Alicia Peña Calvo

Dr Alicia Peña Calvo is a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, specializing in Spanish language and Applied Linguistics. Her work focuses on language pedagogy, curriculum development, and bilingualism, with a cognitive framework for narrative competence studies in Spanish and English.

• Current Roles: Spanish Language Supervisor, Substitute Language Teacher, Affiliated Lecturer
• Collaborations: Consultant and materials developer for The Open University

Research Interests: Spanning second language acquisition, vocabulary learning strategies, study abroad impacts on language development, and integrated-skills approaches to reading instruction.

She co-authored the ELT book In a Strange Land: Teaching Reading Creatively with Short Stories, emphasizing extensive reading methodologies.