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  Open Access

• Research into multilingual issues in ECEC contexts: proposing a transdisciplinary research field

  Alstad, G. T. & Mourão, S., 2021, In: European Early Childhood Education Research journal. 29, 3, p. 319-335 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access

• The ethical practices of collecting informed consent from child participants in action research projects

  Mourão, S., 10 May 2021, Ethical and Methodological Issues in Researching Young Language Learners in School Contexts. Pinter, A. & Kuchah, H. (eds.). Bristol: Channel View Publications, p. 223-243 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2020

  Martin Salisbury & Morag Styles - Children’s Picturebooks. The Art of Visual Storytelling (2nd edition): London: Laurence King Publishing, 2020, pp. 200. ISBN 978-1-78627-573-8

  Mourão, S., 30 May 2020, In: Children’s Literature in English Language Education Journal. 8, 1, p. 74-80 7 p., 6.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  205 Downloads (Pure)

• Teaching English to Pre-primary Children: Educating very young children

  Mourão, S. & Ellis, G., 2020, Peaslake: DELTA Publications. 250 p. (Delta Teacher Development Series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• 2019

  Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (Ed.) The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks: Review

  Mourão, S., 30 Nov 2019, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 7, 2, p. 1 - 5 5 p., 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

  Open Access

  File
  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Collaborative approaches to assessing progression in English in an early language learning initiative: A case study

  Mourão, S., 1 Jan 2019, Integrating Assessment into Early Language Learning and Teaching. Prošic-Santovac, D. & Rixon, S. (eds.). Bristol: Multilingual Matters, p. 122-139 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Progression 100%
  • Language Acquisition 98%
  • English Teachers 70%
  • English People 67%
  • Language Lessons 40%

• Integrating and emulating: Early english initiatives in Portugal

  Mourão, S., 18 Jan 2019, Early Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Pathways to Competence. Rokita-Jaśkow, J. & Ellis, M. (eds.). Multilingual Matters, p. 26-48 23 p. (Early Language Learning in School Contexts).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Early English 100%
  • Portugal 78%
  • Language Education Policy 32%
  • Early childhood Education 25%
  • early childhood education and care 20%

• Reflecting on the early years in the YLT SIG

  Mourão, S. (ed.), 15 Nov 2019, In: TEYLT worldwide. 2019, 2, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Research into the teaching of English as a foreign language in early childhood education and care

  Mourão, S. J., 2019, Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners. Garton, S. & Copland, F. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 425-440 15 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • early childhood education and care 100%
  • Teaching 33%
  • physical development 24%
  • emotional development 22%
  • holistic approach 21%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Response during picturebook read alouds in English as a foreign language

  Mourão, S., 6 Mar 2019, In: Teanga - Journal of the Irish Association of Applied Linguistics . 10, Special issue 10, p. 58-76 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • English as a Foreign Language 100%
  • Foreign Language Classroom 28%
  • teacher 27%
  • Language Teachers 24%
  • linguistics 21%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks: Book Review

  Mourão, S., 30 Nov 2019, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 7, 2, p. 1-5 5 p., 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  178 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  ELT as a Pluricultural Space: Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 30 Nov 2018, In: Children’s Literature in English Language Education Journal. 6, 2, p. ii - v 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• English Teaching in the Early Years: A research in Peru : report

  Mourão, S., 31 Mar 2018, British Council, Lima. 154 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Peru 100%
  • Teaching 41%
  • education 29%
  • Ministry of Education 20%
  • online survey 17%
  150 Downloads (Pure)

• Learning English (and other languages) in Portugal

  Mourão, S. & Lourenço, M., 15 Apr 2018, In: Language Issues. 28, 2, p. 53-55 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Play and Peer Interaction in a Low-Exposure Foreign Language-Learning Programme

  Mourão, S., 24 May 2018, Preschool Bilingual Education Agency in Interactions Between Children, Teachers, and Parents: Agency in Interactions Between Children, Teachers, and Parents. Schwartz, M. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 313-342 30 p. (Part of the Multilingual Education book series (MULT) ; vol. 25).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

  • interaction 55%
  • learning 40%
  • educator 18%
  • classroom 15%
  • Portugal 14%

• Playing in English: The emerging voices of pre-primary children in a foreign language context

  Mourão, S. J., Feb 2018, Voices from the TESOL Classroom: Participant Inquiries in Young Learner Classes. Copland, F. & Garton, S. (eds.). Maryland, Estados Unidos: TESOLPress, p. 67-76 9 p. (TESOL Voices).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • childhood 81%
  • language instruction 48%
  • European Policy 47%
  • Portugal 38%
  • European Commission 37%

• The Global Reach of Children’s Literature and ELT: from BANA Countries to the Majority World: Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 31 May 2018, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 6, 1, p. ii-vi 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  11 Downloads (Pure)

• The social and linguistic benefits of peer interaction in a foreign language-learning programme

  Mourão, S., 1 Oct 2018, Preschool Bilingual Education: Agency in Interactions between Children, Teachers, and Parents. Schwartz, M. (ed.). Cham: Springer, Vol. 25. p. 313- 342 29 p. (Multilingual Education).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • social benefits 100%
  • linguistics 59%
  • interaction 42%
  • learning 30%
  • educator 13%
• 2017

  A typology of title pages: A comparative analysis between Portugal and the United Kingdom

  Mayor, G. S. & Mourao, S., 2017, 5th International Conference on Illustration and Animation (CONFIA). Cunha, M. & Teixeira, P. M. (eds.). Guimaraes: IPCA - Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, p. 622-631 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • Title-page 100%
  • Portugal 76%
  • Comparative Analysis 75%
  • Children's Literature 60%
  • Kate Greenaway 56%

• Fractures and Disruptions in Children’s Literature.

