Priscila Fabiane Farias is a professor at the Teaching Methodologies Department in the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Brazil. She teaches courses which involve teacher professional development in EFL contexts. Her main research interests include Critical Pedagogy, Task Based Language Teaching, and Foreign Language Teacher Professional Development. She holds a master's degree and a PhD in language studies and her most recent publications focus on the use of tasks as pedagogical tools for English as a Foreign Language learning and critical awareness development.