{"id":272,"date":"2020-11-17T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T08:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:14:02","slug":"helena-aikin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/members\/clm\/helena-aikin\/","title":{"rendered":"Helena Aikin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1494\" height=\"1952\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-458 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2.jpg 1494w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2-1176x1536.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2022\/05\/helena-aikin-2-1200x1568.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1494px) 100vw, 1494px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Dr Helena Aikin, Co-Investigator, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclm.es\/departamentos\/filologia-moderna\">Dept of Modern Languages<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">I hold a BA in History from the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma, Madrid, a MA in Hispanic Culture from the University of California at Davis (USA) and a PhD in English Studies from the University of Castilla la Mancha. I currently teach English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Castilla la Mancha, department of Modern Languages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">My area of expertise lies within the field of intercultural education in bilingual and plurilingual schools. I am currently working on project-based educational models where I explore the interdisciplinary and transcultural dimensions of CLIL with special attention to establishing relational links between the different school subjects and learners&#8217; lives and communities at local, national and international levels.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">I have conducted teacher training seminars and workshops on CLIL methodology, intercultural education and creative learning at the University of Northern Arizona, U.S.A,&nbsp; ITESO university&nbsp; at Guadalajara, Mexico, University of Latvia, Universitat Karlova, Prague, and at several Indian Universities (Manipal, Chitkara, Pondicherry and Symbiosis-Pune).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">I have participated in several national and international research projects, (Language Courses for Mobile Technologies\u201d. Ref S\u00f3crates 1, European Commission; LADIC, UCLM (2011-13) \u201cBilingualism, linguistic ideologies and Identity in a public school\u00b4s bilingual programme\u201d; APINGLO-CLM R+D FFI2014-54179-C2-2-P- 2015-2019, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation). I was the main researcher for UCLM of a project entitled CLIL@India (Erasmus+ Capacity Building for HE Grant Agreement 2016-3537) whose aim was to adapt the CLIL approach to the Indian context and pilot CLIL modules in primary schools, with a view to providing better quality learning opportunities to children from economically and socially deprived families. The project has financed the creation of a CLIL Resource Centre at each of our Indian partner universities (Manipal, Chitkara, Pondicherry and Symbiosis) where CLIL Teacher Training sessions for local school teachers are regularly organized under the supervision of experts from UCLM, the University of Milan and the University of Latvia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Helena Aikin, Co-Investigator, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Dept of Modern Languages) I hold a BA in History from the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma, Madrid, a MA in Hispanic Culture from the University of California at Davis (USA) and a PhD in English Studies from the University of Castilla la Mancha. I currently teach English and Applied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions\/487"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/enifalpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}