Gr@el (Grup de Recerca en Aprenentatge i Ensenyament de Llengües) brings together research in the field of applied linguistics, language learning and didactics. The group works with diverse languages (Catalan, Spanish, English, German, French), as well as in multiple contexts (mother tongue, foreign language, environmental language, Spanish language, multilingualism, etc.), levels (beginners, advanced learners) or social groups (children, teenagers, adults, etc.). The group also focuses on both formal learning in school contexts and on informal learning in leisure or vernacular contexts. Its main research areas are:
- Analysis and review of various approaches and proposals for language teaching and learning
- Description and analysis of the learning processes in the classroom
- Analysis of classroom discourses
- Analysis and review of analog and digital educational materials for formal learning
- Documentation, description and analysis of vernacular and school literacy practices
- Description of academic genres and analysis of their related teaching practices
- Introduction of ICT in language teaching