Current research projects
Profiling and training global dimensions of L2 English pronunciation proficiency (L2E-PPT).
Principal Investigator: Joan C. Mora (UB)
Years funded: 2023-2026 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Principal Investigator: Joan C. Mora (UB)
Years funded: 2023-2026 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Previous research projects
Pronunciation and phono-lexical representations in Spanish EFL learners: assessing the benefits of phonetic training and form-focused instructed SLA (PhonLex-iSLA).
Principal Investigator: Joan C. Mora (UB)
Years funded: 2020-2023 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Orals skills for future professions: intervention programme for the secondary school curriculum in Catalonia.
Principal Investigators: Pilar Prieto (UPF) Joan C. Mora (UB)
Years funded: 2019-2021 (RecerCaixa & ACUP)
ORALITAT WEBSITE (https://oralitat.upf.edu/)
Intentional and Incidental EFL learning through authentic input. A focus on subtitling.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2017-2019 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
The EFL learning potential of in- and out-of-school exposure, with a focus on
undubbed videos. Effects of age, proficiency and cognitive differences.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2014-2016 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
The interplay of inhibitory skill and L2 phonology: Task effects and inhibition types.
Joan C. Mora (UB) and Isabelle Darcy (Indiana University, USA)
Years funded: January to December 2015 (Language Learning’s Small Grants Research Program 2013)
L2 speech learning in bilingualism: the role of L1 and L2 input on the perception and production of the Catalan mid-vowel contrasts
Joan C. Mora, James E. Keidel (Bangor University, UK) and James E. Flege (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA).
Age, input and aptitude as predictors of proficiency in English as a foreign language: a longitudinal study
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded:2011-2013 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Combination and complementarity of contexts in the acquistion of English.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF)
Years funded: 2011-2013 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Perceptual similarity and the acquisition of English and Catalan vowels.
Principal Investigator: Juli Cebrian Puyuelo (UAB)
Years funded: 2009-2010 (AGAUR - Catalan Government)
Age, input and aptitude. Long-term effects in the acquisition of English in multilingual contexts.
Principal Investigator:Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2007-2010 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Context, contact and level of competence in the acquisition of English a foreign language. Gradation in the development of oral and written skills at advanced levels.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF)
Years funded: 2007-2010 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Developmental sequences in the acquisition of English as a foreign language.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2004-2007 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
The “Stay Abroad” factor in the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Short-term effects and success variables. Contrast with formal instruction.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF)
Years funded: 2004-2007 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Age, intensity and type of exposure as factors in the acquistion of English.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2001-2004 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Stay Abroad effects on the oral and written competence of university students of English: variation in the acquisition of English at advanced levels.
Principal Investigator: Maria Teresa Turell Julià (UPF)
Years funded: 2001-2004 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Principal Investigator: Joan C. Mora (UB)
Years funded: 2020-2023 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Orals skills for future professions: intervention programme for the secondary school curriculum in Catalonia.
Principal Investigators: Pilar Prieto (UPF) Joan C. Mora (UB)
Years funded: 2019-2021 (RecerCaixa & ACUP)
ORALITAT WEBSITE (https://oralitat.upf.edu/)
Intentional and Incidental EFL learning through authentic input. A focus on subtitling.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2017-2019 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
The EFL learning potential of in- and out-of-school exposure, with a focus on
undubbed videos. Effects of age, proficiency and cognitive differences.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2014-2016 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
The interplay of inhibitory skill and L2 phonology: Task effects and inhibition types.
Joan C. Mora (UB) and Isabelle Darcy (Indiana University, USA)
Years funded: January to December 2015 (Language Learning’s Small Grants Research Program 2013)
L2 speech learning in bilingualism: the role of L1 and L2 input on the perception and production of the Catalan mid-vowel contrasts
Joan C. Mora, James E. Keidel (Bangor University, UK) and James E. Flege (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA).
Age, input and aptitude as predictors of proficiency in English as a foreign language: a longitudinal study
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded:2011-2013 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Combination and complementarity of contexts in the acquistion of English.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF)
Years funded: 2011-2013 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Perceptual similarity and the acquisition of English and Catalan vowels.
Principal Investigator: Juli Cebrian Puyuelo (UAB)
Years funded: 2009-2010 (AGAUR - Catalan Government)
Age, input and aptitude. Long-term effects in the acquisition of English in multilingual contexts.
Principal Investigator:Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2007-2010 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Context, contact and level of competence in the acquisition of English a foreign language. Gradation in the development of oral and written skills at advanced levels.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF)
Years funded: 2007-2010 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Developmental sequences in the acquisition of English as a foreign language.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2004-2007 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
The “Stay Abroad” factor in the acquisition of English as a foreign language. Short-term effects and success variables. Contrast with formal instruction.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Pérez Vidal (UPF)
Years funded: 2004-2007 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Age, intensity and type of exposure as factors in the acquistion of English.
Principal Investigator: Carmen Muñoz Lahoz (UB)
Years funded: 2001-2004 (Spanish Ministry of Education)
Stay Abroad effects on the oral and written competence of university students of English: variation in the acquisition of English at advanced levels.
Principal Investigator: Maria Teresa Turell Julià (UPF)
Years funded: 2001-2004 (Spanish Ministry of Education)