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[...]

Worked 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.[...]