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Articles and Book chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Styles, L. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (submitted). Exploring the role of mode of implicit instruction in the implicit learning of a complex grammatical structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhang, M., Kang, Jia & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (submitted). Students\u2019 attitudes and perspectives towards translanguaging and its actual effect on learning outcomes in EMI contexts in China.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E., Puig-Mayenco, E. & Capdevila, M. (accepted). Young learners\u2019 metalinguistic awareness in a task-supported EFL teaching intervention. In S. Khezrlou (Ed.) TBLT for young learners: Challenges, opportunities and goals<\/em>. John Benjamins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (Ed.) (March 2026). Peer interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom<\/em>. Multilingual Matters.<\/p>\n

Vraciu, A. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (March 2026). Fluency in task-based peer interaction: Exploring the effects of pre-task instruction on primary school EFL learners. In Pladevall-Ballester, E. (Ed.) Peer interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom<\/em>. Multilingual Matters.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. & Vraciu, A. (2025). Young learners\u2019 attitudes towards oral peer interaction and corrective feedback: insights from a pedagogical intervention in the EFL classroom. Language Awareness<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09658416.2025.2471839<\/p>\n

Ament, J., Tort, I. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2025). Implementing academic reading circles in higher education: Exploring perceptions, engagement and outcomes. Journal of English for Academic Purposes<\/em>, 75, 101489. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jeap.2025.101489<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. & Puig-Mayenco, E. (2025). Focused task-based peer interaction in the young EFL classroom: enhancing explicit knowledge and production of present continuous. In M-P. Garc\u00eda-Mayo (ed.) Investigating Attention to form and Individual Differences. Research with EFL Children<\/em>. Springer.<\/p>\n

Kaloustian, S. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2024). Challenges in Written Corrective Feedback: Young EFL Learners\u2019 Attitudes and Perceptions of the Boomerang WCF Strategy.\u00a0CALR Linguistics Journal<\/i>, 15. doi:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.60149\/ASGM3441<\/a><\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E., Puig-Mayenco, E., & Capdevila, M. (2024). The effect of task-based peer interaction on young EFL learners\u2019 explicit and implicit knowledge of past tense: an intervention study. Language Teaching Research<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/13621688241267367<\/p>\n

Vraciu A., & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2024). Early English language learning: Exploring pedagogical practices in a pre-primary EFL class in Catalonia through systematic observation. In Leslie, C. and Mourao, S. (Eds.) Researching Educational Practices, Teacher Education and Professional Development for Early Language Learning: Examples from Europe.<\/em> Routledge.<\/p>\n

Thomas-Wilhelm, D. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2023). Atomicity and Countability In Linguistically-Informed Instruction: Acquisition of L2 English Noun Types. RESL. Revista Espa\u00f1ola de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica<\/em>, 53(2), 9-38.<\/p>\n

Zhang, M. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2023). Students\u2019 English-medium instruction motivation in three English-medium instruction courses in China. Frontiers in Psychology,<\/i>\u00a013:1077852. doi: 10.3389\/fpsyg.2022.1077852<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E., Puig-Mayenco, E., Tubau, S. &\u00a0 Capdevila, M. (2022). Asymmetries in child foreign language acquisition: production, interpretation and judgements of null subjects. RAEL (Revista electr\u00f3nica de ling\u00fc\u00edstica aplicada), 21\/1, <\/em>40-57.<\/p>\n

Vraciu, A. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2022). L1 use in peer interaction: exploring time and proficiency pairing effects in primary school EFL. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25<\/em>(4), 1433-1450. DOI: 10.1080\/13670050.2020.1767029<\/p>\n

Zhang, M. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2021). Students\u2019 attitudes and perceptions towards three EMI programs in mainland China. Language, Culture and Curriculum<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/07908318.2021.1979576 .<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2021). Pair dynamics and language-related episodes in child EFL task-based peer interaction. Language Teaching for Young Learners<\/em>, 3<\/em>(2), 189-213.<\/p>\n

