Research interests and groups

Sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. Currently, her lines of research include qualitative studies and mixed methods on:

  • Ideologies and language practices in multilingual and multicultural contexts, 
  • Language teaching, acquisition and learning in multilingual, multicultural and internationalized contexts. 
  • Transcultural competence in internationalized educational contexts and stays abroad. 

She has also researched processes of reading literary texts in a foreign language, as well as the use of technology in language learning and teaching contexts. Her two most recent research projects are: 

    

Principal researcher of GREILI-UPF (Research Group on Intercultural Spaces, Languages and Identities) and researcher of the consolidated research group ALLENCAM (Acquisition of Languages from the Multilingual Catalonia). As a member of ALLENCAM, she has been a member of the funded MULTILINGUA Network (2022-2024). She was also a member of COST ACTIONS SAREP (Study Abroad in European Perspective) network (2016-2020) and ENIS (European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice) network (2021-2025). She is one of the promoters and members of the new research network ICLHE 2024-2027 ("Internationalization and Multilingualism: Strategies of Integration of Contents and Languages in Higher Education") funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

 

PhD theses: Supervision

Thesis on Artificial Intelligence and learning EFL in secondary school classrooms with migrant students of diverses backgrounds in Catalonia. LAIA AIXALÀ PÀMIES. (In progress). 

Construction of linguistic identity through code choice and code-switching: A case study of plurilingual Italian migrants of diverse backgrounds in Catalonia. ALESSIA MURGI. (In progress).

EFL self-concept at a highly internationalized university: a mixed-methods study of profiles, Plurilingual and Pluricultural competence, EFL anxiety and the EMI context. SOCORRO IBÁÑEZ MIRALLES DE IMPERIAL. 17/12/2024. Cum laude.

The development of transcultural competence in a multicultural and multilingual university classroom: A case study from a social interaction perspective. ANDREANA PASTENA. 08/04/2022. Cum laude.

Negotiating interactions and addressing communication breakdowns in foreign language
telecollaborative projects through videoconferencing. YORDANKA CHIMEVA. 30/06/2021. Cum laude.

Trayectorias de identidad acadèmica en el contexto del Trabajo por proyectos: un estudio de caso. CELIA ESQUERRA LOBATO. 14/12/2020. Cum laude.

Exploring the intercultural competences of High School students: A case study of traditional
classroms in a minimal-cultural-gap context. HILTRUD AWAD. 07/10/2019.

Les actituds lingüístiques dels immigrants panjabis adults a Catalunya. IMANOL LARREA MENDIZABAL. 03/03/2017. Cum laude.

The study of intercultural adaptation and the development of intercultural sensitivity of
Catalan/Spanish university students during study abroad. IRYNA POGORELOVA. 19/12/2016. Cum laude.

El barrio multicultural en el discurso periodístico informativo. Análisis del mensaje y su recepción por
parte de un grupo de adolescentes del barrio de Raval de Barcelona. LARISSA TRISTAN JIMÉNEZ. (Co-direction with Miquel Rodrigo). 25/01/2016. Cum laude.

Enseñar inglés a futuros maestros mediante el chat pedagógico: estudio de la reparación y las
estrategias comunicativas e interactivas entre aprendices de la lengua. ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ SOLA. 01/06/2014. (Co-direction with Cristina Escobar). Cum laude.

 

Scientific committee

Treballs de Sociolingüística Catalana.

TEISL Journal (Tecnologías para la investigación en segundas lenguas).

Research Projects

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