{"id":10,"date":"2020-02-19T10:59:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T10:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:39:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the LILAC Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d2c5e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d2c5e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3509ab\" data-id=\"d3509ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4444158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4444158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the LILAC Project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2e9c47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2e9c47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-608630e\" data-id=\"608630e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639f016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"639f016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Training the Teachers,<br>Engaging the Learners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c26635a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c26635a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Funded by the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingandlearning.ie\/\"><strong>National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning<\/strong><\/a>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the LILAC Project aims to help language teachers and\u00a0 learners\u00a0 to <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">transform digital challenges into<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">opportunities<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">acquire the digital proficiency needed to maximise the benefits<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">afforded by e-learning<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a8c0a1\" data-id=\"3a8c0a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81f1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b81f1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/W20srmoTUPU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6009a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6009a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22768a9\" data-id=\"22768a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bfe8e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bfe8e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LILAC Project team members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fc6540 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fc6540\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26b7178\" data-id=\"26b7178\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b665b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b665b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr Dorothy N\u00ed&nbsp;Uig\u00edn,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be695ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be695ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorothy-ni-uigin-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2412\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorothy-ni-uigin-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dorothy-ni-uigin-0-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9af160\" data-id=\"f9af160\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a280110 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a280110\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dorothy works in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acadamh.ie\/\">Acadamh na hOllscola\u00edochta Gaeilge<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/\">National University of Ireland, Galway<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is interested in Language Teaching and Acquisition and teaches modules on the History of Translation in Ireland and the History of Irish-language Media (on-line).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She holds a BA in English and Irish from the National University of Ireland, Galway as well as an MA in Irish, an MA in Literature and Publishing, an MA in Academic Practice and a PhD in Irish.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is the principal investigator of the LILAC project.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2180307 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2180307\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ed8839\" data-id=\"6ed8839\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b3b31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b3b31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dott. Oriana Bologna,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83eecd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83eecd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oriana-bologna-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2417\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oriana-bologna-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/oriana-bologna-0-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1829ad4\" data-id=\"1829ad4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9bf7b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9bf7b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oriana is currently a teaching assistant and an e-tutor in Italian at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She has been working on the LILAC project as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>research assistant<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>content creator<\/strong><\/span> , <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>web site designer<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00a0developer<\/strong> <\/span>since December 2019.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oriana Bologna holds a BA in Theories and Techniques of Interlingual Mediation and a MA in Translation and Interpreting (English and Spanish) both awarded by Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Genova (Italy). She also completed a Postgraduate course (Master di II Livello) in E-Learning and Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language awarded by Universit\u00e0 per Stranieri di Siena (Italy). She has been training as an Italian teaching assistant first at Universidad de Granada (Spain) then at NUIG.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She has been collaborating at the content creation of the Diploma in Italian Online (Intermediate Level) offered by NUIG and has been teaching online for several years. She is also an official CILS (International Certification of Italian as a Foreign Language) examiner.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Her research interests include E-learning and E-teaching, Learning Technologies, Instructional Design, Visual Design and Universal Design for Learning.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a922ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a922ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8aacf7\" data-id=\"b8aacf7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f54127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f54127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr Francesca Nicora,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9639f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9639f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/francesca-nicora-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2414\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/francesca-nicora-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/francesca-nicora-0-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-026bbaf\" data-id=\"026bbaf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-928bc74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"928bc74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Francesca is currently a teaching assistant and an e-tutor in Italian at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>research assistant<\/strong><\/span> on the LILAC project, she is responsible for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>content creation<\/strong><\/span>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">web site design<\/span><\/strong>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>data analysis<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>dissemination activities<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Francesca Nicora holds a BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures \u2013 Bulgarian and Russian \u2013 and a MA in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics both awarded by Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Pisa (Italy). She also obtained a Postgraduate degree (Master di II livello) in E-Learning and E-Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language from Universit\u00e0 per Stranieri di Siena (Italy) and a Postgraduate degree (Pgcert) in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)&nbsp; at NUIG.