This article is about the role of a foreign teacher in teaching Portuguese as a foreign language. It tells the experience of two Brazilian Portuguese teachers in the non–immersion context in the city of Bogota. It is a configuration of the proles of both the student and the teacher engaged in the teaching and learning processes of Portuguese, bearing in mind the cultural relevance of the language teaching, as it is part of the construction of identity of Brazilians as important part of their nation.