Sònia Mas-Alcolea
Sònia Mas-Alcolea is a lecturer in the Department of English and German Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). She obtained her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Lleida in 2017. She is also a member of the CLA (Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada) research team, and her work, which adopts a discourse-analytic approach, has focused on study abroad, identity, second language acquisition, cross-cultural communication, and interculturality.
Sònia Mas-Alcolea is member of the Cercle de Lingüística Aplicada (UdL) and of the following research projects:
- Project: The global competence of higher education students: A pilot study
- Financial institution: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- Amount granted: 30.492€
- Duration: 2020-2023
- Project: Interculturality, European Citizenship and English as a Lingua Franca: Policies and Practices in Higher Education International Mobility Programmes (FFI2012-35834)
- Financial institution: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- Amount granted: 51.480€
- Duration: 2013-2016
Capítols de llibre/capítulos de libro/book chapters (2018-2024):
- Torres-Purroy, H., & Mas-Alcolea, S. (2024). The perpetuation of heteropatriarchal dynamics in scholarly gatekeeping Analysing reviewers’ feedback from the perspective of LGBTQ+ early-career scholars. Novice LGBTQ+ Scholars’ Practices in Writing for Scholarly Publication. Routledge.
- Mas-Alcolea, S., & Llanes, À. (2022). Challenging the Language Learner as the Only Source of Data in Study Abroad Research. In Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research: Critical Reflections on Methods and Data (pp. 211-228). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Torres-Purroy, H., & Mas-Alcolea, S. (2021). Applying the Community of Practice Theory in Higher Education: The Case of the Research Group. In Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (pp. 39-53). Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Mas-Alcolea, S., & Torres-Purroy, H. (2021). Shadowing and narrative interviewing combined: The advantages of using an observational method in higher education research. In Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (pp. 161-172). Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Mas-Alcolea, S., & Torres-Purroy, H. (2021). Study Abroad and Students'(Lack of) Social Integration: The Case of Spanish Ghettos in Italy. In Language, mobility and study abroad in the contemporary European context (pp. 47-63). Routledge.
- Torres-Purroy, H., & Mas-Alcolea, S. (2019). The Internationalization of Scientists’ Communication: An Essential Literature Review. Internationalizing the Communication Curriculum in an Age of Globalization, 99-112. Routledge.
- Mas Alcolea, S. (2019). Study abroad and students’ discourse on ‘cultural difference’: A longitudinal view. Study abroad, second language acquisition, and interculturality, 46-74.
- Mas-Alcolea, S. (2018). ‘I Thought I Was Prepared.’ERASMUS Students’ Voices on Their Transition from L2 Learners to L2 Users. Second language study abroad: Programming, pedagogy, and participant engagement, 223-255.
Articles/artículos (revisats per parells/revisión por pares/peer-reviewed) (2018-2024):
- Purroy, H. T., & Alcolea, S. M. (2024). La sostenibilitat del català en la recerca a la universitat catalana “internacional”: un estudi de cas. Revista de Llengua i Dret, 69-87.
- Torres-Purroy, H., & Mas-Alcolea, S. (2022). Language policy and multilingualism in semi-peripheral higher education research: Two cases from a University in Catalonia. Linguistics and Education, 71, 101105.
- Mas‐Alcolea, S., & Torres‐Purroy, H. (2022). Discourses of foreign language development in study abroad: Social networks and other intervening factors. Foreign Language Annals, 55(2), 494-516.
- Cots, J. M., Aguilar, M., Mas-Alcolea, S., & Llanes, À. (2016). Studying the impact of academic mobility on intercultural competence: a mixed-methods perspective. The Language Learning Journal, 44(3), 304-322.
My teaching interests are broadly within Applied Linguistics with a particular focus on (critical) discourse analysis, second language acquisition in different contexts and interculturality. Examples of courses in which I am a tutor or coordinator include:
- Special Topics in English Language and Linguistics (Degree in English Studies – Faculty of Arts)
- Ideology, Society and Discourse in English (Degree in English Studies – Faculty of Arts)
- Intercultural Communication and Mediation in English (Degree in English Studies – Faculty of Arts)
- Grammar and Meaning (Degree in English Studies – Faculty of Arts)