GRAL Research Group
@gralbcn.bsky.social
Grup de Recerca en Adquisició de Llengües / Language Acquisition Research Group based in Barcelona, Spain
🎇 Flashback to a year ago when Dr. Sal Consoli from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social came to @ub.edu to give a speech entitled "Reflexivity as Social Practice: Humanizing Applied Linguistics" to professors, MA students, and PhD students of @gralbcn.bsky.social 👏
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🎇 Flashback to a year ago when Dr. Sal Consoli from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social came to @ub.edu to give a speech entitled "Reflexivity as Social Practice: Humanizing Applied Linguistics" to professors, MA students, and PhD students of @gralbcn.bsky.social 👏
🎉 The GRAL Research Group celebrates 30 years!
📅 On September 26th, the Language Acquisition Research Group (GRAL) of @ub.edu celebrated its thirtieth anniversary together with former members and closest collaborators.
📅 On September 26th, the Language Acquisition Research Group (GRAL) of @ub.edu celebrated its thirtieth anniversary together with former members and closest collaborators.
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🎉 The GRAL Research Group celebrates 30 years!
📅 On September 26th, the Language Acquisition Research Group (GRAL) of @ub.edu celebrated its thirtieth anniversary together with former members and closest collaborators.
📅 On September 26th, the Language Acquisition Research Group (GRAL) of @ub.edu celebrated its thirtieth anniversary together with former members and closest collaborators.
🥳 A huge congratulations to Dr. Sosa-López! @gralbcn.bsky.social is so proud of you and looking forward to your next endeavours!
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🥳 A huge congratulations to Dr. Sosa-López! @gralbcn.bsky.social is so proud of you and looking forward to your next endeavours!
👥 The examining board included Francisco Gallardo del Puerto (@univcantabria.bsky.social), Natalia Fullana Rivera (@ub.edu), and Magdalena A. Szyszka (Uniwersytet Opolski).
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
👥 The examining board included Francisco Gallardo del Puerto (@univcantabria.bsky.social), Natalia Fullana Rivera (@ub.edu), and Magdalena A. Szyszka (Uniwersytet Opolski).
🎉 GRAL started the academic year strong with a PhD dissertation defense by Gisela Sosa-López entitled "The Role of L2 Speaking Anxiety in L2 Speaking Fluency, Pronunciation Accuracy and Comprehensibility in Instructed English" supervised by Juan C. Mora Bonilla (@ub.edu).
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎉 GRAL started the academic year strong with a PhD dissertation defense by Gisela Sosa-López entitled "The Role of L2 Speaking Anxiety in L2 Speaking Fluency, Pronunciation Accuracy and Comprehensibility in Instructed English" supervised by Juan C. Mora Bonilla (@ub.edu).
Here are two presentations at @itapassociation.bsky.social's 2025 conference from @gralbcn.bsky.social members and collaborators, including Júlia Barón, ITAP's president:
July 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Here are two presentations at @itapassociation.bsky.social's 2025 conference from @gralbcn.bsky.social members and collaborators, including Júlia Barón, ITAP's president:
The @itapassociation.bsky.social (International Association for Teaching Pragmatics, or ITAP) was founded in 2020 by GRAL's Júlia Barón, Maria Luz Celaya & Roger Gilabert (@ub.edu) and Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández (@ucm.es).
🔗https://www.ub.edu/itap-association/?page_id=1435
🔗https://www.ub.edu/itap-association/?page_id=1435
July 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The @itapassociation.bsky.social (International Association for Teaching Pragmatics, or ITAP) was founded in 2020 by GRAL's Júlia Barón, Maria Luz Celaya & Roger Gilabert (@ub.edu) and Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández (@ucm.es).
🔗https://www.ub.edu/itap-association/?page_id=1435
🔗https://www.ub.edu/itap-association/?page_id=1435
At the end of June, @gralbcn.bsky.social was at the ITAP Annual Conference 2025: "Resources for L2 pragmatics teaching across instructional contexts" at the @ull.es in Tenerife, Spain.
@itapassociation.bsky.social
@itapassociation.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
At the end of June, @gralbcn.bsky.social was at the ITAP Annual Conference 2025: "Resources for L2 pragmatics teaching across instructional contexts" at the @ull.es in Tenerife, Spain.
@itapassociation.bsky.social
@itapassociation.bsky.social
It was a wonderful week of learning about, presenting, and discussing the latest research in second language acquisition. Thank you to the organizers for another excellent conference!
