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Sonia López-Serrano

@sonialing.bsky.social
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👩🏻‍🏫 English lecturer. Applied linguist. SLA researcher. 🌍 ULL / UCM. ITAPassociation. ELINET 🕵🏻‍♀️ Technology | Pragmatics | L2Writing | Vocabulary | EMI/ESP Madre con sueño/s. 🌐 sites.google.com/ull.edu.es/sonialo…

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Judith Borràs @judith-borras.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
As Polio (2012) puts it, feedback will be “essentially useless if learners do not have to do anything with [it]” (p. 385). @sonialing.bsky.social and I explored corrective feedback. Findings can be found here: portalrecerca.udl.cat/documentos/6...
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"How can I correct what I don't know?": Exploring low-level learners' incorporation and perceptions of written metalinguistic explanations | Documentos - Universitat de Lleida
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Given that in-class time is limited, I wondered whether EFL students' awareness of email requests to faculty could be raised through self-access web-based #pragmatic instruction only 🧐 So happy to finally share the results of this project! #OpenAccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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AI Rubric Project @airubric.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Seguimos compartiendo divulgación reciente de nuestro equipo. Hoy os compartimos este artículo en el que nuestra compañera Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social reflexiona sobre el papel de la #IA a la hora de proporcionar feedback a nuestros estudiantes. www.universidadsi.es/correccion-h...
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¿Corrección humana o automática? El futuro de la retroalimentación correctiva escrita en la universidad - Universidad, sí
La retroalimentación correctiva tradicional se encuentra con la irrupción de la IA en el mundo universitario. ¿Pueden convivir amabas formas?
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AI Rubric Project @airubric.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Antes de cerrar el curso queremos compartir con vosotros algunas labores de divulgación del equipo #AIRubric. En este artículo, nuestra coordinadora en la ULPGC Esther Rodríguez Gil reflexiona sobre las necesidades de los docentes ante la #IA. telos.fundaciontelefonica.com/que-necesita...
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¿Qué necesitan los docentes para enfrentarse a la inteligencia artificial? Claves prácticas para una transición educativa de largo alcance - Telos Fundación Teléfonica
La IA ya está en las aulas, pero muchos docentes aún no cuentan con el acompañamiento, la formación ni los recursos necesarios para integrarla de forma crítica y pedagógica. Este artículo propone vías...
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Sunday! Today is June 1st, and the ITAP Conference 2025 is only 25 days away! We have reached 200 registered participants from 40 countries around the world. Can you spot yours? You can find all the info here: www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Given that in-class time is limited, I wondered whether EFL students' awareness of email requests to faculty could be raised through self-access web-based #pragmatic instruction only 🧐 So happy to finally share the results of this project! #OpenAccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada (CLA) @cla-udl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🔥 CLA Hot Topics #1 🔥 Is the use of the L1 in the English classroom a problem? 👀 Opinions in our group are mixed… What do you think? 🗨️ Join the conversation: reply to the thread and share your perspective! Whether you’re a CLA member or just curious, we’d love to hear from you.
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#Pragmatics on the #TBLTea Youtube Channel🍵🎥 "Thank You for (T)asking: Teaching Pragmatics with TBLT" In this talk, Dr. Naoko Taguchi explores how pragmatics fits into Task-Based Language Teaching. ▶️ youtu.be/ME53yOcxeEE?...
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TBLTea | Thank You for Tasking: Teaching Pragmatics with TBLT | Dr. Naoko Taguchi
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
During the ITAP Annual Conference we will host seven thematic panels. Today we put the spotlight on the panels that explore #technology applications to teach L2 #pragmatics 👩🏻‍💻🤖💻 Check the program & register for free on our website: www.ub.edu/itap-associa... #ITAP2025
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🥳 The ITAP PhD Network is back with two free online sessions. If you are a PhD student who wants to learn more about the process of publishing your pragmatics research, don't miss these workshops! Registration form: forms.gle/9oT9a9JbhrQw...