Zhang, M. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2021). Discipline-specific language learning outcomes in EMI programs in the People\u2019s Republic of China.\u00a0Language and <\/i>Education<\/i>, 35<\/em>(4) DOI: 10.1080\/09500782.2021.1895827<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. & Vraciu, A. (2020). EFL child peer interaction: Measuring the effect of time, proficiency pairing and language of interaction. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching<\/em> (Special Issue), 10<\/em>(3), 449-472.<\/p>\n

Alfonso, C. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2020). Effects of focus on form on primary CLIL students’ foreign language performance in task-based oral interaction. Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, 8<\/em>(1), 53-79.
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Costa, F., & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2020). Introduction to the Special Issue: Learners\u2019 outcomes and effective strategies in early second language learning. [Special Issue]. E-JournALL,\u00a0EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 7<\/em>(1), 1-10. doi:\u00a010.21283\/2376905X.11.202<\/a><\/p>\n

Mil\u00e1n-Maillo, I. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2019). Explicit Plurilingualism in Co-taught CLIL Instruction: Rethinking L1 Use. In M.J. Guti\u00e9rrez-Mangado, M. Mart\u00ednez-Adri\u00e1n, F. Gallardo del Puerto (eds.) Cross-Linguistic Influence: From Empirical Evidence to Classroom Practice<\/em> (pp. 191-213). Springer.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2019). A longitudinal study of primary school EFL learning motivation in CLIL and non-CLIL settings. Language Teaching Research 23<\/em>(6), 765-786. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1362168818765877<\/p>\n

Costa, F. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2018). Language teachers\u2019 perspectives on the CLIL experience in Catalan and Lombard secondary schools. Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, (Special issue The language of content\/the content of language), 73-96.
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Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2017). CLIL in Low Proficiency Primary School Settings: The Role of L1 Use and Focus on Form. English as a Global Language Education (EaGLE) Journal<\/em>, 3(1), 15-38.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. & Vraciu, A. (2017). Exploring early EFL: L1 Use in Oral Narratives by CLIL and non-CLIL Primary School Learners. In M. P. Garc\u00eda-Mayo (ed.) Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School:Research Insights <\/em>(pp. 124-148). Multilingual Matters.<\/p>\n

Pladevall Ballester, E. (2016). Developmental asynchrony in the acquisition of subject properties in child L2 English and Spanish. Language Acquisition, <\/em>23(4), 387-406.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. & Vallbona A. (2016). CLIL in minimal input contexts: a longitudinal study of primary school learners’ receptive skills. System<\/em>, 58, 37-48.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2016). CLIL subject selection and young learners’ listening and reading comprehension skills. International Journal of Applied Linguistics,<\/em> 26(1), 52-74\u00a0 DOI: 10.1111\/ijal.12079<\/p>\n

Codina, A. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2015). The effects of using L1 translation on young learners’ L2 vocabulary learning. ELIA (Estudios de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Inglesa Aplicada), <\/em>15, 109-134.
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Pladevall Ballester, E. (2015). Exploring primary school CLIL perceptions in Catalonia: students\u2019, teachers\u2019 and parents\u2019 opinions and expectations. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, <\/em>18\/1: 45-59. DOI: 10.1080\/13670050.2013.874972<\/p>\n

Pladevall Ballester, E. (2015). Verbal and non-verbal teacher immediacy and foreign language anxiety in an EFL university course. Porta Linguarum<\/em>, 23, 9-24.<\/p>\n

Amores, M. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2014). The effects of written input on young EFL learners’ oral output. Journal of English Studies, <\/em>12, 7-33.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2013). Adult L2 Spanish development of syntactic and discourse subject properties in an instructional setting. Rael (Revista Electr\u00f3nica de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Aplicada)<\/em>, 12,111-129.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2013). Adult instructed SLA of English subject properties. Canadian Journal of Linguistics<\/em>, 58(3), 465-486.<\/p>\n

