However, the bilingual reading disabled children had significantly higher scores than the monolingual English speaking reading disabled children on the English pseudo word-reading test and the English spelling task, perhaps reflecting a positive transfer from the more regular grapheme phoneme conversion rules of Portuguese. (Da Fontoura & Siegel, 1995, p
It is suggested that some of the linguistic facts are also better explained by a creole or creole-like history. The case is not conclusive, but the weight of evidence tends to support a creole-like origin for popular BP (Guy, 1981)
To know one language is also to know its varieties. Varieties are not ugly or beautiful, right or wrong, good or bad, elegant or inelegant; they are simply different (Massini-Cagliari, 2004)
In the words of Pedro Lapa, "Ever since his first conceptual works desire has been his central theme. Desire seen as a circular movement with no end, preceding social codes underlying any representational concept and becoming his very production" (Lapa 15)
Such dynamic continuity refers to the process of reforms based on previous mistakes and experience. This was achieved through balancing actions and using new tools and strategies to adapt to new situations and environments (Cook, 2006)
It is evident that reforms in public administration are difficult and characterized by challenges. The process of reformation begins commenced with the adoption of the Intercalary Planning and the preparation of the Plan, which orchestrated the development of an administrative reform team with unquestionable integrity (Menzel & White, 2011)
Moreover, the professionals lacked the capacity to execute their responsibilities. As a result, it established an environment suitable for the creation of a new form of public administration (Nagel, 2010)
Therefore, the state abandoned execution and planning and transformed into a posteriori regulating the behavior of key actors. This strategy influenced the reforms in the State, including areas of crucial sovereign positions such as prisons, police and justice (Raadschelders, 2008)
The UK is the biggest market in Europe, worth 18.7% of the industry's total value (Dijkhof, 2013)
Portugal has a very small share of the market, projecting out to $2.5 billion in 2017 (Roales, 2013)