His areas of interest include: Second language acquisition, second Language instruction and assessment, language-learning technologies, teacher training, Spanish variation, language in contact and bilingualism, Spanish in the USA, Spanish for Heritage Speakers, cultural studies, service-Learning pedagogy, etc. His present research focuses on testing, vocabulary acquisition, the influence of technology in the process of writing for language learners in the 21rst century, and also the perceptions and impact of peer-feedback in second language teaching and learning.

Recent Papers, Books and Preprints

1. Merschel, L; Munné, J, Zooming in on Machine Translation Use in L2 Online Classes: Reflecting on the Future of L2 Writing (June, 2022), The FLTMag.
2. Merschel, L; Munné, J, Perceptions and Practices of Machine Translation Among 6th-12th Grade World Language Teachers, L2 Journal, vol. 14 no. 1 (January, 2022), California Digital Library (CDL) [doi].
3. Merschel, L; Munné, J; Paredes, L, Aula en Acción 2: Annotated Instructor's Edition (2022).
4. Munné, J; Simmermeyer, M, La traducción como comunidad de práctica en la enseñanza del español L2: colaboración, creatividad y pensamiento crítico, in Redefinir la enseñanza-aprendizaje del español LE/L2, edited by Guirao, P (November, 2021), Ediciones Octaedro [abs].
5. Merschel, L; Munné, J; Paredes, L, Mapas: Annotated Teacher's Edition, vol. 1-4 (2021), Difusión and Klett World Languages.