On the effects of age on school foreign language learning,
Carme Muñoz, Carmen Pérez, Mª Luz Celaya, Teresa Navés, Mª Rosa Torras, Elsa Tragant, Mia Victori
University of Barcelona

Barcelona SLA Research Team
Grup de recerca d'adquisició de llengües

Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya
Universitat de Barcelona
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585, Barcelona 08005.
Tel (34) 93 485 56 83
Fax (34) 93 317 12 49
E-mail: BCN-SLA@fil.ub.edu

Authors of the article: From left to right, upper part: Mia Victori (UAB), Esther Álvarez (UB), Carme Muñoz (UB), Mª Luz Celaya (UB), Teresa Navés (UB), Mª Rosa Torras (UB), Carmela Pérez (UPF). From left to right, lower part: Elsa Tragant (UB), J. Carles Mora (UB).

Main lines of research and activities

The research centres on the influence of a range of factors on the learning of English as a foreign language in the school setting. The three main factors studied are age, intensity and type of exposure. The group has participated in other projects, such as "Translanguage in Europe-Content and Language Integrated Learning (T.I.E-C.L.I.L.)" (the European Union's Lingua project), on the integrated learning of content and foreign language (AICLE), and, in conjunction with the University of Concordia (Canada), has recently obtained funding for a new project under the auspices of the TIRF (TESOL International Research Foundation) entitled "Age, intensity of instruction and metalinguistic awareness in EFL learning".

Dra. Mª Luz Celaya Villanueva
Tenured lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
celaya@fil.ub.edu

Dra. Carme Muñoz Lahoz
Coordinator
Tenured lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
munoz@fil.ub.edu

Sra. Teresa Navés Nogués
Associate lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
naves@fil.ub.edu

Dra. Carmen Pérez Vidal
Tenured lecturer
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
carmen.perez@trad.upf.es

Dra. Mª Rosa Torras
Tenured lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
dlrtc28d@ub.edu

Dra. Elsa Tragant Mestres
Tenured lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
tragant@fil.ub.edu

Dra. Mia Victori Blaya
Tenured lecturer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
mia.victori@uab.es

Other members of the Barcelona SLA Research Team

Dra. Ester Álvarez Fernández
Associate lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
alvarez@fil.ub.edu

Dra. Corinne Helland Langston
Tenured lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
cortes@fil.ub.edu

Dr. J. Carles Mora Bonilla
Associate lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
mora@fil.ub.edu

Dr. Antoni Sans Martí
Tenured lecturer
Universitat de Barcelona
miasm22d@ub.edu

Most important publications

• Torras, M.R. i Celaya, M.L. 2002. Age-related differences in the development of written production. An empirical study of EFL school learners. International Journal of English Studies 1 (2): 103-126.
• Muñoz, C. 2001. Factores escolares e individuales en el aprendizaje formal de un idioma extranjero. Tendencias y líneas de investigación en ASL. Revista de Lingüística. Alicante: Universidad de Alicante.
• Muñoz, C. i Tragant, E. 2001. Attitudes and motivation towards foreign language learning. En Eurosla Yearbook 2000, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Torras, M.R.; Celaya, M.L. i Pérez, C. 2001. Age and instruction in written production in English as a foreign language. En Eurosla Yearbook 2000, Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Muñoz, C. 2000. Bilingualism and Trilingualism in School Students in Catalonia. En J. Cenoz i U. Jessner (eds.) English in Europe: the acquisition of a third language. Multilingual Matters.
• Pérez, C.; Celaya, M.L. i Torras, M.R. 2000. Written production in EFL bilingual formal acquisition. En C. Sanz (ed.) Spanish Applied Linguistics. Monograph: The Bilingual Child 4.
• Tragant, E. i Muñoz, C. 2000. La motivación y su relación con la edad en un contexto escolar de aprendizaje de lengua extranjera. En C. Muñoz (ed.) Segundas lenguas. Adquisición en el aula. Barcelona: Ariel.
• Victori, M. 1999. An analysis of writing knowledge in EFL composing: A case study of two effective and two less effective writers. System 27 (4): 537-555.

Web sites

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