🎄✨ Happy Holidays from #CLA! ✨🎄Thank you for being part of our community. Wishing you joy and rest during the holidays, and inspiration for the exciting year ahead when we come back! 🎉

Happy holidays from #CLA 🎄🎅🎇

Now it's time for J.M. Cots, A. Llanes & G. G. Vázquez's presentation ➡️ A failed bilingual experience? The place of #English and #local_languages in a #study_abroad experience in European non-English-speaking countries

Now it's time to focus... Enric Llurda presenting at #CLAMINARI8 his new edited book ➡️Dismantling the #nativespeaker construct in #English language teaching 👏

What a joy to be part of the #CLA team!🥳🥂🎅

Celebrating 🎂3⃣0⃣

🎉✨ Today we celebrate 30 years of #CLA! ✨🎉 Three decades of research, collaboration, and passion for language at the Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada 🗣️📚 Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey, here’s to many more years ahead! 🥂🎂

🔥 CLA Hot Topic #3 🔥 What kind of feedback and assessment really benefits our students? 🤔📚 Join the conversation on X and share your thoughts! 👉

Next #CLAminari is on 18 Dec at 11:30 and it’s a very special one: CLA turns 30! 🥳 The celebration will start with a toast 🥂 to 3 decades of CLA, followed by talks by E. Llurda, and G. Vázquez, J.M. Cots & À. Llanes. We’ll close with a festive lunch🍽️

🚀 Discover the IMPROVE Project (funded by the T.I.M.E)!  🔗Project website: https://sites.google.com/upc.edu/improve-timeproject/ If you belong to a T.I.M.E university and teach BIPs or COIL, please participate in our survey!  Great work, @ArnoElisabet, Mart & team (Balbina, Bjorn, Katrin & Karen)! 🎉

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!🌟

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💬

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💻

📢 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#Gestureon 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 💬✨

📢 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

📢 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!🚀