English pronunciation is fun: Going digital for Spanish speaking young learners with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (e-ProFun) (Coordinated Project) (TED2021-130283B-C21 – TED2021-130283B-C22) PROYECTOS DE TRANSICIÓN ECOLÓGICA Y TRANSICIÓN DIGITAL 2021 (Next Generation)

General Coordinator: María de los Ángeles Gómez González

Subproject 1 (S1): Effective English pronunciation in digital environments for the primary school EFL/CLIL class and beyond: Linguistic, pedagogical and didactic foundations

PI1: María de los Ángeles Gómez González

PI2: Fernando Fraga Varela

Funding: 112.000,00€

Subproject 2 (S2): Effective English pronunciation in digital environments for the primary school EFL/CLIL class and beyond: Artificial Intelligence and gamified learning implementations

PI1: Alfonso Lago Ferreiro

PI2: Carlos López Ardao

Funding: 109.500,00€

Period: 01/12/2022-30/11/2024

Outline: This project pursues three objectives:

  • To develop a joyful, gender-equal, open access and sustainable CAPT e-platform that improves the English pronunciation, phonological awareness, intercultural understanding, and digital competences of SSYLE to be able to communicate effectively within and beyond EFL/CLIL primary school classrooms
  • To train users – including EFL/CLIL teachers, learners, and researchers – in the materials and data derived from the project
  • To exploit and disseminate results through educational materials, high-quality research publications and meeting participation, among other initiatives.

Research/Work Team:

S1: Dr María de los Ángeles Gómez González (USC), Dr Fernando Fraga Varela (USC), Dr Xosé Luis Regueira Fernández (USC), Dr Adriana Gewerc Barujel (USC), Dr Juli Cebrián Puyuelo (UAB), Dr Ana Rodríguez Groba (USC), Dr Esther Vila Couñago (USC), Dr Bronwen Evans (UCL), Dr Elisabetta Adami (University of Leeds), PhD Ángela González Villa (USC), PhD Uxía Fernández Regueira (USC).

S2: Dr Alfonso Lago Ferreiro (UVigo), Dr José Carlos López Ardao (UVigo), Dr María José Moure Rodríguez (UVigo), Dr Sergio Herrería Alonso (UVigo), Dr Miguel Rodríguez Pérez (UVigo), Dr Raúl Fernando Rodríguez Rubio (UVigo), Cándido López García (UVigo), Dr Andrés Suárez González (UVigo), Dr Martín López Nores (UVigo).