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Peer reviewed conference presentations (last 5 years)

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​2023

  • Promoting plurilingual and pluricultural teacher competences through collaboration (with Júlia Llompart). Featured in Symposium: Teaching (for) Diversity: Multilingualism in Teacher Education (organized by Evghenia Goltsev & Helena Olfert). AILA 2023. Lyon (France). July 17-21, 2023.

  • It’s a breakthrough! Virtual Innovation and Support Networks for professional teacher development (with Anna Nicolaou & Xavier Fontich). International Association for Research in L1 Education, 5th Eduling Biannual Meeting: Grammar teaching and learning: challenges and opportunities. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 29-30 June 2023.

  • Putting immersive environments into language teaching: Best practices (with Randall Sadler, Uliana Ovsiannikova & Tricia Thrasher). 40 years of Calico: Toward open, sustainable, and multimodal CALL. CALICO annual conference. University of Minnesota (USA). 6-10 June 2023.

  • I’m proud of us: (Un)successful mentoring interactions within two teacher education telecollaborative groups (with Randall Sadler). Featured in Colloquium: Telecollaboration: Virtual exchanges for language learning and mentoring (organized by Dr. Marta González-Lloret & Dr. Ana Oskoz. Collaborating and Mentoring in Applied Linguistics: American Association of Applied Linguistics 2023 Conference. Portland, Oregon (USA). 18-21 March 2023

  • The use of interactive 360º images for inclusive education and language learning (with Mireia Moncayo). Move on up: Raising standards in ELT. Associació de Professorat d'Anglès de Catalunya (APAC) 2023 Conference. Barcelona. 2-4 February 2023.

  • 'Teacher! I have a skateboard!' Glimpses of young language learners' interactions in Virtual (with Mónica López Vera). Move on up: Raising standards in ELT. Associació de Professorat d'Anglès de Catalunya (APAC) 2023 Conference. Barcelona. 2-4 February 2023.

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​2022

  • I'm cooking a burger! Experiència amb aprenents d'anglès en Realitat Virtual (with Mónica López). 3ra Trobada Col·la Clic. Col·laborem al núvol. GEG Spain & Verdruna Gràcia (Barcelona). October 22, 2022.

  • Exploring children's foreign language learning in a VR environment: A practice report. (With Mónica López, Randall Sadler & Tricia Thrasher). CALICO 2022. Social Justice and Diversity in CALL. Seattle (WA), USA. May 31-June 4, 2022.

  • Exploring children's foreign language learning in a VR environment: A case study. (With Mónica López, Randall Sadler & Tricia Thrasher). American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference 2022. Pittsburgh (PA), USA. March 19-22, 2022.

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​2021

  • Issues and responses for plurilingual teaching and learning: An overview. (With Rahat Zaidi, University of Calgary). Symposium organizers: Plurilingual teaching and learning: giving participation, equality and social justice in education a chance. World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2021). The dynamics of language, communication and culture in a changing world. University of Groningen. August 15-20, 2021.

  • Virtual exchange and teacher education: Finding our digital footing in a changing world. (Featured speaker in symposium: Virtual Exchange: Affordances and Challenges). World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2021). The dynamics of language, communication and culture in a changing world. University of Groningen. August 15-20, 2021.

  • Language teacher education, intercultural communicative competence and the ‘Web 4.0’: Scaling up. World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2021). The dynamics of language, communication and culture in a changing world. University of Groningen. August 15-20, 2021.

  • Unsettling language teaching: Case studies of disruptive plurilingual/plurimodal practice.  (With Jenifer Ho, City University of Hong Kong). Sociolinguistics Symposium 23 Conference 2021. University of Hong Kong. June 7-10, 2021.

  • The ‘trans-’ turn in digital learning environments: What can we learn about creativity in language teaching? (with Jenifer Ho, City University of Hong Kong). Sociolinguistics Symposium 23 Conference 2021. University of Hong Kong. June, 7-10, 2021.

  • Foreign language assessment in virtual exchange: The ASSESSnet project (With Anna Czura, UAB). Association of Language Testers in Europe. Safeguarding the Future of Multilingual Assessment in the Post-Covid World. (ALTE) Conference 2021. April 28-30, 2021.

  • ‘Can you repeat please?’ Young learners’ emergent awareness and use of interactional repertoires in a telecollaborative exchange. American Association of Applied Linguistics Virtual Conference 2021 (online). March 20-23, 2021.

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​2019

  • Getting 'woke': Pedagogical proposals for tomorrow's multimodal digital environments. AMode International Conference. Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments. From Theories to Practices. Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Italy. 20-22 June 2019.

  • Exploring learner agency and digital agents to expand the critical digital literacy research agenda (with Janine Knight & Elena Barberà). AMode International Conference. Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments. From Theories to Practices. Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Italy. 20-22 June 2019.

  • We should google that': The interactional dynamics of student-teachers in online weekly meetings. International Competences and Practices in a Second Language. Mälardalen University, Västeras, Sweden. 29-31 May 2019.

  • 'It's kinda frustrating': Troubles talk in a long distance skype student-teacher exchange (with Vincenza Tudini). International Competences and Practices in a Second Language. Mälardalen University, Västeras, Sweden. 29-31 May 2019.

  • Bringing down borders through ‘techno-pedagogical’ skills: Out of the classroom and into the world. Cicea 2019 Conference: Europe at a crossroad: Rights, values and identity. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 9-11 May, 2019.

  • Reflecting on Multilingual Education for the 21st Century: A Paradigm of Critically-Engaged Collaboration (with Claudia Vallejo, Emilee Moore & Dolors Masats). Cicea 2019 Conference: Europe at a crossroad: Rights, values and identity. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. 9-11 May, 2019.

  • A micro-analytical approach to ‘unpack’ multimodal telecollaborative interaction. Paper presented in colloquia: Researching Learning Outcomes in Telecollaboration and Virtual Exchange. AAAL 2019: American Association of Applied Linguistics. Atlanta, USA. 9-12 March, 2019.

  • Using bee-bots in language classrooms: Designing authentic learning opportunities in preschool (with Nathaly González Acevedo). MOBILLE: Mobile Language Learning Experience International Conference, Lycée Française de New York. 21-22 February 2019.

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2018

  • Multilingual education for the 21st century: Moving from trending to meaningful through criticality and collaboration (with Claudia Vallejo, Emilee Moore & Dolors Masats). Multilingualizing Compulsory Education in the Age of Neoliberalism: Issues, Processes and Inequalities. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 22-23 November 2018.

  • Exploring (and exploiting) identities in virtual exchange in education (with Francesca Helm). Multilingualizing Compulsory Education in the Age of Neoliberalism: Issues, Processes and Inequalities. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 22-23 November 2018.

  • Tools for telecollaboration: Suggestions for success (with Randall Sadler). Connecting CALL's past to its future. CALICO Conference 2018. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, USA. May 29-June 2nd 2018.

  • Are they telecollaborating? A long-term study of students from the past to teachers of now (with Jelena Marjanovic & Randall Sadler). Connecting CALL's past to its future. CALICO Conference 2018. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, USA. May 29-June 2nd 2018.

  • Getting fit for increased learner autonomy. A pedagogical proposal for the 21st century (with Randall Sadler). American Association of Applied Linguistics. Chicago, Illinois, USA. 24-27 March 2018.

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