The DAL members' stays
Professor: Àngels Llanes Baró
Destination: University of Southampton
Period of the stay: 1 April -30 June 2022
Typology of the stay: Research
Activities: During her stay at the University of Southampton, professor Àngels Llanes designed, together with professor Laura Domínguez, a test to measure the grammar development of university students who participate in an Erasmus program in a country where English is used as a lingua franca.
Professor: Núria Mina Riera
Destination: University of Victoria (Canada)
Period of the stay: 1-30 June 2022
Typology of the stay: Research stay connected to her PhD dissertation (Scholarship awarded by the International Council for Canadian Studies)
Activities: A number of interviews with Lorna Crozier, author whose poetry Mina-Riera examines in her PhD dissertation, and with professors of Canadian literature on Crozier’s poetic work. Participation in the ALECC 2022 conference, 15-18 June, University of Saskatchewan, with a paper entitled “The Non-Human World as Teacher in Crozier’s Poetry.”
Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez
Destination: Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
Period of the stay: 2-6 May 2022
Typology of the stay : Erasmus+ Training
Activities: During his visit to Laurea University of Applied Sciences,invited by principal lecturer Taina Vuorela, professor Enric Llurda could share time with students and instructors at the Masters in Project Management, and had the opportunity to learn about the methodology of "Learning by developing" used at this institution.
Professor: Kateřina Valentová
Destination: University of Palacký, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Period of stay : 1 January - 1 March 2022
Typology of the stay : Research
Activities: Dr. Valentová has carried out a research stay in the field of comic studies, under the supervision of Professo Martin Foret. During this stay, she has conducted two conferences on graphic narratives:Carlos Giménez as the chronicler of Spanish history, and History of graphic narratives and tools of analysis.
Professor: Àngels Llanes Baró
Destination: University of Crete (Greece)
Period of the stay: 26 September - 1 October de 2021
Typology of the stay : Erasmus+ Training
Activities: Dr. Llanes has participated in teacher training program on Academic and Scientific Writing.
PhD research assistant: Júlia Calvet Terré
Destination: University of Vienna (Austra)
Period of the stay: 1 September - 30 Novembre 2021
Typology of the stay: Training stay
Activities: Stay at the University of Vienna, under the guidance of Dr. Ute Smit, a reference in the study of implementation and teaching in English at the university. The main objective of the stay is to gain knowledge about English as a medium of instruction and as a lingua franca in the university environment, as well as to make contact with other PhD students and to get to know the research that is being undertaken within the English department.
Professor: Enric Llurda Giménez
Destination: University of Southampton (UK)
Period of the stay: August-Decembre 2021
Typology of the stay: Program 'Salvador de Madariaga 2019'
Activities: Dr. Enric Llurda has carried out a research stay at the Centre for Global Englishes, led by Dr. Will Baker. During this stay, he has taught some seminars and participated in meetings and other research activities.
Part-time Adjunct Professor: Diana Rodríguez Bonet
Destination: University of Chichester (United Kingdom)
Period of the stay: 29 June - 15 August 2021
Typology of the stay: Research stay
Activities: Research on fairy tales and folklore under the supervision by Dr. Paul Quinn. Interview British author Sally Gardner about her fairy tales’ rewritings.
Professor: Josep Maria Cots Caimons
Destination: University of Stirling (UK)
Period of the stay: 1 June - 31 July 2021
Typology of the stay: Research stay
Activities: The stay involved collaborative research with Professors Angela Creese and Fiona Copland on the connections between multilingualism and internationalisation policies at university and the development of possible strategies to promote multilingualism and interculturality among both academic staff and students.