Author: perezparedes

Biopic

Pascual Pérez-Paredes completed his PhD in Applied Linguistics in 1999 after a research stay at The University of Texas at Austin and got a permanent position as Tenured lecturer in 2004 with the English Department at UM. 

His main interests are quantitative research of register variation, the compilation and use of language corpora and the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching/Learning. He has been project coordinator of a MINERVA initiative funded by the European Commission: SACODEYL(http://www.um.es/sacodeyl); coordinator in Spain of Corpora for Content & Language Integrated Learning [BACKBONE], a LLP K2 Transversal programme, responsable for the Spanish EFL component of the Louvain International Database of Spoken English Interlanguage(UCL) and research member of the The International Corpus ofCrosslinguistic Interlanguage  (TUFS, Japan). 

Some of his most recent publications include Researching Specilized Languages,co-edited with V. Bhatia and P. Sánchez, John Benjamins;  Developing annotation solutions for online Data Driven Learning, ReCALL Journal; the co-edition of Software-aided analysis of language, with Mike Scott and P. Sánchez;  or research papers on JCR-indexed  journals such as System, Language, Learning and Technology or CALL, all of them dealing with the interplay of language corpora, language analysis and language education.  In 2009 and 2010, he was a Research Fellow with the English Department in Northern ArizonaUniversity, developing research with Douglas Biber and Randi Reppen. Pascual Pérez-paredes is the Principal Investigator (PI) for Languages for specificpurposes, language corpora, and English linguistics applied to knowledgeengineering at UM. He is also a qualified Official Translator appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 



Pascual is a member of the Scientific Committee of The EUROCALL Review and have acted as a reviewer for the Journal of Second language Writing (Elsevier) and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) (Taylor & Francis). At the moment, he is co-editing a special issue for ReCALL journal (Cambridge University Press) entitled “Researching new uses of corpora for language teaching and learning”.


Pascual Pérez-Paredes is an undergradute computer scientist and passionate for digital culture and computers.



Short bio

I am a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Linguistics, U. Murcia, and former Lecturer in Research in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. My main research interests are the use of corpus linguistics methods in applied linguistics, corpora and digital resources in language education, learner language variation, and corpus-assisted discourse analysis. I was the Overall Coordinator of the MEd Research Methods Strand at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (2016-2019).

I am Co-Editor in Chief of CUP ReCALL journal (4.6 IF 2023; ranked 5th in Linguistics) and corpus linguistics strand coordinator for AELFE and the American Association of Applied Linguistics (2021-2022). I’m a member of the Applied Linguistics Press (ALP) Advisory Board, the Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Advisory Board, a member of the Editorial Board of Digital Applied Linguistics (DAL) (Castletown), Digital Studies in Language and Literature, member of the Advisory Board of Artificial Intelligence in Language Education (AILE), and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Journal of Computer-Assisted Linguistic Research (JCLR). I’m also a member of the Scientific Committee of the “Colección Lingüística” of the Universidad de Jaén (UJA) Editorial. Last year I finished a Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Assistant Editor role for the International Journal of English Studies (IJES).

My most recent books are Data-driven Learning in and out of the Language Classroom,Cambridge University Press, co-authored with Prof Alex Boulton and Corpus Linguistics for education. A guide for research in the Routledge Corpus Linguistics series. I am currently PI of the ERASMUS+ project “Freedom of movement at play: EU citizens’ identity and transnational discourses” (2023-2025) funded by the European Commission and PI in the Spanish Research Agency -funded project Broadening the scope of Data-driven learning: a multi-site & multi-data approach.

For wiw, here’s some metrics;

In the 0.96% top worldwide rank for English Language research, 0.58% top worldwide rank for language acquisition and 3.46% for language education according to Scholar GPS.

Researcher 8,154 of 70,000 Ranking ORCID GS of all researchers in Spain and Spaniards abroad

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ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-338X

 
 
 
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International course ‘Different Approaches to Teaching Children’s Literature”

The University of Murcia, offers a 5-day course in which teachers can increase their skills in using a wide range of techniques for dealing with literary texts at primary and secondary levels.

Participants will be trained by an international group of teachers experts in literacy, primary education and teacher education in the theoretical and practical sessions scheduled.  The course will take place in Murcia (Spain) between 18-23 June 2012.

For this course, teachers in EU member states can apply for a Comenius grant (Ref. nr. ES-2012-326-001) covering the costs of participation + travel and accommodation.

For more details and registration please visit the course site at the University of Murcia  http://www.um.es/childrensliterature/site/