Irene Guzmán Alcón is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language Didactics at the University of Valencia (UV). In 2023, she obtained her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Universitat Jaume I with an Excellent Cum Laude distinction. She has been awarded competitive research contracts at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral stages. As a result of her research, Dr Guzmán-Alcón has published several articles in international journals, including English Language Teaching, Applied Pragmatics (John Benjamins), Language, Culture and Curriculum, Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, and Applied Linguistics Review. She has also published book chapters with publishers such as Multilingual Matters, Peter Lang, Mouton de Gruyter, and Routledge. In addition, she has edited collective volumes with publishers such as Peter Lang and coordinated special issues in journals including Language and Education. Her research interests include third language acquisition, young language learners, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), disciplinary literacies, and multilingual education. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences and has been involved in the organisation of several national and international conferences. Moreover, she has participated in a range of research projects focusing on multilingual pragmatics, CLIL, and individual differences in education at national, regional, and European levels, including the CLILNetLE COST Action.

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