M Luz Celaya

Biographic Data

ID3531960
NAMEM Luz Celaya
GIVEN NAMESM Luz
FAMILY NAMECelaya
SIGNATURECELAYA M L
AFFILIATIONSUniversitat de Barcelona
ORCID0000-0002-6821-5492
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Requests in Greek as a Foreign Language by Spanish/Catalan Bilinguals

    Open AccessJavier Cañas, Μαρία Ανδριά et al.ARTICLELanguages2025

    This study explores how Spanish/Catalan bilinguals acquire requests in Greek as a Foreign Language (FL), focusing on the role of proficiency in different communicative contexts. Fifty-four learners of Greek from different proficiency levels and fifty-three native Greek speakers participated in this study. Data was collected via role plays featuring varied social parameters (+/−Power, +/−Social Distance, +/−Imposition). Retrospective verbal report…

  • ‘Why am I Learning Spanish at 65?’ A Multiple Case Study of L1 English Senior Learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language

    Open AccessJúlia Montañés Ballesté, M Luz CelayaARTICLERevista Electrónica de…2024

    Numerosos estudios respaldan la idea de que el aprendizaje de idiomas es una actividad beneficiosa para las personas mayores. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los estudios realizados hasta la fecha tratan el aprendizaje de inglés como segunda lengua y sus efectos relacionados con la edad; muy pocos han analizado la adquisición de otras lenguas centrándose en las diferencias individuales. Por lo tanto, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo explorar la…

  • Code-switching by primary school bilingual EFL learners

    Núria Caballero, M Luz CelayaARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    This study sets out to explore the effect of proficiency and modality of interaction on code-switching (CS) amongst two groups of Spanish-Catalan learners acquiring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Primary school (grade 3, n = 24 and grade 6, n = 21). Data was retrieved from audio-taped oral activities (peer interaction and learner-teacher interaction) in real class situations and analysed for the number of switches, their types and functio…

  • The Emergence and Development of Syntactic Patterns in EFL Writing in a School Context

    Open AccessM Luz CelayaARTICLELanguages2019Cited by: 1References: 27

    The present longitudinal study analyses the emergence and development of syntactic patterns in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) written production. Data were elicited by means of a paper and pencil task from sixteen school learners at three different times over a time span of 6 years. Studies in the area of Second Language Writing (SLW) have mainly focused on English as a second language and very few longitudinal studies have been carried out …

  • Lexical Crosslinguistic Influence and Study Abroad

    Open AccessMireia Ortega, M Luz CelayaARTICLELanguages2019References: 36

    Research in Crosslinguistic Influence (CLI) has traditionally addressed two broad types of lexical CLI-transfer of form and transfer of meaning (Ringbom 1987)-which were reconceptualized by Jarvis (2009) as lexemic and lemmatic transfer, respectively. Whereas the former considers the phonological and graphemic structure of words, the latter is related to semantic and syntactic properties. These types of lexical CLI have been analysed in relation …

  • Who Transfers More … and What? Crosslinguistic Influence in Relation to School Grade and Language Dominance in EFL

    Teresa Navés, Imma Miralpeix et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2005

    Cross-linguistic influence (CLI) is receiving increasing attention in multilingual learners (Cenoz et al., 2001). Research with bilingual learners has analysed CLI in relation to language dominance (see, for instance, Hulk & Müller, 2000; Yip & Stephen, 2000) and to language dominance and grade in school settings (Cenoz, 2003; Lasagabaster, 2003a; Sanz, 2000). The aim of this study is threefold: (a) to analyse the relationship between CLI and gra…