Adult migrant learners of a foreign language

Presentation of the invited Editors

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Keywords:

adult migrants, foreign language, literacy, multiliteracies

Abstract

The guest editors present the state of the art of the thematic field and present the articles that make up the thematic section.

Author Biographies

Analí Fernández Corbacho, University of Huelva, Spain

Professor in the Department of English Philology at the University of Huelva, where she teaches in the area of Applied Linguistics and Didactics of Foreign Languages. She is a member of the research centre COIDESO and the research group "Research in Affective Language Learning (ReALL)". She has participated in several national and international projects. She is currently participating in the R+D+I project "Multiliteracies for adult at-risk learners of additional languages. MultiLits". She is particularly interested in the teaching of foreign languages, the development of reading skills, adult literacy, or the inclusion of innovative methodologies in the classroom, the use of music, new technologies, mediation or experiential learning.

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Mª Carmen Fonseca-Mora, University of Huelva, Spain

Full Professor in the Department of English Philology and director of the ReALL (Research in Affective Language Learning) research group. She is currently the director of the Research Centre "Contemporary Thinking and Innovation for Social Development" (COIDESO) at the University of Huelva (Spain).
Her main research interests pertain to foreign language teaching, teacher training, teaching innovation, scientific publications and gender studies. Her numerous papers have been published in academic journals and high impact volumes. She has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Chester (UK) and is a member of the FLAME (Films, Languages and Media Education) Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). She collaborates with the Education Policy Division of the Council of Europe and holds editorial and advisory positions in scientific journals and on international committees.

Published

2022-12-12

How to Cite

Fernández Corbacho, A., & Fonseca-Mora, M. C. (2022). Adult migrant learners of a foreign language: Presentation of the invited Editors. Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching, 16(33), 11–18. Retrieved from https://revistas.nebrija.com/revista-linguistica/article/view/507

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Presentation by the invited editor