Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada (CLA)

The proceedings of EPI8 are now available in open access: 🔗 hal.science/hal-05309539

The volume includes a contribution by Xavier Martin-Rubió titled🗣️ "Fluency in spontaneous description versus story-reading: Learner performance and views"

📢 El 4/12 a les 18h, @socs.iec.cat celebra “Sinergies de recerca VI”. @enricllurda.bsky.social  presentarà “Evolució de les ideologies lingüístiques en la formació del futur professorat d’anglès des d’una perspectiva ELF” (Elfing project).
🔗 + info: https://goo.su/bBQbd

📢 GLOCALSA project has released two datasets in the @udl.cat repository:
🔹 IT Infrastructure: https://dataverse.csuc.cat/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34810/data2628
🔹 Question Set: https://dataverse.csuc.cat/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.34810/data2679
➕info in the “Description” field

🎉 Thank you for another excellent #CLAMINARI...Yesterday’s talk by Ïo Valls on “The use of #virtualreality to enhance young students’ public #speakingskills & #selfconfidence” was truly insightful 🙌 Lively and enriching discussion ✨A big thank-you to everyone who joined us! 🤝

Colleagues from #AVTIA (https://avtia.ro/) presented their project on #inclusive #audiovisualtranslation 📽️ at @SmartCityexpo in Barcelona. Their participation was possible thanks to research group #TRACTE at @uvic-ucc.cat (https://mon.uvic.cat/tracte/es/) and Xarxa AccessCat

🎤 Upcoming #CLAMINARI
🗣️ Invited speaker: Ïo Valls (@IoRates) from University of South Denmark 
💡 Title: The use of #virtualreality to enhance young students’ public #speakingskills and #selfconfidence
🕛 Time: 12h 
💻 Online 
🔗 Link: https://shorturl.at/GfdK2
Don’t miss it!🌟

4/4 In “Is the Development of #Vocabulary in Spanish (L2) possible after a Study Abroad Experience in a Multilingual Environment?”, @angelsllanes.bsky.social & @gloriavazquez.bsky.social show a reduction in non-Spanish vocabulary use post-SA 📉🗣️, with a slight rise in semantic proximity errors

3/4 In “Critical Reflection and #Ideological Development among English Studies BA Students” 🎓💡, @enricllurda.bsky.social & @alfonso-sa.bsky.social examined how students’ #beliefs about English, #native-speaker norms, and their future roles as teachers evolve throughout their BA

2/4 In “Written Skills Development through the #Erasmus Programme”✍️🌍, @judith-borras.bsky.social & Thais Mena discussed the measures that show improvement in writing as a result of a semester of study abroad

Several members of the CLA presented at #AEDEAN25 (
@aedeaninfo.bsky.social) at UPV-EHU! Their research explored #language_learning, #study_abroad, and #critical_reflection in pre-service English language teachers. Here’s a quick thread 🧵⬇️

🔥 CLA Hot Topics #5 🔥 “Should generative AI be allowed in language teaching and learning?” 🤖💬

What’s your take? 🤔🗨️ Reply to the thread and share your opinion!

🌏 Àngels Llanes was invited to the 🎓 23rd Conference on International Exchange of Professionals (Shanghai) and the🏛️ Global Alliance of Foreign Studies Universities (Hangzhou) to share how learners acquire multiple foreign languages while studying abroad in multilingual environments💬

4/4 Yasemin Bayyurt's presentation focused on the integration of #English as a Lingua Franca (#ELF) and #DisciplinaryLiteracies in #HigherEducation in English as a Medium of Instruction (#EMI) contexts🌍📚

3/4 @enricllurda.bsky.social's talk, “The #Englishization of academic institutions in the Expanding Circle” examined critically the role of English in #HigherEducation🗣️ 🏫🌐

2/4 @enricllurda.bsky.social & Yasemin Bayyurt delivered guest lectures at Eastern Mediterranean University (Magosa/Famagusta)🎓on the theme of "#Critical approaches to #Teaching Disciplines through #English in #HigherEducation" 💡📚

