Balbina Moncada Comas
Balbina Moncada (MA in TESOL, Univeristy of Westminster and PhD in English Philology, UdL) is an assistant Professor of English for Specific Purposes at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) at the Department of Theory & History of Architecture and Technical Communication and has been a member of the research group Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada (CLA) […]
Irati Diert Boté
Irati Diert-Boté holds a bachelor’s degree in English Studies and a master’s degree in Applied Languages, both by the University of Lleida, and has been a member of CLA since 2016. In 2021, she defended her doctoral thesis entitled An exploration of English language learners’ emotions and beliefs in a Catalan context: Insights from self-reported […]
Vasi Mocanu
Vasi Mocanu is currently a Lecturer of Catalan Language and Culture at the University of Salamanca. She has been a member of the Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada since 2014. Vasi became a PhD in 2019 and her thesis A Mixed Methods Approach to Identity, Investment, and Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Case of Erasmus […]
Maria Sabaté Dalmau
Maria Sabaté-Dalmau (MA in Linguistic Anthropology, UofT; BA, MA and PhD in English Philology, UAB) is Associate professor at the University of Lleida, where she conducts critical sociolinguistic ethnographic research on mobility, multilingualism, and transnational linguistic practices and identities in institutional and non-institutional settings. She is President of the Catalan Sociolinguistics Society of the Institute […]
Sònia Mas-Alcolea
Sònia Mas-Alcolea is a lecturer in the Department of English and German Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). She obtained her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Lleida in 2017. She is also a member of the CLA (Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada) research team, and her work, which adopts a […]
Xavier Martin-Rubió
Xavier Martin-Rubió holds bachelor degrees in English Philology and Audiovisual Communication from Universitat de Lleida, and a master’s degree in European Studies by Maastricht Universiteit and University of Portsmouth. He defended his doctoral dissertation, entitled “Identity construction in 2 bilingual communities: clashing nationalist discourses”, in April 2011. He worked as an English teacher in a […]
Guzmán Mancho-Barés
Guzman Mancho-Barés His professional career started at University of Alcala in 1994, where he read his Phd in 2002. His doctoral research dealt with the discourse analysis of the Ormulum homilies written in ca. 1200. He also took the Master’s programme in E-learning: ICT application in education and instruction at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya […]
Àngels Llanes
Àngels Llanes received her PhD at the Universitat de Barcelona and is currently a lecturer at the Universitat de Lleida, Spain. Her research mostly focuses on the role of age and learning context (study abroad, study at home and summer camps) on L2 development. Her current interests also include the effects language integrated learning and […]
Montse Irun Chavarria
Montse Irun Chavarria got a degree in English Philology at the University of Barcelona in 1985 and a master degree in teaching and learning English at the University Autònoma of Barcelona in 1994. Since 1985 she has been a secondary school teacher for the Catalan Education Department and a senior teacher since 2008. In 1995 […]
Josep M. Cots
Josep-Maria Cots is professor of English and applied linguistics in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lleida, where he teaches courses in pragmatics, discourse analysis, intercultural communication, multilingual education, and English language. His research focuses on applied discourse analysis, foreign language teaching and learning, multilingualism, and intercultural competence. He adopts a qualitative approach […]