Joan C. Mora [contact: [email protected]]
I am associate professor in the department of Modern Languages and Literatures and English Studies in University of Barcelona (UB), Spain. My research has examined the role of contextual and individual factors in the development of L2 speech and oral fluency, and the acquisition of L2 phonology. I am a member of the GRAL research group currently investigating the effects of age, proficiency and cognitive differences in in- and out-of-school exposure, with a focus on undubbed subtitled videos, on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. I also coordinate the L2 Speech Research Group, a group of researchers investigating the acquisition of second language (L2) speech in all of its perceptual and productive dimensions. You can access our website HERE. We meet regularly once every 5-6 weeks to discuss research in the acquisition of L2 speech. My current research interests focus on the role of input in bilingual phonological acquisition and the effect of individual differences in cognitive ability on L2 speech learning. My interests also include phonetic training methods, the teaching of English pronunciation to Spanish/Catalan learners of English, and the development of L2 phonological awareness in SLA.
I am associate professor in the department of Modern Languages and Literatures and English Studies in University of Barcelona (UB), Spain. My research has examined the role of contextual and individual factors in the development of L2 speech and oral fluency, and the acquisition of L2 phonology. I am a member of the GRAL research group currently investigating the effects of age, proficiency and cognitive differences in in- and out-of-school exposure, with a focus on undubbed subtitled videos, on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. I also coordinate the L2 Speech Research Group, a group of researchers investigating the acquisition of second language (L2) speech in all of its perceptual and productive dimensions. You can access our website HERE. We meet regularly once every 5-6 weeks to discuss research in the acquisition of L2 speech. My current research interests focus on the role of input in bilingual phonological acquisition and the effect of individual differences in cognitive ability on L2 speech learning. My interests also include phonetic training methods, the teaching of English pronunciation to Spanish/Catalan learners of English, and the development of L2 phonological awareness in SLA.
Miren Adrian [contact: [email protected]]
I hold a BA in English Studies from the University of the Basque Country and an MA in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts from the University of Barcelona. I’m currently a first year PhD student at the UB under the supervision of Dr. Joan Carles Mora. My PhD thesis aims at exploring L2 vocabulary growth and its effect on the development of L2 phonology in a FL context. This PhD is part of the research project “Pronunciation and phono-lexical representations in Spanish EFL learners: Assessing the benefits of phonetic training and form-focused instructed SLA (PhonLex-iSLA)” led by Dr. Joan Carles Mora. Among my research interests are pronunciation training methods, classroom-research, individual differences that may affect L2 speech acquisition, and anything related to ASR apps.
Cristina Aliaga Garcia [contact: [email protected]]
I am a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Barcelona (UB). I have been teaching English Phonetics and Phonology to Catalan-Spanish speakers at UB since 2009, and I worked as a pre-doctoral full-time researcher from 2004 to 2008. The title of my dissertation is “Effects of audiovisual auditory vs. articulatory training on the perception and production of Second Language Vowels”, and it is supervised by Dr. Joan C. Mora (UB). The design of the training experiment was also guided by Dr. Paul Iverson and Dr. Valerie Hazan during my four-month stay at the Speech & Hearing Research department from University College of London (UCL) in 2008. My work aims at comparing the effects of different phonetic training methods on L2 vowel perception and production, and seeks to make a contribution to EFL teaching practices in the Catalan-Spanish FI context. Results from this research have been presented at several international conferences and appear in several publications. My current research focuses on the effects of perception and production visual training on learners’ L2 speech learning. Other research interests include the acquisition of English vowels by native speakers of Catalan/Spanish and individual factors in L2 speech perception and production, such as phonological short-term memory.
Gonzalo Bermejo [contact: [email protected]]
I did my BA in Physics at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB, 2009). I am currently studying English Studies also at UB. I have assisted in language revision in scientific papers in Physics and Molecular Biology. I am interested in anything having to do with English Phonetics, Shakespeare plays, French language and US History.