Llin\u00e0s-Grau, M., Pladevall-Ballester, E. & Capdevila-Batet, M. (2013). On That-omssion and its Absence in the Written Production of Bilingual Spanish\/Catalan L2-learners of English. Atlantis<\/em>, 35 (1): 35-49.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2012) Child L2 English acquisition of subject properties in an immersion bilingual context. Second Language Research<\/em>, 28(2), 217-241.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2010). Child L2 development of syntactic and discourse properties of Spanish subjects, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition<\/em>, 13(2), 185-216.<\/p>\n

Guti\u00e9rrez-Colon, M. & Pladevall, E. (2009-2010). Formulaic sequences in the written production of L2 learners of English. Cuadernos de Investigaci\u00f3n Filol\u00f3gica<\/em>, 35-36, 77-104.<\/p>\n

Guti\u00e9rrez-Colon, M. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2009). Not only technology in Computer Assisted Language Learning: learners\u2019 experiences, English Language Teaching<\/em>, 2(4).<\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. (2005). Matrix Non-Finite Verbal Forms in Early Child English. Interling\u00fc\u00edstica<\/em>, 15, Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia.<\/p>\n

Edited books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mart\u00edn, S., Owen, D. & Pladevall-Ballester, E. (Eds.) (2018) Persistence and Resistance in English Studies<\/em>. New Research<\/em>. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars.<\/p>\n

Textbooks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kennedy-Scanlon, M., Pladevall Ballester, E. & Cebrian, J. (2012) Guided Error Correction. Exercises for Spanish-speaking students of English. Level B2.<\/em> Bellaterra: Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Pladevall-Ballester, E. (2008) Words and Categories. In Mireia Llin\u00e0s-Grau, Montserrat Capdevila-Batet, Joaqu\u00edn A. Dom\u00ednguez, Melissa Moyer, Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester, Susagna Tubau-Munta\u00f1\u00e0, English Syntax. Basic Concepts for the Analysis of English Sentences<\/em>. Bellaterra: Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Conference Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mart\u00edn, S., Moyer, M., Pladevall, E. and Tubau, S. (eds.) (2012) At a Time of Crisis: English and American Studies in Spain. Works from the 35th AEDEAN Conference.<\/em> E-book. Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona. ISBN-10:84-695-4273-7<\/p>\n

Curell, H., Mart\u00edn, S., Capdevila, M., Cebrian, J., Gimeno, L., Hand, F., Owen, D., Pladevall, E. & Vraciu, A. (2011) L’adaptaci\u00f3 al nou espai europeu d’ensenyament superior: Estudis anglesos a la UAB. In VI Congr\u00e9s Internacional de Doc\u00e8ncia Universit\u00e0ria i Innovaci\u00f3 (CIDUI). Nous espais de qualitat en l’educaci\u00f3 superior.Una an\u00e0lisi comparada i de tend\u00e8ncies. CD-ROM. ISBN: 978-84-8458-339-4.<\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. (2007) On the L2 Spanish Subject Development of British Children, Actas del XXIV Congreso Internacional AESLA (Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Aplicada)<\/em>, Universidad Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n a Distancia (UNED) (Madrid)<\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. (2005) Morphological Variability and Syntactic Phrase Structure in the L2 Acquisition of English. Actas de la XXVIII AEDEAN Conference,<\/em> Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia.<\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. (2004) On the Distributional Constraints of Null Subjects in Child English and Catalan. Actas de la XXVII AEDEAN Conference<\/em>, Universidad de Salamanca.<\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. and Tubau, S. (2003) Critical Past and Promising Future for Language Acquisition. Proceedings of Camling 1st Postgraduate Linguistics Conference<\/em>, University of Cambridge. Cambridge: CUP.<\/p>\n

Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. and Tubau, S. (2007) Review of Mireia Llin\u00e0s i Grau\u2019s Primeres Paraules. Com aprenen a parlar els nostres fills. Llengua i Literatura<\/em>, 17.<\/p>\n

Pladevall, E. (2006) Review of Jean Stillwell Peccei\u2019s Child Language. Linguist List: http:\/\/linguistlist.org\/issues\/17\/17-2579.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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