<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She has recently completed her Structured-PhD degree in Italian Studies from the NUIG. The PhD project, entitled &#8220;<em>Prosodic training in foreign language: a study with Hiberno-English learners of Italian<\/em>&#8220;, has been chosen as the winner of the IRAAL (Irish Association for Applied Linguistics) postgraduate award in 2019, the European Doctorate Award in April 2020 (NUI, Galway) and the Grant-in-Aid of Publication fund in January 2021 (Moore Institute, NUI, Galway).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Her research interests include <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">second language prosody acquisition, phonetics and phonology<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">with particular focus on intonation (Irish-English and Italian varieties)<\/span>, audiovisual translation practices (captioning and revoicing) and technologies in language teaching and learning settings<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fbefbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fbefbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc1890b\" data-id=\"dc1890b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a949e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62a949e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">M\u00ed\u010be\u00e1l \u00d3&nbsp;Lo\u010blainn,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e250b0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e250b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/micheal-o-lochlainn.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7117\" alt=\"M\u00ed\u010be\u00e1l \u00d3 Lo\u010blainn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/micheal-o-lochlainn.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/micheal-o-lochlainn-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c2c05c\" data-id=\"8c2c05c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6941f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f6941f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M\u00ed\u010be\u00e1l works in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acadamh.ie\/acadamh\/ionaid\/carna\/\">\u00c1ras Shorcha N\u00ed Ghuairim<\/a>, part of <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acadamh.ie\/\">Acadamh na hOllscola\u00edochta Gaeilge<\/a> at the <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/\">National University of Ireland, Galway<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He provides technical supervision and support to the LILAC Project and oversees web design and development.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His research interests include Internet and multimedia technologies and he has designed and taught modules related to these disciplines. He is particularly interested in the deployment of Irish and Celtic language environments in the IT domain. He has developed language management resources for Windows and Linux networks and has contributed an <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/bugs.freebsd.org\/bugzilla\/show_bug.cgi?id=228588\">Irish keymap<\/a> and the <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/bugs.freebsd.org\/bugzilla\/show_bug.cgi?id=228587\">ga_IE.UTF\u20118 locale<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/\">FreeBSD<\/a>. For the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a> platform, he has developed semantically-rich <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13614576.2015.1114836\">editing<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"http:\/\/leannteangaanreiviu.com\/node\/409\">notational<\/a> tools; also a framework (as used here at the LILAC Project) for implementing multilingual websites. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dubh-n\u00e1-damh.ie\/falla\u00ed-fuara\/\">papers and articles<\/a> written that discuss these projects in detail.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In both professional and personal capacities, M\u00ed\u010be\u00e1l is active in the development and maintenence of a number of web publications focussing on Irish language and culture; many of which stand as teaching and learning resources. These include <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joeheaney.org\/\">Cartlanna Joe \u00c9inni\u00fa<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\">Cois\u00edn Shi\u00falach<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.machnamh.com\/\">machnamh.com<\/a>; along with <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.m\u00fasgraigheach.ie\/\">An M\u00fasgraigheach<\/a> and the websites of <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriman.ie\/\">Cumann Merriman<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.m\u00e1irt\u00edn\u00f3cadhain.ie\/\">Iontaobhas U\u00ed\u00a0Chadhain<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">M\u00ed\u010be\u00e1l is technical adviser and web administrator to a number of Gaeltacht community development organisations, including <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coisfharraige.ie\/plean\u00e1il-teanga\/\">F\u00f3ram Chois Fharraige um Plean\u00e1il Teanga CTR<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coisfharraige.ie\/cumann-forbartha\/\">Cumann Forbartha Chois Fharraige<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #b46dc7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anspideal.ie\/\">Comhlacht Forbartha an Spid\u00e9il<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fae8fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fae8fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70317c3\" data-id=\"70317c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c170230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c170230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr \u00c9amon \u00d3&nbsp;Cofaigh,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de35f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3de35f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eamon-o-cofaigh-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2413\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eamon-o-cofaigh-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eamon-o-cofaigh-0-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b056b38\" data-id=\"b056b38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715f3d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715f3d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c9amon is a postgraduate of NUI, Galway.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He graduated in 1999 and taught English at the Universit\u00e9 de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient for the following year. He returned to Galway to complete an MA in French and has been teaching with the department since then.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c9amon teaches French language and translation through the medium of Irish at all levels of the undergraduate programme. He also lectures on French Chanson and Cinema.