Júlia Barón: Serra Hunter fellow at the University of Barcelona in Applied Linguistics. Her research focuses on pragmatics and more specifically on interlanguage pragmatics. The objectives of her studies are to examine how learners of a foreign language acquire and develop the pragmatics of the target language. Other fields of study related to pragmatics that she is interested in are pragmatic transfer, the relationship between task complexity and interaction, and the pragmatics of interaction. Personal webpage: https://juliabaron.weebly.com/
María Luz Celaya: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Applied Linguistics. Her main research interests are crosslinguistic influence, the use of the L1 in the foreign language classroom, the development of written production in EFL (in relation to the age factor), syntactic development in multilingual learners, and pragmatic development in EFL. She has coordinated the Ph.D. programme in Applied Linguistics and the Masters in “Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts” at the University of Barcelona. Personal webpage: http://www.ubgral.com/mariacutea-luz-celaya.html
Marta Fernández-Villanueva: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in German Linguistics, member of the GEV Research Group (Grup d’Estudi de la Variació) and the LADA work group (Lingüística Aplicada i Didàctica de l’Alemany). Her main research interests are pragmatics and language in use, and more specifically the interface between grammar, lexis and pragmatics in multilingual learners from an interactional and cognitive perspective. Her most recent courses focus on discourse and conversational analysis in second language acquisition. Personal webpage: http://www.ub.edu/lada/
Roger Gilabert: Lecturer and researcher in Applied Linguistics. His principal research interests include second and foreign language production and acquisition, task design and task complexity, individual differences and L2 production and acquisition. His most recent courses focus on the analysis of oral fluency, complexity, and accuracy, as well as approaches to second language acquisition research. Personal webpage: http://rogergilabert.weebly.com/
Joan Carles Mora: Lecturer and researcher in the department of English in the University of Barcelona. His principal research interests are the role of contextual and individual factors in the development of L2 speech and oral fluency, and the acquisition of L2 phonology. His interests also include effect of cognitive ability on L2 speech learning, phonetic training methods, the teaching of English pronunciation to Spanish/Catalan learners, and the development of L2 phonological awareness in second language acquisition. His most recent courses focus on inferential statistics, experimental research methods and techniques in L2 processing, and the acquisition of L2 speech. Personal webpage: http://joancmora.weebly.com/
Imma Miralpeix: Lecturer and researcher in Applied Linguistics. Her main research interests are second language vocabulary acquisition, especially lexical development and assessment, and multilingualism. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in English linguistics and second language acquisition. Her recent courses focus on vocabulary acquisition in L2 and advanced studies in multilingualism. Personal webpage: http://www.ubgral.com/imma-miralpeix.html
Carme Muñoz: Professor of English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and coordinator of the GRAL research group. Her principal research interests are the effects of age, input and learning context in foreign language acquisition . She has taught courses in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. Her most recent courses focus on individual differences in second language acquisition. Personal webpage: http://carmenmunoz.weebly.com/
Raquel Serrano: Lecturer and researcher in Applied Linguistics. Her research interests include foreign language acquisition and teaching, and bilingual education. Her current research examines the effect of time distribution on the acquisition of English as a foreign language and the effect of learning context. Her most recent courses focus on Bilingualism, Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition. Personal webpage: http://raquelserrano.weebly.com/
Elsa Tragant: Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics. Her principal research interests are foreign language classroom research, L2 motivation, language learning contexts (study abroad, summer courses), and transition from primary to secondary. Her most recent courses focus on ELT methodology and research methods in second language acquisition. Personal webpage: http://elsatragant.weebly.com/