Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada (CLA)

Study Abroad Conference Lleida 2026 May 18th and 19th, 2026 - Lleida (Spain)

📢 Call for Papers open!
#Learning through #Mobility: #Linguistic & #Intercultural Insights from #StudyAbroad 
🗓️ May 18–19, 2026 
 📍Universitat de Lleida
🔑 N. Tracy-Ventura & M. Howard. 
Submit here⬇️

The ENIS project has officially ended ✨ At the final seminar in Brussels, J. Borràs & team shared the network’s research outlets📊 BUT the network will continue as an association 🎉 Judith will get it started 🚀 Want to join? Comment below!

🚨Join us next Thursday, October 16th at 12:00 for the next #CLAminari!
1️⃣ Xavier Martín-Rubio & Laia Lacasa-Cervelló
2️⃣ Alexandra Vraciu
📍Room 1.18, Rectorat, @udl.cat 
👉Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyDIaOSNu40WP40dMakqqGWiVUW9HBfryU9cxXeyxdR-xiTA/viewform

🚨New policy brief! Building #Intercultural_Competence & #Global_Citizenship through Mobility Programmes (Co-authored by J. Borràs) ➡️ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394009343_Building_Intercultural_Competence_and_Global_Citizenship_through_Mobility_Programmes#fullTextFileContent

Back in Paris 🇫🇷 for a few days, F. Baills conducted the workshop on #gesture_annotation using #ELAN 🖥️ The session was part of #Real2Phon2025 🔊 Methods and tools in #L2 #phonology #phonetics interactions
👉 real2phon2025.sciencesconf.org

The 3rd #ENIS Summer School 🌞📚 was successfully organised with the support of J. Borràs, who also presented one of her latest projects alongside Robert Valls-Figuera 👩‍💻👨‍💻 We look forward to learning more about the outcomes of this TRALS project! ✨

🎉 Congras to E. Arnó & M. Aguilar! Their project #IMMERLIT has been accepted🙌 It will explore ways to enhance students’ #disciplinary_literacies using #immersive learning environments in #English for #Specific_Purposes contexts. Looking forward to the outcomes!📚💡

🔥 CLA Hot Topics #3 🔥 “I speak English with a Catalan accent. Is that a problem?” 🤔 What’s your view? 🗨️ Reply to the thread and share your perspective!

🌍📚 New publication alert!  “Additional language learning and use in a multilingual study abroad context” by Àngels Llanes ✈️💬 The study examines AL acquisition in a multilingual setting by reporting the development in English, Spanish and Catalan. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103819

Last week, E. Arnó joined the 10th #LSPHE25 Conference 🎓 at the Uni. of Belgrade with a workshop (with M. Tzoannopoulou) on #COIL & #blendedmobility #BIP🌍🤝 and a plenary on #LSP and challenges of #academic & #professional #communication in digitalised environments💻

Last week, J. M. Cots, G. Vázquez & A. Llanes took part in the #BAAL25 Annual Conference 🎓 at the University of Glasgow, presenting: ✨ “A failed #bilingual experience? Local majority languages & #English in #studyabroad contexts in non-Anglophone Europe” 🌍

Today at #CLAMINARI we hosted Dr. Zeynep Köylü (Basel Universität) with her talk “Debunking the #StudyAbroad Myth: The Truth About Language Immersion Contexts” 🎓🌍💡 A very engaging and enlightening session! 🙌 Thank you so much, Zeynep, for sharing your expertise💛

🚨Next #CLAMINARI is coming up next week!
🗣️Zeynep Köylü (Basel Universität)
💥Debunking the Study Abroad Myth: The Truth About Language Immersion Contexts
🗓️9 Sept
⏰12h
📍Universitat de Lleida
🔗https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGmxvikFbb6cPhwsozcryd_YpD5DcToLN6kAOsIrOCjgkHXQ/viewform?usp=header

🌀 Back in session! Today we held the first online meeting of #CLA to kick off the academic year ✨Great to reconnect after the summer 🌞… many plans in motion, many ideas on the table, and as always, a lot to look forward to together 💡🚀🤝

We’re back from summer break! 🌍📚 Ready to share updates on our latest publications, conferences, seminars and all things related to our research group #CLA

🎉 The 2024-25 academic year comes to an end! Thank you for following our research: publications, conferences, events, courses, and projects. 🌞 Time to rest, recharge, and enjoy the summer. We’ll be back in September with more research and fresh energy to share!