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The #ITAP2025 Conference provisional program is now available! We will have sessions on technology, literary resources, audiovisual materials, teacher training proposals... Don't miss the opportunity to attend the conference, it's free! Registration: www.ub.edu/itap-associa... @aesla.bsky.social
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
📢 Save the dates! The registration period for the ITAP Conference 2025 is now open. At ITAP we are firm supporters of open science, and that is why attendance at the conference will be FREE. Visit the conference site to fill in the registration form: www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
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Dr Zoe Handley @zlhandley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Looking forward to presenting to the Internationalisation Practitioner Network this week. 📅 March 27 1pm-2pm UK & Ireland time Please visit the Internationalisation Practitioner Network website for details on how the session: internationalpedagogies.home.blog
Online and in-person language contact during study abroad: Using the Lang Track App to explore the experiences of international masters’ students studying in the UK
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
So honored to be part of this generous community! Long live ITAP! 🥳
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
AI, corpora, picture books, graphic novels, audio-visual materials, humour, teacher training workshops... We have received fantastic proposals so far! Don't forget to send yours. Only two days left! 🕒🕓🕔 www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
💡 Are you an applied linguistics PhD student or early scholar looking for a journal to publish your research? Are you interested in technology and language teaching & learning? Have a look at this list of journals & discover the ones that could be right for you: sites.google.com/ull.edu.es/s...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Don't forget to send your proposal before March 1st! @aesla.bsky.social
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📢 Free workshop 📢 Dr. Nicole Ziegler will discuss her work on technology-mediated TBLT. Teachers, students, researchers, and teacher educators alike are encouraged to tune in next week to discuss all things tech & tasks. Email thetaskbank@gmail.com for the free Zoom link.
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
📣 Call for proposals 📣 We will organize this year's ITAP Annual Conference in the beautiful Tenerife 🌴❤️ 📅 June 26-27, 2025 📍/ 💻 Universidad de La Laguna + online 📥 Abstract submission period closes on March 1st. 🌐 Read the call for proposals: www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We are back online and for our first post of 2025 we wanted to share an insightful accessible summary by Noriko Ishihara: "How does a translingual framework help with teaching pragmatics and teacher education?" OASIS Summary of Ishihara (2024) in System. www.oasis-database.org/details/xs55...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
If you are interested in #technology and language learning, you can now watch the three talks we hosted in the ELINET_TELL Fall 24 Webinar Series: Dr Isabel Tejada: youtu.be/EGgPZMlMHoM?... Dr Lindsay Miller: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9W4... Dr Sofía di Sarno: youtu.be/4USk_dw5FZM #ELT #Edusky
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OASIS Database @oasisdatabase.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
✨ New OASIS summary ✨ ➡️ Learning Spanish through virtual reality oasis-database.org/concern/summ...
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Learning Spanish through virtual reality
OASIS summary of: Taguchi, N. & Hanks, E. (2024). Social virtual reality for L2 Spanish development: Learning how to interact with others in a high-immersion virtual space. [The Modern Language Journa...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🌟 #openaccess publication 🌟 Exploring the Idea of Task in the Context of the Young Language Learner Classroom By Veronika Timpe-Laughlin, Bianca Roters & Yuko Goto Butler #TBLT #YLL onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Exploring the Idea of Task in the Context of the Young Language Learner Classroom
Originating in adult education, the approach of task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been promoted in young language learner (YLL) education. However, its application often encounters challenges d...
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Dan Isbell @danielrisbell.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Captions confer comprehension advantages up through advanced levels of L2 proficiency - only at highly-advanced levels (C2 in the Common European Framework) does this advantage seem to dissipate. pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ss...
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When to switch captions off? Exploring the effects of L2 proficiency and vocabulary knowledge on comprehension of captioned and uncaptioned TV | Studies in Second Language Learning and Teach...
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OASIS Database @oasisdatabase.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
✨ New OASIS summary ✨ ➡️ Raising EFL teachers’ awareness of L2 pragmatic teaching via teacher professional development: The impact of an effective training workshop oasis-database.org/concern/summ...
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Raising EFL teachers’ awareness of L2 pragmatic teaching via teacher professional development: The impact of an effective training workshop
OASIS summary of: Ton-Nu, A. (2024). Raising EFL teachers’ awareness of L2 pragmatic teaching via teacher professional development: The impact of an effective training workshop. [Language Awareness](h...
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
RESEARCHING AND TEACHING SPEECH ACTS WITH YOUNG L2 LEARNERS The book introduces main concepts & research findings and explores issues in teaching pragmatics & conducting pragmatics research with children 🌟 Special discount 🌟 Get 30% off w/ code MMDEC24 www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
¿Cómo podemos potenciar el espíritu crítico de los docentes de lengua extranjera en formación sobre el uso de la #IA, y además reflexionar sobre la creación de herramientas de evaluación válidas y útiles? Feliz de trabajar con este gran equipo de profesionales de la ULL y la ULPGC 🌟
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"Feedback shouldn't be a postcard we get at the end of the journey; it should be the compass that guides us to our destination" 🧭 Taking these five principles into account can make your #feedback practices much more effective #WCF #Edusky
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Don’t miss the last TBLT Task Bank workshop of 2024👀 Dr. Akiko Fujii will discuss the topic "Tasks for young learners" 🗓️ December 11 🕰️ 19:30 EST 📍 Zoom For the Zoom link please send an email to thetaskbank@gmail.com
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
When you are exhausted, but the submission period of that important grant finishes in three hours 😅
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Can't wait to reveal the conference venue! 😍
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
📣Call for papers 📣 3rd Annual ELINET Conference July 3-4, 2025 University of Oxford 🌐 elinet.org.uk/conferences/...