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Eva Cerviño Povedano [contact: [email protected]]
I am a teacher and researcher at the University of Barcelona. I teach English phonetics and phonology levels 1 and 2, and I am a member of the GRAL research group (www.ubgral.com). I have an MA in Applied Linguistics and Acquisition of Languages in Multilingual Contexts from the University of Barcelona. I am currently doing my PhD thesis, Phonological short-term and L2 vowel cue-weighting, supervised by Dr. Joan C. Mora. My work aims at designing reliable tests of PSTM with bilingual populations and investigating the possible relationship between this cognitive ability and learners’ perception of English vowel contrasts in a native-like manner. Other research interests include individual factors that might influence L2 speech perception and production, such as acoustic memory, attention control, age of L2 learning onset, L2 input quality and L2 experience among others.
Josh Frank [contact: [email protected]]
I am pursuing my PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Barcelona (UB) under the supervision of Dr. Joan Carles Mora. I received my MA in Applied Linguistics in 2020 from the UB. My MA thesis explored the effects of group differences in auditory selective attention and auditory attention switching on L2 vowel perception and production within sessions of high-variability phonetic training. My PhD thesis will look to expand on this knowledge by examining the relationship of individual differences in auditory and cognitive processes with L2 vowel perception and production before and after phonetic training using aptitude-by-treatment paradigm. I previously received a BA and MA in Chemistry from the City University of New York. My interests include the role of cognitive ability, for example, auditory selective attention and auditory attention switching, and auditory processing on L2 speech perception and production learning, and the effects of phonetic training methods with Spanish/Catalan native learners of English.
Valeria Galimberti [contact: [email protected]]
I am a PhD student in Applied Linguistics at the University of Barcelona working under the supervision of Dr. Joan Carles Mora and Dr. Roger Gilabert. I hold an MA in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts from the UB (2016), and an MA in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Milan (2018). During my postgraduate studies, I have conducted research in lower-secondary schools investigating L2 vocabulary acquisition with multimodal input and the use of form-focused production tasks. My current research focuses on L2 input-enhancement and task design in pronunciation teaching.
Núria Gavaldà Ferré [contact: [email protected]]
I hold a BA in English Studies at Universitat de Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, 2006), an MA in Phonetics (University College London, 2007), an MA in Forensic Linguistics (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012) and a PhD in Linguistic Communication and Multilingual Mediation (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2013). I have taught English phonetics and English linguistics courses at several universities such as Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and I am currently a full-time lecturer at Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR). My main research interests are L2 speech acquisition and forensic phonetics and linguistics, in particular, the study of individual variation in phonological processes in L1 as well as L2 English. I have published several articles on forensic linguistics and L2 speech acquisition in national and international journals. Outside of academia, I work as a pronunciation coach and I have created the Online English Pronunciation Course for Spanish and Catalan speakers. [Personal website]
Hanna Kivistö-de Souza [contact: [email protected]]
I hold an MA (2011) and a PhD (2015) in Applied Linguistics from the University of Barcelona. I am currently residing in Florianópolis, Brazil. My dissertation, Phonological Awareness and Pronunciation in a Second Language, explored the under-researched area of non-verbalizable L2 phonological awareness. My research interests include: phonological awareness, acquisition of second language speech (perception and production), Portuguese-Spanish-English interphonology, pronunciation instruction, multilingualism, psycholinguistics, and individual factors affecting L2 speech learning. [Personal website https://sites.google.com/site/hannakivistodesouza/ ]
I am a lecturer at the University of Kent, UK, where I teach modules on phonetics and phonology. My research concerns both native and non-native speech perception at the segmental level and how individuals differ in this regard. I am also interested in innovative language pedagogy such as content- and task-based learning and gamification of learning. I am an author of two language-learning games, LinguaPolis New York and LinguaPolis Moscow. [Personal website https://www.vitakogan.com]
Ingrid Mora-Plaza [contact: [email protected]]
I am a researcher in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and English Studies at the University of Barcelona (UB), where I obtained her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics. I hold a BA in English studies and an MA in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts from the UB. My research focuses on L2 pronunciation learning and teaching in EFL contexts, task design and individual differences in L2 speech acquisition. I am especially interested in the potential benefits of task-based pronunciation teaching (TBPT) on L2 speech development in instructional settings. Currently, I am part of the state-funded research project "Profiling and training global dimensions of L2 English pronunciation proficiency (L2E-PPT)", directed by Dr. Joan C. Mora (UB). I am a member of the GRAL and L2 Speech Research groups,and co-founder of the SLA Speech Tools open science repository and educational online resource Oralitat.
