Research Group | Nebrija

Nebrija Research Group on Linguistics Applied to the Teaching of Foreign Languages Acronym: LAELE

Research topics

Objectives:The research of the LAELE Group is part of the interdisciplinary study of applied linguistics. With an orientation based on psycholinguistics and applied linguistics, the LAELE Group main line of research is on the acquisition, processing, teaching, learning and evaluation of foreign languages, mainly Spanish and English. The research also examines the impact of language on various cognitive and social aspects involved in communication, such as emotions. The investigation is based on empirical studies, including behavioural and electrophysiological studies. This general line can be divided into the following topics:

Research lines:

Relationship between the basic psychological processes of emotion, memory and attention, and the acquisition of foreign languages.
Acquisition, learning and teaching of Spanish in migration contexts.
Acquisition, learning and teaching of the lexicon of second languages and foreign languages.
Linguistic identity, interculturality and acculturation.
Evaluation and certification of language proficiency.
Language learning and didactics in immersion contexts and integration of contents within the school environment.

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Research Projects

Neuro-mecanismos de la comunicación humana: sincronización del cerebro en primer y segundo idioma (NEUROSYNC) [Neuro-mechanisms of human communication: brain synchronization in first and second language (NEUROSYNC)]

Reference: PID2020-115175RB-I00
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Agencia Estatal de Investigación.
Period: 2021-2024

Emoción, memoria, identidad lingüística y aculturación emocional: su influencia en el aprendizaje de español como lengua de migración [Emotion, memory, linguistic identity and emotional acculturation: their influence on learning Spanish as a migration language]

Reference: FFI2017-83166-C2-2-R
Funding entity:MICINN
Period: 2017-2020

La población migrante en la Comunidad de Madrid: factores lingüísticos, comunicativos, culturales y sociales del proceso de integración y recursos lingüísticos de intervención. [The migrant population in the Community of Madrid: linguistic, communicative, cultural and social factors of the integration process and linguistic intervention resources]

Ref:H2019/HUM-5772 INMIGRA3-CM
Funding Entity: Comunidad de Madrid. Plan Regional de Investigación PROGRAMAS DE I+D EN CCSS Y HUMANIDADES cofinanciado con Fondo Social Europeo .
Implementation Period: 2020-2022

Emotion in learning Spanish as an additional language and in bilingual communication in migration contexts (EMILIA 2)

Ref:PID2022-138973OB-C22
Funding Entity: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
Implementation Period: 2023-2027

Responsible PR

PhD. Alice Foucart afoucart@nebrija.es ORCID GScholar

PhD. Cecilia Ainciburu Researcher caincibu@nebrija.es ORCID PhD. Kris Buyse Researcher kbuyse@nebrija.es ORCID PhD. Cristina Herrero Fernández Researcher cherrerof@nebrija.es ORCID PhD. Ocarina Masid Blanco Researcher omasid@nebrija.es ORCID GScholar PhD. Teresa Simón Cabodevilla Researcher tsimon@nebrija.es ORCID Andrea González García Doctoral Student andraldariz@hotmail.com ORCID PhD. Alicia M. Luque Ferreras Researcher aluque@nebrija.es ORCID Lizeth Carolina Guthemberg Arévalo Doctoral Student lguthemb@nebrija.es PhD. Alicia Sola Prado Researcher asola@nebrija.es ORCID

PhD. Susana Martín Leralta Researcher smartinl@nebrija.es ORCID GScholar PhD. Eirini Mavrou Researcher emavrou@nebrija.es ORCID GScholar PhD. Margarita Planelles Almeida Researcher mplanelles@nebrija.es ORCID GScholar PhD. Juana Muñoz Liceras Researcher jmunozli@nebrija.es ORCID Ángelica Gutiérrez Cisneros Doctoral Student agutierrezc8@alumnos.nebrija.es ORCID Andrea González García Investigadora agonzalezga@nebrija.es ORCID Aranza Lira Delcore Investigadora alira@nebrija.es ORCID Tahereh Arabsaeidi Investigadora tarabsae@nebrija.es ORCID Olga Filimonova Investigadora ofilimon@nebrija.es ORCID