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ITAP Association @itapassociation.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Become a member (it's free!) and register for ITAP Fall Seminar. Registration as an online attendee is free as well. 🌐 www.ub.edu/itap-associa...
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Events – ITAP AssociationICON IG
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Olivier ELZINGRE @drolelz.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
L2 thought of the day - be the teacher that shifts a student’s negative experiences in language classes into a positive one. Be kind, patient and supportive, and do not accept mediocre work when you see they can produce better work. Be generous with praise too.
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Couldn't be happier to have found a community of researchers so welcoming and generous! It was a pleasure to help organise this event and co-host one of the sessions. Long live ITAP! ❤️
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📣 Free online talk 📣 The ELINET_Network #TELL team are glad to invite you to the seminar 'The affordances of #tellecolaboration in foreign language teaching' December 5th, 12.00 GMT #EduSky #ELT #Tesol #virtualexchange Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📣 Free online talk 📣 The ELINET_Network #TELL team are glad to invite you to the seminar 'The affordances of #tellecolaboration in foreign language teaching' December 5th, 12.00 GMT #EduSky #ELT #Tesol #virtualexchange Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
📣 You can now watch the recording of the ELINET_Network #TELL workshop 'Leveraging #AI in Education: Build your prompts, know your expectations', by Dr Isabel Tejada. youtu.be/EGgPZMlMHoM?... 1. Introduction / ethics 2. How LLMs work: min 13.30 3. Hands-on practice with prompts: min 20.00
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
📣 Don't miss our upcoming #ELINET_Network #TELL workshops 📣 Course design: English for science and technology. Nov 29, 12.00 GMT The affordances of telecollaboration in foreign language teaching. Dec 5, 12.00 GMT ⏰ When you get your registration confirmation, please set an alarm on your calendar!
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Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
If you are interested in second language (L2) pragmatics & young language learners (YLL), I highly recommend "Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners: Beneath the Linguistic Surface" by M. Savic, A. Mryset, M. Economidou-Kogetsidis, www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners
This book introduces the main concepts and research findings of second language pragmatics in relation to young language learners. It also explores issues in teaching pragmatics and conducting pragmat...
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Michael Burri @burrimichael.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New #openaccess paper: Neff, J., Arciaga, K., & Burri, M. (2024). EFL students' and teachers' perceptions of the ethical uses of AI tools. Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 6(3), 1–19 www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...
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Technology in Language Teaching & Learning
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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 22/11/2024
Humans learn a new word by attaching it to a set of concepts in the real world. Computers “learn” a new word by creating associations with other words In this episode we get enthusiastic about how computers process language with @emilymbender.bsky.social
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98: Helping computers decode sentences - Interview with Emily M. Bender
When a human learns a new word, we're learning to attach that word to a set of concepts in the real world. When a computer
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Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Something to share! This is a collaborative ebook of ideas for teaching writing developed over the Spring 2024 semester by students in my course on teaching L2 writing. Each chapter contains lessons, activities or advice based on the weekly course theme or readings. drive.google.com/file/d/11HuS...
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Collaborative Ebook EDUC 655 Spring 2024.pdf
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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I made a linguistics and language podcast starter pack for you, if you're looking for your new favourite linguistics podcast: go.bsky.app/5pirXas
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
📣 Don't miss our upcoming #ELINET_Network #TELL workshops 📣 Course design: English for science and technology. Nov 29, 12.00 GMT The affordances of telecollaboration in foreign language teaching. Dec 5, 12.00 GMT ⏰ When you get your registration confirmation, please set an alarm on your calendar!
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Gila Schauer @gilaschauer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
My open access book "Intercultural Competence and Pragmatics" came out this year. It examines how modern foreign language teachers in higher education conceptualize intercultural competence in relation to pragmatics. Link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Sal Consoli @salconsoli.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🌟📚 Exciting news for education researchers! 🥳 We have launched the Cambridge Elements: Research Methods in Education series….Do you have a unique perspective in research methods? Explore the series here: www.cambridge.org/core/publica... Let’s advance education research methods together! 💡✨
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Elements in Research Methods in Education
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Starter pack with #ELT #TESOL #appliedlinguistics peeps to follow. You can follow individuals or the whole list. Add a comment with your bluesky handle if you want to be included. Hopefully organisations will be migrating here 🦋 as well. go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6
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Sonia López-Serrano @sonialing.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
At the ELINET #TELL strand we organized a free online introductory workshop on #AI prompt building for education. During the session we reflected on how #LLMs work, got hands-on experience with lmarena.ai & discussed approaches to prompt building. I'll share the recording as soon as it is online.
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Chatbot Arena (formerly LMSYS): Free AI Chat to Compare & Test Best AI Chatbots
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