I. SHAKESPEARE AMONG US

Foreword and Presentation
João Almeida Flor 9

A Sedução de Cleópatra
Catherine Belsey 11

Now Hold It! I'm not a Character in one of Shakespeare's Plays
Álvaro L. A. Pina 31

Fortunes and Fortuna in "The Merchant of Venice"
Filomena Mesquita39

"There is no Offence in an Allowed Fool" Reapraisal of the Disruptive Carnivalesque in Shakespeare's Commedies
Maria Filomena Louro 49

Shakespeare em Sena
João Almeida Flor55

"Hamlet" e "Nuns and Soldiers" de Iris Murdoch
Marijke Boucherie Mendes 63

Teologia e o Poder da Palavra: o Desafio Renascentista
Maria João Pires 75

Uma Reflexão sobre "Richard II": a Play upon Words
Margarida Bettencourt 83

II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE UNIVERSITY

Nota de Apresentção
Maria Helena Paiva Correia 97

Literary Translation in the Curriculum
João Almeida Flor 99

A Hands-On Approach to Translation
Maria Luísa Falcão 103

Teaching English to Advanced Students using the Literary Text
Maria Salomé Machado 111

Possible Worlds
David Allan Prescott 115

Discovering and Encouraging the Students' Learning Style
Eduarda Melo Cabrita e Isabel Mealha 123

Virtual Teaching
Joaquim Nascimento 139

Get Rhythm: Exploring the Problems of Student Writing Patterns
John Elliott 145

Writing Skills
Olga Bottino 159

That Other Language
Stephen Fordham 171

This English
António Cartaxo 183

Cultural Competence and Intercultural-Meditation Competence
Vicky Hartnack 199

Utopian Views in the Communicative Approach to Foreign Language Teaching
Manuel Gomes da Torre 213

Approaching the Language of Music in Conversation Skills
Albertina Trindade Gonçalves Matos 223

Cross-Cultural References in Short Stories
Maria Emília Fonseca 229

Which came first: the Teacher or the Student? English Didactic and Teacher Development
Tom Grigg 235