  Ramos, A. M., Mourão, S. J. & Cortez, M. T., 30 Sep 2017, Cambridge : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 309 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • graduate 100%
  • literature 98%
  • Portugal 76%
  • Poland 72%
  • Norway 71%

• Intercultural Learning and Critical Literacy: There is No Single Story: Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 30 Nov 2017, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 5, 2, p. ii- iv 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Introduction

  Ramos, A. M., Mourão, S. & Cortez, M. T., 15 Aug 2017, Fractures and Disruptions in Children’s Literature. Ramos, A. M., Mourão, S. & Cortez, M. T. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 1-13 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Postmodernity 100%
  • Experimentalism 80%
  • Subversives 58%
  • Rupture 57%
  • Disruption 55%

• O livro como objeto: Bernardo Carvalho no papel de ilustrador-designer

  Translated title of the contribution: A book as object: Bernardo Carvalho and his role as illustrator-designerMourão, S. J., Jan 2017, Aproximações ao Livro-objeto: Das Potencialidades Criativas às Propostas de Leitura. Margarida Ramos, A. (ed.). Palmela: Tropelias e Companhia, p. 159-180 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Picturebooks in instructed foreign language learning contexts

  Mourão, S. J., Oct 2017, The Edinburgh Companion to Children’s Literature. Beauvais, C. & Nikolajeva, M. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 245-264 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • English language 98%
  • written word 51%
  • teacher 49%
  • language education 43%
  • learning 40%

• The Shapeshifting Nature of Children’s Literature for ELT: Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 30 May 2017, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 5, 1, p. ii - iv 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  2 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Cultural Identity in the Language Classroom: Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 31 May 2016, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 4, 1, p. ii - iv 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Early Language Learning in Pre-primary Education in Portugal: Report

  Mourão, S. & Ferreirinha, S., 30 Jun 2016, Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês. 18 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • primary education 100%
  • Portugal 96%
  • European Commission 57%
  • learning 33%
  • teachers' association 28%
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• ELT in early childhood education: from a trickling stream to a rushing river

  Mourão, S. J., Feb 2016, In: Children and Teenagers. 2016, 1, p. 15-19 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • river 100%
  • childhood 71%
  • Portugal 50%
  • experience 32%
  • education 32%

• Picturebooks in the Primary EFL Classroom: Authentic Literature for an Authentic Response

  Mourão, S. J., May 2016, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 4, 1, p. 25-43 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • classroom 100%
  • literature 79%
  • teacher 79%
  • experience 29%
  20 Downloads (Pure)

• The Journey

  Mourão, S. J., May 2016, In: Children’s Literature in English Language Education Journal. 4, 2, p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• The Journey: Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 30 Nov 2016, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 4, 2, p. ii - xi 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  1 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Discover with Dex 1 & 2: Student's Book & Teacher's Guide

  Mourão, S. J., 2015, London: Macmillan Education. 64 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • primary education 100%
  • teacher 41%
  • learning 33%
  • student 24%

• Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 30 May 2015, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 3, 2, p. ii-iii 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Editorial

  Mourão, S. & Bland, J., 30 Nov 2015, In: Children’s Literature in language Education journal (CLELEjournal). 3, 1, p. ii - iii 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  File
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• English in pre-primary: the challenges of getting it right

  Mourão, S., 2015, Teaching English to Young Learners: Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 year olds. Bland, J. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 51-70 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• English Learning Areas in pre-primary classrooms: an investigation of their effectiveness

  Mourão, S. J., Robinson, P. & Kang, N. J., 2015, London: British Council. 32 p. (ELT Research Papers 15.02)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • classroom 100%
  • teaching materials 98%
  • Teaching 81%
  • learning 64%
  • resources 41%
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Fostering affective responses to picturebooks in the young learner classroom

  Mourão, S. J., 31 Aug 2015, In: Humanising Language Teaching. 17, 4, p. online 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

• Response to picturebooks: A case for valuing children’s linguistic repertoires during repeated read alouds

  Mourão, S., 2015, Early Years Second Language Education: International Perspectives on Theories and Practice. Mourão, S. & Lourenço, M. (eds.). 1st Edition ed. London: Routledge, p. 62-77 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Young children 100%
  • Repertoire 87%
  • linguistics 62%
  • L2 Learning 58%
  • Education 56%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The potential of picturebooks with young learners

  Mourão, S., 2015, Teaching English to Young Learners.: Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 year olds. Bland, J. (ed.). 1st ed. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 199-218 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2014

  Taking play seriously in the pre-primary English classroom

  Mourão, S., 1 Jan 2014, In: ELT Journal. 68, 3, p. 254-264 11 p., ccu018.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • English Classroom 100%
  • classroom 32%
  • Child 26%
  • Learning 15%
  • Language 10%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Picturebook: Object of Discovery

  Mourão, S., 30 Sep 2013, Children’s Literature in Second Language Education. Bland, J. & Lütge, C. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 71-94 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Picturebooks for old and young

  Mourão, S., 1 Jan 2013

  Research output: Other contribution

• Planeta Tangerina: an editorial concept that pushes boundaries

  Mourão, S., 1 Jan 2013, Beyond the Book: Transforming Children’s Literature. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 210-221

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter