Janine Knight

Janine Knight is a Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona), affiliated with the Institute for Multilingualism. She specializes in multilingual education, digital literacy, and teacher training. Her work focuses on plurilingual competence development, superdiverse classrooms, and the integration of technology in language learning.

Education includes a PGCE in Teaching English in Secondary Schools (Nottingham University), a Masters in e-learning and ICT (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), and certifications in adult literacy and dyslexia support.

• Research Group: GRAM (Grup de Recerca en Adquisició Multilingüe)

Her research emphasizes multimodal approaches to language teaching, digital tools in education, and collaborative projects between schools and universities. Recent publications explore plurilingual pedagogy, learner agency in online interactions, and the use of pictorial dictionaries in diverse classrooms.

Teaching includes courses on English language education, methodology for teaching English as a foreign language, and bilingual education across undergraduate and master's programs. She has also led projects funded by entities like the ASHDRA Hornby Dictionary Trust.