👇 Take a look below for presentations and posters by GRAL members and collaborators:
👇 Take a look below for presentations and posters by GRAL members and collaborators:
July 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It was a wonderful week of learning about, presenting, and discussing the latest research in second language acquisition. Thank you to the organizers for another excellent conference!
👇 Take a look below for presentations and posters by GRAL members and collaborators:
👇 Take a look below for presentations and posters by GRAL members and collaborators:
GRAL is at EuroSLA 34! 😍
Stay tuned for more information about contributions from Joan Carles Mora, Paulina Olender, Georgia Pujades, Carmen Muñoz, Roger Gilabert, Elsa Tragant, and Katherine Fraser.
Stay tuned for more information about contributions from Joan Carles Mora, Paulina Olender, Georgia Pujades, Carmen Muñoz, Roger Gilabert, Elsa Tragant, and Katherine Fraser.
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
GRAL is at EuroSLA 34! 😍
Stay tuned for more information about contributions from Joan Carles Mora, Paulina Olender, Georgia Pujades, Carmen Muñoz, Roger Gilabert, Elsa Tragant, and Katherine Fraser.
Stay tuned for more information about contributions from Joan Carles Mora, Paulina Olender, Georgia Pujades, Carmen Muñoz, Roger Gilabert, Elsa Tragant, and Katherine Fraser.
GRAL member and PhD candidate Bridget Murphy presents some of her doctoral dissertation at Day 2 of @itapassociation.bsky.social 's annual conference. 👏
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
GRAL member and PhD candidate Bridget Murphy presents some of her doctoral dissertation at Day 2 of @itapassociation.bsky.social 's annual conference. 👏
Day 1 of the ITAP Annual Conference 2025: Resources for L2 pragmatics teaching across instructional contexts at @ull.es 👏
@gralbcn.bsky.social member and @itapassociation.bsky.social president Júlia Barón presents her work with colleagues below 👇
🔗 www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
@gralbcn.bsky.social member and @itapassociation.bsky.social president Júlia Barón presents her work with colleagues below 👇
🔗 www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
June 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Day 1 of the ITAP Annual Conference 2025: Resources for L2 pragmatics teaching across instructional contexts at @ull.es 👏
@gralbcn.bsky.social member and @itapassociation.bsky.social president Júlia Barón presents her work with colleagues below 👇
🔗 www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
@gralbcn.bsky.social member and @itapassociation.bsky.social president Júlia Barón presents her work with colleagues below 👇
🔗 www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
🗣 At the beginning of June, PhD candidate Bridget Murphy and her supervisor Elsa Tragant from @ub.edu presented at the 2nd International Conference on Written Corrective Feedback in L1 and L2 (WCF25) at the @uab.cat 👏
🔗Link to conference website: sites.google.com/view/wcf25
🔗Link to conference website: sites.google.com/view/wcf25
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🗣 At the beginning of June, PhD candidate Bridget Murphy and her supervisor Elsa Tragant from @ub.edu presented at the 2nd International Conference on Written Corrective Feedback in L1 and L2 (WCF25) at the @uab.cat 👏
🔗Link to conference website: sites.google.com/view/wcf25
🔗Link to conference website: sites.google.com/view/wcf25
GRAL was at the BAAL Vocabulary SIG Annual Conference 2025 at the @morayhouse.bsky.social at the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social! 🗣 Dr. Imma Miralpeix gave a plenary speech and two of her PhD students, Paulina Olender (PhD award winner) and Andrea Nardon, also presented. 🎉
🔗 baalvocabsig.wordpress.com
🔗 baalvocabsig.wordpress.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
GRAL was at the BAAL Vocabulary SIG Annual Conference 2025 at the @morayhouse.bsky.social at the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social! 🗣 Dr. Imma Miralpeix gave a plenary speech and two of her PhD students, Paulina Olender (PhD award winner) and Andrea Nardon, also presented. 🎉
🔗 baalvocabsig.wordpress.com
🔗 baalvocabsig.wordpress.com
A list of presentations at the L2WR Seminar 2025 in Murcia, Spain by @gralbcn.bsky.social members and collaborators:
May 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A list of presentations at the L2WR Seminar 2025 in Murcia, Spain by @gralbcn.bsky.social members and collaborators:
Rebeca Finger-Bou (@aryanger.bsky.social), @gralbcn.bsky.social
member and secretary of the PhD Student Council (@doctorandsub.bsky.social) at the @ub.edu, speaks at the III PhD Research and Science Communication Conference held today in the historic building of the university. 👏
