Research group CV summary

Languages ​​and Applied Linguistics in International Contexts (LALIC) is an interdisciplinary and international research group based at the University of Cádiz (UCA) made up of applied linguists, phoneticians, pragmatists, psychologists and sociolinguists who work in the field of innovative applications and uses of linguistics and languages ​​in international contexts. The group initially arose from a research and development project on the standardization of the English oral test, in which several group members have a working interest. This developped and broadened to meet the need to provide solutions to the challenges posed to society in the current international and digital context. The group’s main research area therefore falls within applied linguistics, with a particular focus on linguistic knowledge transfer to the digital society with applicability within the fields of language learning and testing, university linguistic policy, the internationalisation and multilingualism of society or the integration of people with special needs or in contexts of limited technology.

The group’s current research lines revolve around four main areas:

• Methodological and technological innovation in second language teaching and testing.
• University linguistic policy in the CEFR and internationalisation.
• English in the international context.
• Bilingualism and multilingualism

The international team, with members from various countries, is composed of three PhDs and five PhD students, each member with a different function. The two main researchers, Bárbara Eizaga Rebollar and David Levey, are University Professors with extensive research and university teaching experience. Both have been main researchers in a Research and Development Project of the Spanish Education Ministry. The third PhD in the group, Candela Contero Urgal, has more than 10 years teaching experience and has participated in various research projects at the UCA and was a member of an Excellence Project of the Junta de Andalucía. The five Ph.D. students in the group (Cristina Heras – UCA research fellow-, Salim Abderrazak, José Miguel Campuzano, Fco. José Coto Lobato and Víctor Ramírez Rivas also have valuable experience, both professionally and academically, in their respective fields of research, and their training and experience abroad brings richness and transversality to the group.