Lucrecia Rallo Fabra

Lucrecia Rallo Fabra is an Interim Full Professor in the Department of Spanish, Modern and Classical Philology at the University of the Balearic Islands. She holds a degree in English Philology (University of Barcelona, 1993), a Master's in Rehabilitation of Language and Speech Disorders (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2002), and a PhD in Linguistics (University of Barcelona, 2005). She has taught at multiple universities including the University of Barcelona and Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Her research specializes in speech perception and production in second languages, with particular focus on:

• Phonetic acquisition challenges for Spanish-Catalan learners of English
• Cross-linguistic perception models
• Articulatory training methodologies
• Classroom-based L2 pronunciation
• Bilingual speech processing

She leads the experimental laboratory group REGAL (Applied Linguistics) and co-directs the BASLA research group (Bilingualism and Spanish Acquisition).

Her publication trends show consistent focus on L2 phonetics (2011-2024), with recent work examining Mandarin tone acquisition by Spanish speakers (2021), perceptual assimilation of Tashlhiyt consonants (2022), and articulatory training techniques for English vowels (2024). Research methodologies frequently involve acoustic analysis, perceptual experiments, and classroom interventions.

She has conducted research stays at internationally recognized institutions including the University of California Berkeley, University of Oregon, and Macquarie University, and has delivered invited lectures at these centers.