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I am an applied linguist at the University of Lisbon, interested in adult second language learning, bilingualism and multilingualism. My main research focus is the acquisition of speech or phonetics and phonology. I look at it from various perspectives, some of which (according to my colleagues) are a bit too exotic: phonetic training through phonoaesthetics, music and singing, and game-based learning. My language-learning philosophy is simple: we learn better when things make sense and come in context. I test this idea in research but this is also how I teach: from languages (a big part of my career took place in California where I trained military linguists) to linguistics courses and research methodology.
I also design games and write fiction novels but maybe I should stop here as it's getting way too exotic... |
Recent highlights include:
- AudioLines is here to teach you challenging English vowels.
- The edited collection Teaching Linguistics with Games is published and ready for its first readers.
- Joined the editorial board of the journal Innovation in Linguistics Education.
- Nomination for Best Book in Linguistics And Language Pedagogy 2025 (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages).
- Spencer Foundation research grunt (USA) on L2 gamification and brain plasticity in adulthood.
