Línies de recerca/Lineas de investigación/Lines of research

• International Student Mobility
• Second Language Development
• Intercultural Awareness 
• Social and cultural integration of international students
• Effective teaching methodologies

Projects/Projectes/Proyectos:

• The development of GLOCAL competence through study abroad in non-English-speaking contexts: applying the Experience Sampling Method by means of a smartphone application (GLOCALSA). Universitat de Lleida. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. 01/09/2023 – 31/08/2026.
• CA20115 – European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice. COST: European cooperation in Science and technology. European Cooperation in Science and Technology. 05/10/2021 – 04/10/2025.
• Interculturalism, Conflict Management, and Preparation for Study Abroad (ICOMAP). Universität Basel. Hermann Paul School of Linguistics. 01/11/2023 – 31/12/2024.

The Global competence of university students: A pilot study in THE Internationalisation of the Curriculum. Universitat de Lleida. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. 01/06/2020 – 31/05/2023.

Capítols de llibre/capítulos de libro/book chapters (2018-2024):

• Köylü, Z., & Borràs, J. (In press). Studying Abroad under the ERASMUS Scheme: What ELF and EMI tell us about intercultural competence development. In Dikilitas K. & Jimarkon, P. (Eds.), Critical Perspectives of ELF, Translanguaging and Interculturality: the Socio-political, Ideological, and Pedagogical implications in Higher Education. Routledge.
• Borràs, J., Llanes, À., & Prieto-Botana, G. (2023). Productive vocabulary development as a result of a short-term study abroad experience in Costa Rica. Current perspectives on Spanish lexical development. De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN 9783110730418
• Borràs, J., & López-Serrano, S. (2023). ‘How can I correct what I don’t know?’: Exploring low-level EFL learners’ incorporation and perceptions of written metalinguistic explanations. New Approaches to the Investigation of Language Teaching and Literature. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6020-7.ch004

Articles/artículos (revisats per parells/revisión por pares/peer-reviewed) (2018-2024):

• Borràs, J., Gallego-Balsà, L., & Arnó-Macià, E. (2024). Editorial. Journal of Virtual Exchange, 7 (Special Issue: University Internationalisation), iiv. https://doi.org/10.21827/jve.7.41893i
• Güvendir, E., Borràs, J. & Güvendir, M. (2024). The effects of study abroad on L2 vocabulary development: A meta-analysis. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 9(1), 26-51. John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22014.bor
• Borràs, J. (2023). Comparing L2 learning outcomes in traditional and English as a lingua franca study abroad contexts. The Language Learning Journal, 52(4), 414–425. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2023.2193581
• Köylü, Z., & Borràs, J. (2023). ‘I came as a visitor, but I stayed’: an ERASMUS-Sojourn in an ELF country. Language and Intercultural Communication, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2023.2286471
• Valls-Figuera, R.G.; Torrado-Fonseca, M.; Borràs, J. (2023). The Impact of International Student Mobility on Multicultural Competence and Career Development: The Case of Students from Latin America and the Caribbean in Barcelona. Education Sciences, 13, 869. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci1309086
• Borràs, J., & Llanes, À. (2022). Traditional Study Abroad vs. ELFSA: Differences and Similarities in L2 Reading, Vocabulary, and Use. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2022.2064287
• Borràs, J. & Llanes, À. (2021). Investigating the impact of a semester-long study abroad program on L2 reading and vocabulary development. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 6 – 2, 276 – 297. John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.21015.bor
• Borràs, J. & Llanes, À. (2020). L2 reading and vocabulary development after a short Study Abroad experience. VIAL: Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 17, 35 – 55. Revistas UVigo. https://doi.org/10.35869/vial.v0i17.1464
• Borràs, J. & Llanes, À. (2019). Re-examining the impact of study abroad on L2 development: a critical overview. The Language Learning Journal, 49(5), 527–540. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2019.1642941

Universitat de Lleida

• English Applied Linguistics
• English for Academic Purposes
• Advanced English: Speaking and writing
• Second Language Acquisition
• Academic and creative writing
• Tools for research in Applied Linguistics
• English for Specific Purposes (Tourism, Medicine, Business and Administration)

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

• Teaching a language B (TEFL)
• TFM supervisor (Màster universitari d’Ensenyament i Aprenentatge d’Idiomes mitjançant la Tecnologia)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

• Languages and de Mind
• Description and Use 2
• Competence and Use 2
• Linguistics

Universidad de Diseño y Tecnología

• English for Specific Purposes (Fashion, videogames, graphic design, interior design, among others)
• Advanced Personal and Communication Skills

• PODCAST. Women in Science: Challenges and hopes. Enis Cost Action. 26/02/2024. Available on-line at: <https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enis-network/episodes/ENIS-Women-in-Science-e2ga2c1>
• PODCAST: Studying abroad and L2 development in an international environment. Enis Cost Action. 10/07/2023. Available on-line at: <https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enis-network/episodes/Studying-abroad-and-L2-development-in-an-intercultural-environment-e26p4jm>
• BLOG ENTRANCE: Pérez Encías, A. & Borràs, J. Los mundos académico y administrativo juntos por la movilidad estudiantil. Universídad: Una conversación pública sobre la universidad. 25/05/2023. Available on-line at: <https://www.universidadsi.es/enis-y-la-conexion-de-los-mundosacademico-y-administrativo-para-hablar-de-movilidad-estudiantil/>.
• SHORT ARTICLE IN CATALAN/ARTICLE CURT EN CATALÀ/ARTÍCULO CORTO EN CATALÁN: Borràs, J., & Llanes, A. Millora la nostra competència lectora i control del vocabulari en anglès després de participar en una estada a l’estranger?. OASIS Database. 15/08/2022. Available on-line at: <https://oasis-database.org/concern/summaries/m326m2478?locale=en>.
• POLICY BRIEF: Sipahioğlu, M, Köylü, Z., Bulut-Şahin, B., Apsite-Berina, E., Borràs, J., Dangeni, Hatipoğlu, Ç. (2023). Integrating non-European students in local communities (ENISPolicy Brief 02/2023). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11387.90403.
• POLICY BRIEF: Tishenina, M., Dangeni, D., Spiahioglu, M., Ramona Fit, C., Koç, B., Borràs, J., Apsite-Berina, E., Ozkan Erciyas, F. & Eryilmaz, N. (2024). Mapping Effective Approaches to Support International Students’ Social and Cultural Integration in Host Countries (ENIS Policy Brief 03/2024). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16335.09126