A course designed to permit visiting scholars, or existing staff, to offer postgraduate level courses in particular areas of specialization that do not already figure in the programme. The topic and content of the course will vary from year to year depending on the availability of specialized staff. Examples of topics that might be offered include: Testing in Portuguese as a Foreign Language, Technology in the Portuguese Foreign Language Class, Interactional Sociolinguistics in Portuguese, Clinical Linguistics applications in Portuguese as a Foreign Language, Patuá – the Creole Portuguese Language of Macao, Computational Linguistics Applications, etc.

CILO-1: Identify and discuss a specific topic on language studies. CILO-2: Define constructs and concepts of that related topic. CILO-3: Discuss principles and methodology of a specific topic.