I hold a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from the University of Barcelona (UB). I am Serra Hunter Associate Professor, and a research member of the Barcelona L2 Speech and GRAL research groups (UB). My research career follows a coherent and sustained trajectory on the acquisition of L2 speech across perceptual and productive dimensions, with a strong commitment to designing, testing and assessing the efficacy of segmental and more holistic training methods and conditions to improve L2 pronunciation. A central contribution of my work was the development of audiovisual (AV) perception and production High-Variability Training (HVPT) methodologies for L2 English vowel acquisition (PhD, 2017, UB). Recent work has included perception-and-production training, training with visual monitoring (and noise), training with non-words, foreign accent imitation training, and self-assessment training. My research aims at enhancing segmental accuracy as well as developing global dimensions of L2 pronunciation proficiency (intelligibility, comprehensibility, accentedness and fluency).

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Office: P2.2
Modern Languages, Modern Literature and English Studies
Faculty of Philology and Communication
Universitat de Barcelona
08007 Barcelona