Mireia Ortega Duran [contact: [email protected]]
I am currently a lecturer and researcher at the University of Barcelona (UB), in the department of Modern Languages and Literatures and English Studies, where I have lectured on phonetics and phonology, linguistics, and second language acquisition. As a member of the GRAL and the L2 Speech research groups (UB), I have participated in different state-funded projects and published and presented papers at national and international conferences. As part of the funded research project “Pronunciation and phono-lexical representations in Spanish EFL learners: assessing the benefits of phonetic training and form-focused instructed SLA (PhonLEx-iSLA)”, we are currently investigating the development of speech perception and production in foreign language acquisition, and assessing the effectiveness of form-focused instruction and enhanced high-variability phonetic training in improving L1-Spanish learners’ pronunciation and comprehensibility. My interests also include the effects of individual differences (i.e. attentional skills, speaking anxiety, proficiency level) on L2 pronunciation development, phonological crosslinguistic influence, and the development on L2 phonological awareness in SLA.
Youssef Rochdi [contact: [email protected]]
I hold an MA degree in applied linguistics from the University of Barcelona. I am currently teaching in the department of modern languages in the University of Girona. My area of interest is English phonetics and phonology and particularly perception and production of English sounds by non-native speakers of English. I also work in the field of English-Arabic translation.
Elena Safronova [contact: [email protected]]
I hold an MA degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Barcelona where I am currently doing my PhD. My dissertation, Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability and Cross-Language Phonetic Similarity, supervised by Dr. Joan Carles Mora (UB), investigates the contribution of individual cognitive skills such as phonological attention control, acoustic and phonological Memory to cross-language speech perception and the development of L2 vowel categories. Among my research interests are L2 phonological acquisition, native listeners’ perception of L2 accented speech and psycholinguistics.
Sapna Sehgal [contact: [email protected]]
I am a PhD candidate in the University of Barcelona's Applied Linguistics program and work under the supervision of Dr. Joan Carles Mora and Dr. Raquel Serrano. I completed my MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford (2013), where I investigated speaking fluency development for L2 learners of French on short, intensive study abroad programs in France. I also hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching ESL from McGill University (2011) and a BCom from the University of Alberta in Canada (2007). My current research focuses on individual differences in the development of L2 oral fluency and inhibitory control in the study abroad context for L1 English learners of Spanish.
Gisela Sosa López [contact: [email protected]]
I am a PhD student with an FPU grant (2020-2024) at the University of Barcelona (UB), where I also studied a BA in English studies and an Ma in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts. In addition, I hold another MA in Teacher Training in Compulsory Secondary and Upper Secondary School Education, Vocational Training and Languages (UB). My M.A thesis explored the effects of L2 speaking anxiety on L2 speaking fluency by manipulating two interlocutor-related communicative conditions during two L2 oral narrative tasks: nativeness and collaborativeness. My PhD thesis, which is supervised by Dr Joan C. Mora (UB), aims at exploring the effects of L2 speaking anxiety on L2 speaking fluency, pronunciation accuracy (accentedness) and comprehensibility when performing different oral narrative tasks. This PhD thesis is part of a research project entitled “Pronunciation and phono-lexical representations in Spanish EFL learners: Assessing the benefits of phonetic training and form-focused instructed SLA (PhonLex-iSLA)” (PID2019-107814GB-I00)
collaborators
Isabelle Darcy [Indiana University, USA: contact: [email protected] / website]