Research Team

Christine Appel

Principal investigator of  Interactic. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Trinity College, University of Dublin and has been involved in the teaching of languages, teacher training and research in CALL for over 25[...]

Joan-Tomàs Pujolà

Holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh and is a tenure lecturer in the Department of Linguistic, Scientific and Mathematical Education at the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona[...]

Jaume Batlle

Holds a PhD in Language and Literature Didactics from the University of Barcelona, ​​where he is a tenured lecturer in the Faculty of Education. He coordinates the Master’s Program in Teacher Training for Spanish as[...]

Azahara Cuesta García

Holds a PhD in Language and Literature Didactics from the University of Barcelona (UB). She has worked as a Spanish language lecturer at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and she is currently a lecturer and[...]

Vicenta González Argüello

Holds a degree in Hispanic Philology and a PhD in Philosophy and Educational Sciences. She has taught Spanish Language at the University of Barcelona in the Early Childhood and Primary Education degrees, Methodology, Analysis and[...]

Jackie Robbins

Teacher and researcher at the Open University of Catalunya, where she coordinates English as a foreign language and teacher training courses. She holds a PhD in Education from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her research[...]

Ana Rosso

Ana Rosso is a lecturer in French at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya’s Centre for ModernLanguages. She was awarded her Ph.D. in Comparative British and French 19 th Century Literatureby the University of Exeter (United[...]

Work Team

Blanca Cristofol Garcia

Researcher specialized in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), with a focus on learners’ affective dimension in online contexts. She holds a Master’s degree in Teaching Spanish and Catalan as Foreign Languages (Universitat de Girona) and a[...]

Olivia Espejel

PhD in Language Didactics from the University of Barcelona. She is a lecturer in Spanish as a foreign language and a teacher educator in language education. Her research interests include technology for language learning, distance[...]

Sílvia Fornós

Holds a PhD in game-making as a learning strategy for chemical engineers at the IT Univertsity of Copenhagen as part of the MSCA followship CHARMING. She has conducted research in game design and productive failure[...]

Javier González Lozano

Holds a PhD in Didactics from the University of Barcelona, a Master’s degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) from the Menéndez Pelayo International University, and a degree in Hispanic Philology from the[...]

Dunia Martínez Fortuny

Holds a PhD in Education and ICT from the UOC. She is an experienced EFL teacher for teenagers and adults in face-to-face, online, and hyflex settings. Since 2014, she has lectured at Universitat Oberta de[...]

Paula Novillo

PhD in Language and Literature Education from the University of Barcelona, where she worked as a lecturer and teacher trainer in Spanish as a foreign language. She is currently a Lecturer in Spanish Language Education[...]

Carmen Ramos

Holds a degree in English Philology (University of Salamanca) and a PhD in Education (University of Barcelona). She is currently a professor of Spanish at International University SDI München, where she is Head of the[...]

Paula Redondo Juárez

PhD in Language Didactics from the University of Barcelona. She is a Spanish Tutor at the University of Glasgow, where she teaches Spanish to undergraduate students and Spanish (language and culture) to adult learners from[...]

Laura Styles

Holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Her research interests include the effect of CALL-based implementations of grammar acquisition, implicit and explicit learning and instruction, and tandem language learning.[...]