Dr. Idoia Elola

Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005

idoia.elola@ttu.edu

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Idoia Elola is Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at Texas Tech University, the Spanish Academic Director for the Seville Study Abroad program at the Texas Tech University in Seville Spain. 

Dr. Elola also has several editorial positions. Since 2020, she is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, System and oversees the selection and publication of cutting-edge research in the field of the application of educational technology and applied linguistics to problems of foreign language teaching and learning. In the last year the journal has a cite score of 8.8 and an impact factor of 4009. She is also, since 2011, a Board editorial member at RESLA.

Dr. Elola's research focuses primarily on (digital) second language writing, such as collaborative and individual writing using social tools, digital literacies, multiliteracies, and the use of multimodal texts (digital stories, story maps, blogs) from cognitive and sociocultural perspectives. She is currently working on the following projects:

• The comparison in the use of the combination of collaborative writing and peer feedback versus individual writing with the Universidad Pública de Navarra [Classroom-based research with Dr. Camino Bueno].
• Spanish Heritage program directors' perspectives and practices on (digital) writing. [Classroom-based research with Dr. Ariana Mikulski from Penn State University].
• Linguistic Landscapes on Texas Hispanic flea markets [with Dr. Josh Prada from University of Groningen and TTU Spanish graduate students, Gloria Maria Cadenas Rodríguez, Yunuen Velazquez, Brigitta Boni, and Julia Millan Gomez].
• Integrating collaborative digital multimodal texts in the Spanish and English as a second language curriculum [with Dr. Camino Bueno and Victoria López from Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain].
• Monomodal and multimodal L2 writing: Feedback funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación in Spain [with Drs. Lourdes Cerezo and Dr. Florentina Nicolás from University of Murcia, Kate Brooke from TTU and dr. Ana Oskoz from UMBC]. 
• HL/L2 learners' writing processes with AI: Students' uses, assessment, and decision-making funded by the TruTransformers Scholarship from TTU [with Dr. Marta Tecedor, and TTU undergraduate student, Karen García].
• Book and a website proposal. The book celebrates the histories of Texas peoples, and their connection to the land at the rural and urban levels through live experiences—schooling, health and rural—, as well as their ways to communicate their opinions, goals, and dreams through the diversity of languages and their coexistence. These histories come from a complex series of interactions, sometimes in the form of Texan clashing communities, and other in the form of allegiances, which have always been connected to the Texas territory, the land [with Dr. Paola Guerrero]

Her work has been published nationally and internationally in journals such as Journal of Second Language Writing, Foreign Language Annals, Hispania, Language Learning & Technology, CALICO and RESLA, as well as in edited books. Her co-authored book, L2 Digital writing, with her long-time colleague and friend, Dr. Ana Oskoz, in Equinox Press. She has also two co-edited books: Current theoretical and applied perspectives on Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics (John Benjamins Publishing Company) and Technology across writing contexts and tasks (CALICO Press). 

For her collective efforts in teaching, research and service, Dr. Elola has received numerous awards and a professorship, including the Texas Tech University President's Excellence in Teaching Professorship, the Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, the President's Teaching Excellence Award, Integrated Scholar, and the Global Vision Haragan Award for Study Abroad.

Research Interests

Spanish as a second and heritage language writing, Digital L2; (Digital) Collaborative writing; (Digital) Feedback; Multiliteracies; Multimodal Texts; Writers' cognitive processes; and Linguistic Landscapes

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses:
L2 writing; Multiliteracies, Multilingual & Communication; Writing, Second Language Acquisition; Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics; Spanish Applied Linguistics; Instructional SLA; Speaking & Writing skills

Undergraduate Courses:
Writing multiliteracies in context, Introduction to Spanish Linguistics, Spanish Applied Linguistics, Intermediate Advanced Grammar, Spanish Composition, Advanced Language Skills, Spanish Life and Culture

Book

Oskoz, A, & Elola, I. (2020). Digital L2 Writing Literacies. London, UK: Equinox Press.

Edited Books

Pacual y Cabo, D., & Elola, I. (2020). Current theoretical and applied perspectives on Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Kessler, G., Oskoz, A., & Elola, I. (2012). Technology across writing contexts and tasks. CALICO Monograph Series, vol. 10, San Marcos, TX: CALICO.

Special Issues

Elola, I., & Oskoz, A. (Eds.) (2024). Thematic Issue: Processes, practices, and products of multimodal texts in the L2 classroom. CALICO

Elola, I., Zhang, L., Hennebry, M., McKinley, J., & Zheng, Y. (2023). 50th Anniversary Special Issue. System Journal.

Elola, I., & Vasseur, R. (Eds.). (2022) Special Issue: L2/HL Writing and Technology. Languages, journal.

Lubbock Scapes Collective (Eds.) (2022). Critics Page: Margins. Volume 22, Issue 10, pp. 34-53. BrooklynRail, journal. 

Selected Refereed Chapters

Elola, I., Mikulski, A., & Padial, A. (2024). Spanish Heritage Language students' writing perspectives. Writing & Pedagogy.

Hennebry, M., Elola, I. & Harfitt, G. (2024). Leaving the comfort zone: Towards closer partnership between scholars and practitioners. System.

Mikulski, A., Padial, A., & Elola, I. (2024). Voices of SHL Educators: Writing in the Heritage Spanish Classroom. RESLA.

Elola, I., & Vasseur, R. (2022). Introduction to Special Issue: L2/HL Writing and Technology. Languages, journal.

Bueno, C., Vasseur, R., & Elola, I. (2002). Effects of collaborative writing and peer feedback on Spanish as a foreign language writing performance. Foreign Language Annals

Selected Refereed Articles

Manchón, R.M., Elola, I. & Oskoz, A. (in press). La expression escrita. In C. Sanz, E. Serafini, & I. Taboada (Eds.), Manual de español como lengua extranjera. Wiley.

Elola, I. (in press). Digital genres. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, 2nd Edition. Pearson.

Elola, I. & Oskoz, A. (2023). Reexamining Feedback on L2 Digital Writing. In R. M. Manchón & Y. Coyle (Eds.).  L2 writing and feedback processing in pen and paper and digital environments. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Elola, I. & Oskoz, A. (2023). Sociocultural approaches to L2 Digital Collaborative Writing. In M. Li & M. Zhang (Eds.), L2 collaborative writing in diverse learning contexts. John Benjamins.

Román, D., Vasseur, R., & Elola, I. (2022). L2 Writing under Pandemic Conditions: How Do Chinese and Spanish Instructors Adapt? In L. Yang and L. Valentín (Eds.), Writing in L2 Spanish and Chinese classrooms. Multilingual Matters.