We had a great #CLAMINARI by 👩🏫 Mariia Pronina on Sociolinguistic factors of heritage intonation in Russian-speaking children in Catalonia. A very interesting discussion on how sociolinguistic aspects shape the intonation patterns of heritage speakers in multilingual contexts. 🌍📚
📣 M. Sabaté és una de les 6 persones expertes per assessorar el Govern de Catalunya en l’actualització del Pla d’enfortiment del Català.
https://www.udl.cat/ca/serveis/oficina/Noticies/La-professora-de-la-UdL-Maria-Sabate-al-Pla-denfortiment-del-catala/
🎙️ Next CLAminari
👩🏫 Mariia Pronina
🗣️ Sociolinguistic factors of heritage intonation in Russian-speaking children in Catalonia
📅 10 March 2026
⏰ 12:00–13:30
💻 Online, register here: https://rb.gy/0xlly5
La setmana passada, M. Aguilar va participar a la taula rodona sobre Intel·ligència Artificial a la Facultat de Ciències de la Comunicació (UAB): Crear, produir i regular en un sector audiovisual en transformació. 🎙️📺
🎙️ L'Àngels ha participat al programa La Solució de Catalunya Ràdio (min. 17–29), presentat per Elisenda Carod. Han parlat de quina és la millor manera d’aprendre un idioma. No us ho perdeu! 💬✨ 🔗https://www.3cat.cat/3cat/quina-es-la-millor-manera-daprendre-un-idioma/audio/1271300/
Yesterday, E. Arno and M. Aguilar presented the T.I.M.E. webinar 💻: “The IMPROVE project: Embedding Intercultural Communicative Competence in Virtual and Blended Mobility” 🎓🤝✨
E. Arnó, M. Aguilar & J. Calvet visited Politecnico di Torino from 9–12 February 2026 for the XIII Unite! Dialogue 🇪🇺 Strategic discussions focused on shaping the future of the alliance🚀🤝✨
📘 New publication! Congrats to Alexandra Vraciu and Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester on their book chapter “Fluency in Task-Based Peer Interaction” ✨
They explore how pre-task instruction supports fluency and oral interaction among primary school EFL learners! 🗣️🌍
🔗 https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.32657626.9
📚✨ Congrats to Anca Daniela Frumuselu and Marni Manegre on their new book chapter on how #COIL boosts FL skills, peer #interaction & #intercultural competence 🌍💬👏
🔗 https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.32657626.14
📢 New chapter by Diert‑Boté & Moncada‑Comas: Navigating the Emotional Landscape of an ESP Lecturer: Stories of #Vulnerability and #Resilience in the Implementation of a #Digital_Genre 💻💬#EnglishforSpecificPurposes
➡️https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3159-2
📢 New open-access publication by CLA member Enric Llurda in World Englishes (Wiley Online Library)! 📝 The impact of English on local languages: The case of Catalan universities. 🔓Open Access 🔓Read & share ➡️ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/weng.70013
@irati-db.bsky.social has been enjoying her one-month research stay at the University of Málaga, kindly hosted by Inma Pineda ☀️📚
They claim they’ve been working very hard on exciting research together, but... should we really believe them? 🤨🌴😂
Data analysis or tapas analysis? 🍻
🌍 Nuevo artículo de divulgación del proyecto #GLOCALSA! 📝 “Más allá del inglés: cómo potenciar la diversidad lingüística europea a través del Erasmus” por G. Vázquez y JM Cots ya está publicado en The Conversation 🔗https://doi.org/10.64628/AAO.xveemfrap
Save the date! 📢
🗓 30 Jan 2026
⏰ 12:00 (Barcelona) | 19:00 (Hong Kong)
💻 Online: Dismantling native-speakerism in ELT
🔗 Join via Zoom:
https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/99201994359?pwd=iKq44n1AvAHn3yXv6KICcOLIHghMuD.1
📩 Register: alfonso.sa@udl.at
GLOCALSA i ELFING van participar a les VI jornades La recerca sociolingüística en l’àmbit de la llengua catalana. Llanes i Borràs hi van presentar un projecte sobre competència global a l’estranger, i Sabaté i Llurda un estudi sobre ideologies lingüístiques del professorat d’anglès (ELF).
📰 Nueva publicación sobre cómo los medios abordan la política: Nuestra compañera del #CLA G. Vázquez junto a E. Comelles han publicado el artículo “Estudio comparativo del tratamiento de noticias sobre política ‘cotidiana’ en la prensa española” 🔍📚 ➡️ https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.92119
Back together in January for the face-to-face #CLAminari 9 ✨ The session explored #virtual_exchange in university #internationalisation 🌍 and #innovative #immersive environments for developing #disciplinary_literacies in ESP 📚 A great way to start the year! 🚀
🔥 #CLA Hot Topic #7 🔥
🧪💻 Els de ciències i tecnologia necessiten saber solament contingut tècnic i com comuniquen aquest contingut és el de menys? 💬 Hi estàs d’acord? Quina importància té la comunicació en l’àmbit científic i tecnològic? 👉 Comparteix la teva opinió!
#CLAminari 9
📅20 Jan 2026
🕐12h
📍2.25 - Seminari DELILE
🎙️SI on Global Perspectives on #Virtual_Exchange for University Internationalisation
🎙️IMMER-LIT: Developing disciplinary literacies through immersive environments in #EnglishforSpecificPurposes
🔗https://shorturl.at/UcVDK
📢 La UdL és una de les 8 universitats de l’Estat on les dones lideren la producció científica. 💪Orgull de comptar amb el lideratge de M. Sabaté-Dalmau pel #CLA
📰 SEGRE➡️https://www.segre.com/ca/lleida/260110/udl-les-vuit-universitats-les-dones-lideren-produccio-cientifica_1073311.html
🌍✨ The INDEST project by the GLOCALSA team is officially underway! Led by Judith Borràs, this project explores international university mobility and how to foster stronger sociocultural integration in host countries 🎓🤝
✨ #CLA is back after the winter break! ✨Wer're back with new publications, conferences, events, and so much more. Stay tuned, exciting things are coming! 📚🎤 Let’s make 2026 inspiring! ✨
🎄✨ 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! 👉