1/4 @enricllurda.bsky.social presented at “#Multilingual Pedagogies and Inclusive Practices in #Language Teaching and Learning” conference (Nicosia, Cyprus) a study on challenging #monolingual and #native-speakerist orientations in an MA in English language teaching in Catalonia🎓🌍✍️

💻🌍 Vols descobrir com la cultura influeix en la manera com interactuem amb la tecnologia? No et perdis el webinar “El factor cultural en la interacció persona-ordinador” amb el Dr. Sergio Sayago (@udl.cat)

🗓️ 11 de novembre de 2025
🕖 19:00–20:00
❗️ Inscripció gratuïta

🎬@florencebaills.bsky.social will share at #APTIS25, on behalf of the #AVTIA team of the UdL, a pedagogical proposal to equip teachers/students with the skills to teach and learn inclusive practices through #audiovisual #translation and #subtitling for the #deaf & hard of hearing💻

Information Página web de Language Research and Education in Fluid Times: The Rise of Adaptive Competencies (TISLID'26)

📢 CFP!
The research group ATLAS (@@uneduniv.bsky.social) announces the CFP for the International Conference TISLID26 – Research and Language Education in Fluid Times: The Rise of Adaptive Competences 🌍 https://multiweb.uned.es/w45989/home

📅 April 22–24, 2026 | Úbeda (Spain)
📝 Deadline: Dec 15, 2025

We’re happy for Marta Aguilar and Elisabet Arnó, who today had the kick-off meeting for their new project: Developing #Disciplinary_Literacies through #Immersive Environments in #English for Specific Purposes (IMMER-LIT)📚🖥️ Exciting times ahead for this amazing team! 🤝🌐

📢🎉 Big news! @isgscatalonia.bsky.social is here — the new hub of the International Society of #Gesture Studies in Catalonia! 👏 Huge congrats to @florencebaills.bsky.social on joining the committee with colleagues from 4 other universities. 🌍 Open to all researchers and students!

Ahir vam tenir el plaer d’escoltar la Nuria Gómez Belart en la xerrada “Llenguatge clar en entorns digitals: Estratègies per optimitzar la comunicació institucional amb la ciutadania”, organitzada pel Màster en Llengua i Comunicació Digital de la @udl.cat 💬✨

Navigating Disciplinary Literacies in English-Medium Higher Education: Insights from Lecturers, Students, and Professional Developers This collection offers a holistic overview of disciplinary literacies (DLs) in English-medium higher education (EME), with chapters employing a wide range of methodological approaches and data sources to illustrate the importance of a focus on DLs in facilitating positive outcomes for student learning. The volume puts explicit emphasis on DLs within the context of EME, here understood as the skills and resources necessary for developing complex disciplinary knowledge, particularly in light of in

📢 New publication alert! 🎉 G. Mancho-Barés, S. Khan & A. Vraciu just released the chapter ✨ A #plurilingual #genre-based approach to #academicwriting: Guidelines for disciplinary-oriented #teachertraining in #HE 📚

🔍 New chapter! #Native_speakerism in #Catalan private #language_schools: Recruiters’ perspectives by J. Calvet-Terré & E. Llurda ➡️ Recruiters still favor native speakers 🤔 🔗 https://surl.li/wioeff

📢 CLA community managers (I. Diert-Boté & B. Moncada-Comas) ran a training session on social media use for teachers of the MA in Language & Digital Communication 🙌 We hope participants found it useful and are ready to put ideas into practice!
#TeacherTraining

🎓 Today we celebrated the 6th #Claminari! 🌟
with 2 inspiring talks:
🔹Xavier Martin & Laia Lacasa explored the challenges and possibilities of adopting a #translanguaging approach in high school 🗣️ 
🔹Alexandra Vraciu shared insights on #peer_observation in #ELT 👀 
So thought-provoking! 💬✨

🚨New Publication
📘Dismantling the #NativeSpeaker Construct in #English Language #Teaching (@routledgebooks), edited by E. Llurda, is out now! 👏
👉First chapter by Llurda is FREE to access: Bringing down the wall of #nativespeakerism
🔗 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003427537

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