Department: Modern Philology

Group name: Applied Linguistics Group of the University of La Rioja. GLAUR

Acronym: GLAUR

Group Coordinator: Jiménez Catalán, Rosa María

ANEP Area/s: Philology and philosophy; Education Sciences

Telephone: +34 941299422

E-mail: [email protected]

Website:

Department Report: 14/12/2004

RESEARCH TEAM No. of researchers: 6 Researcher Department Professional Category

Jiménez Catalán, Rosa María Modern Philology Full Professor

Agustín Llach, Maria Pilar Modern Philology Associate Professor

Canga Alonso, Andrés Modern Philology Associate Professor

Cifone Ponte, Maria Daniela Modern Philology Associate

Fernández Fontecha, Almudena Modern Philology Associate Professor

Montero Saiz Aja, Alejandra Modern Philology Pre-doctoral

COLLABORATORS No. of collaborators: 6 Collaborators Department Professional Category

Arenas Mateus, Carmenza Modern Philology

Arribas García, Mario Modern Philology

Geoghegan Walsh, Leah Modern Philology

Guerra Álvarez, Maria Isabel Modern Philology

Mora Guarin, Jaqueline Modern Philology

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Ozarín García, Belén Modern Philology

Research areas Bilingualism/plurilingualism through CLIL in primary, secondary and university education. Factors of learning foreign languages. Lexical availability in foreign languages. Strategies for learning and teaching lexicon in foreign languages. Acquisition and development of lexical competence in L2,L3... Analysis of materials for teaching and learning foreign languages. Analysis of oral and written discourse in foreign languages. Development of competences in learning and teaching foreign languages: strategic, socio-cultural, emotional. Use of translation in learning and teaching L2, L3. Learning styles. Learning and teaching of foreign languages through emerging pedagogies and new technologies. Identity, language and culture. Productive vocabulary in English L2, L3. Creativity in foreign languages. Relation between input and output in foreign languages. Semantic prototypes in foreign languages. Conceptualisation and transfers in foreign languages. Education, democracy and freedom and its relationship with English as a foreign language.

Scientific and technological offer Development and implementation of new technologies in learning/teaching/assessment of English. Measurements of lexicon knowledge in English learners through tests and computer programmes.

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National and International Relations Autonomous University of Madrid. University of Barcelona. University of Cantabria. University of Extremadura. University of Granada. Jaume I University, Castellón. University of Murcia. Public University of Navarre. University of Nebrija. University of the Basque Country. University of Salamanca. University of Concepción, Chile. Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck College, London. Department of Applied Linguistics, Swansea University. Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. Department of Education, Oxford University. Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis. Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Albany, State. University of New York.

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