member and secretary of the PhD Student Council (@doctorandsub.bsky.social) at the @ub.edu, speaks at the III PhD Research and Science Communication Conference held today in the historic building of the university. 👏
May 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Rebeca Finger-Bou (@aryanger.bsky.social), @gralbcn.bsky.social
member and secretary of the PhD Student Council (@doctorandsub.bsky.social) at the @ub.edu, speaks at the III PhD Research and Science Communication Conference held today in the historic building of the university. 👏
member and secretary of the PhD Student Council (@doctorandsub.bsky.social) at the @ub.edu, speaks at the III PhD Research and Science Communication Conference held today in the historic building of the university. 👏
Take a look above for a list of presentations by GRAL members and colleagues and below for pictures from the conference 😁
May 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Take a look above for a list of presentations by GRAL members and colleagues and below for pictures from the conference 😁
The Barcelona L2 Speech Research Group, many of whom are @gralbcn.bsky.social members and collaborators, spent a week at New Sounds 2025, the 11th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, at the @uoft.bsky.social 👏
newsounds2025.artsci.utoronto.ca
newsounds2025.artsci.utoronto.ca
May 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Barcelona L2 Speech Research Group, many of whom are @gralbcn.bsky.social members and collaborators, spent a week at New Sounds 2025, the 11th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, at the @uoft.bsky.social 👏
newsounds2025.artsci.utoronto.ca
newsounds2025.artsci.utoronto.ca
Pictures of @gralbcn.bsky.social at @aesla2025.bsky.social 📸!
May 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Pictures of @gralbcn.bsky.social at @aesla2025.bsky.social 📸!
A list of @gralbcn.bsky.social presentations from @aesla2025.bsky.social! We had a great few days of presentations and discussions in Palma de Mallorca, Spain at the @uib.cat👏
@aesla.bsky.social
aesla.uib.eu
@aesla.bsky.social
aesla.uib.eu
May 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A list of @gralbcn.bsky.social presentations from @aesla2025.bsky.social! We had a great few days of presentations and discussions in Palma de Mallorca, Spain at the @uib.cat👏
@aesla.bsky.social
aesla.uib.eu
@aesla.bsky.social
aesla.uib.eu
Highlights from @unigroningen.bsky.social at the TBLT Conference! 📸 @gralbcn.bsky.social members & collaborators: Vera Trager (UB), Matthew Pattemore (UG), Roger Gilabert (UB), Juan Castellvi Vives (UB), Mayya Levkina (UB), Gina Arnold (UIC), Kerry Brennan (UOC), & Aleksandra Malicka (UOC)
#tblt2025
#tblt2025
April 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Highlights from @unigroningen.bsky.social at the TBLT Conference! 📸 @gralbcn.bsky.social members & collaborators: Vera Trager (UB), Matthew Pattemore (UG), Roger Gilabert (UB), Juan Castellvi Vives (UB), Mayya Levkina (UB), Gina Arnold (UIC), Kerry Brennan (UOC), & Aleksandra Malicka (UOC)
#tblt2025
#tblt2025
GRAL members at @aesla2025.bsky.social ! A wonderful few days in Mallorca at la Universitat de les Illes Balears. 😁
April 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
GRAL members at @aesla2025.bsky.social ! A wonderful few days in Mallorca at la Universitat de les Illes Balears. 😁
Day 2 at @aesla2025.bsky.social 😊: plenary speech by Dr. Marianne Gullberg (Lund University in Sweden), "When languages interact: Convergence in multi-competent language users' speech and gestures."
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Day 2 at @aesla2025.bsky.social 😊: plenary speech by Dr. Marianne Gullberg (Lund University in Sweden), "When languages interact: Convergence in multi-competent language users' speech and gestures."
Opening ceremony: Day 1 at @aesla2025.bsky.social 😁
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Opening ceremony: Day 1 at @aesla2025.bsky.social 😁
📣 Check out the latest #openaccess article from Olena Vasylets (@ub.edu and @uab.cat) and Javier Marín (@um.es) in the Journal of Writing Research: "Linguistic and behavioral alignment in writing: A scoping review." 👏
🔗 Find the article here: doi.org/10.17239/jow...
🔗 Find the article here: doi.org/10.17239/jow...
March 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
📣 Check out the latest #openaccess article from Olena Vasylets (@ub.edu and @uab.cat) and Javier Marín (@um.es) in the Journal of Writing Research: "Linguistic and behavioral alignment in writing: A scoping review." 👏
🔗 Find the article here: doi.org/10.17239/jow...
🔗 Find the article here: doi.org/10.17239/jow...