Dr Alicia Moreno Gimenez
Lecturer in Hispanic StudiesResearch Overview
My research develops along two interconnected strands. I investigate how AI?enhanced virtual reality can transform language learning through immersive, experiential and inclusive pedagogies. My work examines learner agency, confidence, interactional responsiveness, participation and technology acceptance, designing and evaluating VR?AI conversational scenarios across university and school contexts. I explore how immersive environments support equitable, engaging and responsive language?learning experiences.
I also research Translation Studies and Hispanic and Catalan literary and cultural studies, focusing on verbal irony, exile, displacement, identity, trauma narratives and material culture. I analyse how narratives of migration and peripheral identities articulate trauma, belonging and cultural memory, and how translational processes shape these representations.
PhD Supervision Interests
Alícia currently leading a curriculum-embedded VR-AI initiative at 比比资源, where "smart scenarios technologies" have been conceived and developed. She welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students looking to explore, from various angles, the connections between language learning, language teaching, and innovative pedagogies involving AI and VR. Central issues could include: immersive contexts; AI-mediated spoken interaction; automated feedback; pedagogical scaffolding; language development; learner agency; confidence, and willingness to communicate.
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School Engagement
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Invited talk
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