ILCE focuses on seven major areas of research in Applied Linguistics and Spanish from a Sociocultural Perspective:

Teaching Communication, Teacher's Development, and Teaching Methodology

Teaching Concepts, Internalization, and the Sociocultural Mind

Teaching Pronunciation, Phonetic Articulation, and Digital Personalities

Teaching Creativity, Blending, and Digital Storytelling

The Transformative Experience: Personality and Language Development

Proficiency, Placement Testing, and Dynamic Assessment

Research Methodology, Arts, and Generalization

The ILCE International Advisory Boardard is made up of international leaders in academia and experts from the private and public sectors. Members of the board advise on research and academic aspects of language teaching and assessment at University of Navarra. The ILCE IAB serves as a sounding board for researchers and faculty at University of Navarra on issues related to international research agendas in the field of Applied Linguistics.

America

• Dr. James P. Lantolf
  Greer Professor of Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics and Director of Center for Language Acquisition
  The Pennsylvania State University (USA)

• Dr. Rafael Salaberry
  Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and, Director of Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication
  Rice University (USA)

• Dr. Lourdes Ortega
  Professor and Head of Applied Linguistics Concentration
  Georgetown University (USA)

• Dr. Barbara A. Lafford
  Professor of Spanish Linguistics and Faculty Head, Languages and Cultures. Barrett Honors Faculty.
  Arizona State University (USA)

Europe

• Dr. Teresa Cadierno
  Professor at Department of Language and Communication
  University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)

• Dr. Susana Silvia Fernández
  Lektor, ph.d. / associate professor
  fagkoordinator
  Institut for Æstetik og Kommunikation
  Aarhus Universitet (Denmark)

• Dr. Javier Muñoz-Basols
  Senior trainer in Spanish,
  Spanish Language Programme Co-ordinator at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Founding Co-publisher of the Journal of Spanish Language Teaching
  University of Oxford (UK)

Asia

• Dr. José Miguel Blanco Pena (白士清)
  Professor, Department of Spanish
  publisher and director, SinoELE e-journal
  www.sinoele.org
  Tamkang University (Taiwan)
  www.tku.edu.tw

• Dr. Arturo Escandón
  Professor of Foreign Language Education, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
  Latin American Studies
  Nanzan University (Japan)

• Dr. Montserrat Sanz
  Full Professor, Spanish Linguistics (教授)
  Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (Kobe, Japan)

If you work in the field of Spanish Second Language Acquisition and Teaching and you are interested in doing research with us from a Sociocultural Psychology Perspective, make sure you send us an email. We offer funds and research opportunities for senior and junior scholars.

Click here for more info.

ILCE RESEARCHER IN RESIDENCE

• 2018/2019
  Nausica Marcos Miguel
  marcosn@denison.edu
  Assistant Professor Denison University

• 2017/2018
  Carmen Carracelas-Juncal
  Carmen.CarracelasJuncal@usm.edu
  Associate Professor University of Southern Mississippi

• Fall 2016 / Spring 2017
  Manuel Pulido Azpiroz
  Doctoral student visiting from The Pennsylvania State University (USA)

• Spring 2017
  Antoni Fernandez Parera
  Doctoral student visiting from University of Miami (USA)

We offer funding opportunities for graduate students to come to ILCE to conduct research in the field of Spanish Second Language Acquisition from a Sociocultural Psychology perspective. You may also consider studying your PhD at Universidad de Navarra. 

For more info, contact: Dr. Eduardo Negueruela Azarola: enegueruela@unav.es.

Doctoral School

ILCE 's White Papers are authoritative reports written by ILCE researchers to concisely inform readers about complex issues in the field of Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing.

These position papers are meant to explain how ILCE understand critical issues in Applied Linguistics such as the goals of second language learning and teaching, the complexities of proficiency assessment, and changing thinking patterns, voice, and personality when learning new languages.

ILCE's White Paper Series:

(1) "Global Responsible Academic Literacy: Learning a Language with Purpose in A Connected World". Eduardo Negueruela Azarola (Spring 2018)

(2) "Capturing Expertise in Changing Circumstances: Proficiency as Adaptability" (Fall 2018).

(3) "Why I Don't Have a Voice in Spanish: Personality and Language Learning" (Spring 2019).