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University teaching<\/a> and BA, MA, PhD supervision<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>University Teaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1998 to present. Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona<\/a>
Departament de Filologia Anglesa i German\u00edstica<\/a>, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Undergraduate courses
English Studies degree: English Phonetics and Phonology I and II, Oral Skills and Pronunciation, Advanced Phonology, <\/em> Research Methods in Linguistics, <\/em>English Grammar and Linguistics, English Language I, English Language II <\/em>and<\/em> Advanced Composition in English<\/em>, .
* Graduate courses
Masters and PhD programs: The acquisition of a second language phonology, Experiments in phonetics and phonology (Introduction to Speech Analysis), Seminar on Research Methods in Linguistics, Academic Abilities in English, Oral skills and the teaching or pronunciation. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall 2006-Spring 2007. University of Toronto at Mississauga<\/a>
Department of French, German and Italian – Linguistics.<\/a>
Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Introduction to Linguistics<\/em>, English Grammar, Phonetics, Sound Patterns in Language<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002 to 2004. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya<\/a>
Servei d’Idiomes. Facultat de Ci\u00e8ncies de la Salut. Estudis d’Oodontologia i Fisioterapia.
Sant Cugat, Catalonia, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* English for Special Purposes: English Language I, English Language II and English Language III<\/em> for students of Dentistry and Physical Therapy Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1994-1998. University of Toronto<\/a>
Department of Linguistics.<\/a>
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Instructor of Introduction to Linguistics<\/em>. (1998)
* Teaching Assistant and Grader of Introduction to Linguistics, Phonetics<\/em>, and Sound Patterns in Language<\/em>. (1994-1998)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 1991-May 1992. College of the Holy Cross College
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Spanish language Teaching Assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>BA, MA, PhD supervision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PhD dissertations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

December 2024. Alsilevani, Dilgash Mohammed Shareef. <\/i>PhD dissertation. The acquisition of English consonant clusters by Kurdish EFL learners.<\/em> Thesis DDD entry.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 2020. Gorba, Celia. PhD dissertation. Crosslinguistic influence in L2 speakers: The effect of language experience on L1 and L2 VOT production and perception. <\/em>Thesis DDD entry<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2017. Carlet, Angelica. PhD dissertation. L2 perception and production of English consonants and vowels by Catalan speakers: The effects of attention and training task in a cross-training study. <\/em> Thesis DDD entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In progress<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Witte, Wolf. PhD dissertation. Speaker Comparisons in Multilingual Contexts: Individual Variation in L2 Speech for Forensic Purposes. <\/em>Co-supervised with Dr. N\u00faria Gavald\u00e0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e1nchez Mu\u00f1oz, Marvin. PhD dissertation. Explict and communicative form-focused instruction of L2 phonological features in EFL learners: A diagnostic-based approach.<\/em> Co-supervised with Dr. Ingrid Mora Plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA dissertations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2025. MA dissertation. Anna Vorobeva. Should language teachers only speak the target language? The role of the L1 in foreign language teaching.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2024. MA dissertation. Marvin S\u00e1nchez Mu\u00f1oz. The Interlanguage Phonology of Spanish-Catalan Learners of English: A Factorial Exploration of \/e\/ Prothesis in L2 English Initial Onset sC Clusters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2022. MA dissertation. Sierra Rodr\u00edguez, Candela. Post-aspiration in Andalusian Spanish and its effects on voiceless stop production in L2 English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2022. MA dissertation. Ting Wang (co-supervised with Dr. J. Ament). The effects of high variability phonetic training (HVPT) on the perception of English consonants by Mandarin learners in an EFL context.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2020. Cruz, Romy. MA dissertation. Examining the effect of cognate status on lexical access and phonological perception in L2 English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2020. Hoi Van Nguyen. The effect of English intonation on the perception of Vietnamese lexical tones by L1 English speakers and L1 Spanish speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2018. Bukraba, Marie. MA dissertation. Production of aspiration in cognate and non-cognate words by Czech learners of English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 2017. Eskola, Andrea. MA dissertation. Perception of similarity between Spanish and English vowels by Spanish<\/em> learners of English<\/em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2016. Liu Zhao. MA dissertation. Exploring cross-linguistic influence: Perception and production of L1, L2 and L3 bilabial stops by Mandarin Chinese speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2016. Gorba Masip, Celia. MA dissertation. The effect of foreign language experience on the categorization and production of native and non-native stops by Spanish learners of English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2015. Torrent, Marisol. MA dissertation (co-supervised with Dr. E. Alexandra Vraciu). Effects of foreign language anxiety and self-esteem on oral fluency: The case of young Catalan\/Spanish bilinguals learning English as a foreign language<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2014. Zhu Caifeng. MA dissertation. Perception and production of the \/\u03b8\/-\/s\/ Contrast by Mandarin-speaking learners of English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept. 2013. Motiee, Golnaz. MA dissertation (co-supervised with Dr. Ana Fern\u00e1ndez Montraveta). The effect of anxiety on foreign language reading comprehension among Spanish\/Catalan university-level students of English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept. 2012. Julkowska, Izabela. MA dissertation. Effects of shared L1 and error type on the intelligibility and accentedness of L2 speech<\/em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BA dissertations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halmel Aguilar, Aleix.The Role of Metalinguistic Knowledge in the Production of Aspirated Stops by Catalan Learners of English<\/em>, 2022-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nibladze , Lali. Age and Cross-linguistic Influences on the Acquisition of L2 English Stress.<\/em>, 2020-2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oliver Cruells, Maria Queralt. Accents in the Harry Potter Films: Analysing Stereotypes and Discrimination.<\/em>, 2020-2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vila Oliva, Rebeca. Bimodal Bilingualism in Second Language Acquisition in Catalonia. Comparing preposition stranding performance in Catalan Sign Language and its effect on EFL.<\/em>, 2018-2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2014. Barneto, Cristian. BA dissertation. Catalan speakers’ perceptual assimilation of English vowels: Effects of L2 experience and phonetic context.<\/em><\/div>\n\n\n\n

June 2014. Traor\u00e9, Aixa. BA dissertation. Non-native perception of English tonicity: An experimental study involving Catalan learners of English.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2013. Rovira, S. BA dissertation. Teaching pronunciation to children in an instructional setting: The effect of short term training on two different age groups.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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