PhD Theses

Irene Soriano Flórez (2025); Supervisor: Emma Dafouz; Title: Student and lecturer views on language, literacy and pedagogy in Business and Economics EMEMUS: a translanguaging lens; Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Sara Gozálvez Catalán (2024); Supervisor: Davinia Sánchez García ; Title: Academic written needs in students learning disciplinary content through EME: a focus on Functional Adequacy through a triangulation method: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Andrea Martínez Celis (2023); Supervisor: Emma Dafouz; Title: Human Values and Intercultural Competence in Internationalised Universities: The Views of the Administrative and Support Staff in Two European Settings; Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Pietraszek, Mateusz (2022); Supervisor: Elena Orduna Nocito; Title: The Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Foreign-accentedness of Spanish University Students in English. A Study of Sociodemographic and Phonological Factors; Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Marta Jaén (2022); Supervisor: Emma Dafouz; Title: Towards a re-conceptualisation of the roles of EFL teachers in CLIL Secondary settings : a genre-based pedagogy for developing academic literacies; Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Lazarescu, Catalina (2020); Supervisor: Emma Dafouz; Title: La internacionalización de la universidad a través de los grados bilingües. Desarrollo de la Competencia Pragmática en la educación superior; Universidad Complutense de Madrid

PhD Theses in Progress

Elizabeth Galindo Ortiz. Title: Examining Formulaic Language in Students’ Academic Discourse in a Business EMEMUS Context; Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Supervisor: Emma Dafouz.
Rhona Lohan. Title: The impact of English-medium Education (EME) on students’ English proficiency: comparative study of L1 (Spanish) and L2 (English) undergraduate business students; Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Supervisor: Emma Dafouz.
Sonia López Serrano; Learning to write requests to faculty in English through teacher created self-access online materials: An exploration of products, processes, and individual differences; Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Co-supervisors: Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández and Alicia Martínez-Flor.
El Kostane, Mohamed Adam. Title: Exploring the Influence of Arabic and French on L3 English Lexis and Pronunciation Among Moroccan Learners: A Comparative Study Across Public and Private Secondary Schools. Supervisor: Mateusz Pietraszek.

Kingsley, Diana. Title: Exploring the Effects of a Scaffolded, Criteria-Based Feedback Engagement Intervention on Students’ Feedback Literacy Behaviours and Feedback Literacy and Writing Performance Outcomes in English for Specific Purposes Writing Assessments. Supervisor:Davinia Sánchez García.
Mejía Hernández, Johanna Andrea. Title: The pragmatics of compliments in an online context. Co-supervisors: Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández and Carmen Maíz Arévalo.
Morales Mateo, Bernardo. Title: Making use of Artificial Intelligence in English Language Teaching: Designing and Evaluating Adaptive Learning Tools to Improve English Speaking Proficiency. Co-Supervisors: Lara Moratón Gutiérrez y Davinia Sánchez García.
Salem, Muna. Title: A study of the L2 Motivational system and the impact of parental transfer in secondary school students in Tripoli; Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Supervisor: Elena Orduna.
Stanisławska, Monika. Title: Language transfer in the acquisition of English as a third language (L3) in Spanish speakers of Polish origin and monolingual Spanish speakers. Co-supervisors: Mateusz Pietraszek y Beatriz López Medina.
Sun, Yue. Title: The development of L2 pragmatic competence in interaction: Other-initiated repair in English and Mandarin Chinese. Supervisor: Ariadna Sánchez-Hernández.