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He has also taught in the applied languages sector.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-020c756 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"020c756\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed1d26c\" data-id=\"ed1d26c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be52fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be52fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr Pilar Alderete Diez,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2340d70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2340d70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pilar-alderete-diez-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pilar-alderete-diez-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pilar-alderete-diez-0-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74d300c\" data-id=\"74d300c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d4c99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45d4c99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pilar has been a Lecturer at NUI Galway since 2006.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She holds a postgraduate masters of Education in English, and graduated with BA in English Philology at University of<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Valladolid, Spain, an MA Spanish from NUI Galway and a Ph.D. in Language Teaching and Learning later in 2013 with University of Valladolid, Spain.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Her research focuses on two main streams: Spanish language Teaching and Learning and the exploration of children&#8217;s identity in translation. She won the European<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Language Label Award in 2020 for the projecto EstudiantELE.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Current Projects:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/irishlearnercorpus.wordpress.com\/\">Corpus of Irish Learners of Spanish A1-A2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eleineirinn.wordpress.com\/\">Community of Practice of Spanish Teachers in Ireland<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenintranslation.wordpress.com\/\">Research Network of Children in Translated Products<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec82fec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec82fec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a86e9a3\" data-id=\"a86e9a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24abdc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24abdc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr Matteo La&nbsp;Grassa,<br \/>Universit\u00e0 per Stranieri di Siena,<br>Italy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57df613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57df613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matteo-la-grassa-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2416\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matteo-la-grassa-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/matteo-la-grassa-0-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb7b291\" data-id=\"cb7b291\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee304e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee304e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matteo is Researcher (RTD type A), at the University for Foreigners of Siena.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2007 he received a PhD in Linguistics and Didactics of Italian as Foreign<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Language at the University for Foreigners of Siena. In 2008 he collaborated on the PRIN research project &#8220;The lexicon of materials, the lexicon in materials&#8221;. From 2009 to 2012 he was Young Researcher for the FIRB project &#8220;E-learning, deafness, written language: a bridge of letters and signs for the knowledge society&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From 2012 to 2018 he was a post doc researcher at the FAST Center of the University for Foreigners of Siena, mainly dealing with analysis of models for distance learning and innovative methodologies for the teaching of Italian L2. He holds training courses in Italy and abroad on topics related to the teaching of Italian as L2.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is scientific director of the Journal \u00abItaliano a stranieri\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-434d4ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"434d4ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2ee48b\" data-id=\"c2ee48b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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wp-image-7377\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/darragh-mac-ghiolla-phadraig.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/darragh-mac-ghiolla-phadraig-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eff7b96\" data-id=\"eff7b96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1507a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d1507a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Darragh is originally from Carlow but is now living in Galway.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He graduated with first class honors in Irish and Translation Studies from the National University of Ireland, Galway in 2020.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Darragh has a particular interest in translation and language promotion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is currently pursuing the MA sa L\u00e9ann Teanga programme.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87abd8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87abd8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5cd713\" data-id=\"f5cd713\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e838614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e838614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Laura McLoughlin,<br \/>University of Galway<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55b52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f55b52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/laura-mc-loughlin-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2415\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/laura-mc-loughlin-0.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/laura-mc-loughlin-0-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f7a5df\" data-id=\"8f7a5df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0865f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0865f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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Languages<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and Coordinator of the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/courses\/adult-and-continuing-education-courses\/italianonline.html\/\">Diploma in Italian Online<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Laura taught Italian language (including Italian for special purposes), translation and audiovisual translation. She has published on language teaching methodologies and technologies, e-learning and subtitling in Applied Linguistics.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She was the original principal<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">investigator of the LILAC project.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the LILAC Project Training the Teachers,Engaging the Learners Funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, the LILAC Project aims to help language teachers and\u00a0 learners\u00a0 to transform digital challenges into opportunities and acquire the digital proficiency needed to maximise the benefits afforded by e-learning. https:\/\/youtu.be\/W20srmoTUPU LILAC Project team members 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