S. López Serrano y J. Borràs reflect on the future of #written_feedback at university: human or #AI? ✅ AI helps with quick fixes, but ✅human feedback brings context, empathy & depth.The key? A hybrid model combining the best of both worlds 👉 https://shorturl.at/zqdUJ

🎤 La Montse Irun ha fet una xerrada inspiradora a Ice-Udl : El professorat del futur: Humans i IA caminant junts 💭 Reflexions sobre com la IA ens fa repensar l’aprenentatge i l’avaluació. Cal preparar els futurs docents per fer-ne un bon ús!

Almost the end of July but CLA doen’t stop! 💥 Florence Baills presented at #ISGS2025 (Gesture Society) her poster "Exploring future Spanish as a foreign #language_teachers' use of #gesture for #prosodic instruction"➡️there’s room for training to boost impact!🚀

📢 New chapter out! “#LanguageTeacher #Nativeness/#Nonnativeness” by Enric Llurda & Júlia Calvet-Terré in the Handbook of Language Teacher Education 📚 A systematic review (2010-2020) on a key topic 👉 https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-031-47310-4_5

La coordinadora del #CLA, Maria Sabaté Dalmau, ha intervingut al programa La Selva (@som3cat) per parlar sobre l’acte polèmic contra el #català a l’Ajuntament de Barcelona📢 Imprescindible! https://www.3cat.cat/3cat/maria-sabate-dalmau-el-catala-no-es-una-llengua-de-segona/video/6349618/

📢 New article of #CLA members Diet-Boté, Moncada-Comas & Martin-Rubió in Iberica Journal: Enhancing Genre Pedagogy and Teacher Wellbeing in ESP" 📰 They reflect on how #ActionResearch can boost both #genre teaching & teacher #wellbeing in ESP contexts: https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-2784.49.19

Dilluns, l’@enricllurda.bsky.social‬, la Montse Irun i la @judith-borras.bsky.social ‬van representar el CLA a la jornada ICE 2025. Gràcies per l’organització! Tant de bo cada any sorgeixin iniciatives com aquesta que connectin el coneixement docent lleidatà amb la recerca feta a la @udl.cat‬

📅 July 1–2, 2025: @maastrichtu.bsky.social‬ with @openuniversity.bsky.social‬
 hosts a symposium on contested #LanguagePolicies in European #HigherEd🎤 CLA member @mariasabatedalmau.bsky.social shared insights on internationalisation, #EMI Policies and classroom challenges from Southern Europe

🔥 CLA Hot Topics #2 🔥 Is going abroad always good for language learning? 🤔 What’s your take? 🌍🗣️ 🗨️ Join the conversation: reply to the thread and share your insights! Whether you're a CLA member or just language-curious, we want to hear from you.

🎤 Excited to share our CLA presentations for the upcoming #AELFE conference (@aelfe.bsky.social‬) organized by GRAPE at @uji.es‬! In our contributions, we explore cutting-edge research on #ESP and #EMI, so don't miss them! 👇

Unveiling the Motivational Tapestry: A Duoethnographic Journey Into two ESP Teachers’ Motivation in Higher Education | The Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning Unveiling the Motivational Tapestry: A Duoethnographic Journey Into two ESP Teachers’ Motivation in Higher Education Keywords: complexity theory, duoethnography, English for Specific Purposes, language teacher motivation Abstract Teacher motivation has only recently been explored in relation to hi...

🚨@irati-db.bsky.social‬ & @balbinamc.bsky.social‬ published a #duoethnography on #TeacherMotivation through a #complexity lens in the J. for the Psychology of Language Learning (@iapll.bsky.social‬) 🌀👩‍🏫 (it's open access!) 👇

🎓 Excited to share that our Maria Sabate Dalmau will present at the Contested Language Policies symposium, 1–2 July @ Maastricht University! 📚🔹 Questioned Internationalisation & English-language policies in Southern Europe https://tinyurl.com/ContestedLanguagePolicies

Judith Borràs (@judith-borras.bsky.social‬) participated in the 3rd #ENIS conference in Iași, Romania, on #InternationalStudentMobility 🌍. During the conference, she presented different papers 📄 and was invited to a special "spotlight" session 💡🎤

Eternally grateful for the life choices that have led me to become part of the ENIS Cost Action 💙

I think I'll need some time to recover emotionally 🥲, but I'm already looking forward to the next #ENIS event 🙃