Education
• BA in Psychology – Mumbai University, India
• MA in Psychology – Mumbai University
• MA in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition – University of Barcelona
• PhD in Foreign, Second and Multilingual Language Education (Currently Pursuing) – The Ohio State University

Certification
• CELTA – British Council: Centre of Cambridge Assessment English
• Spanish (C1.1 Level) – BCNLIP Escuela de Idiomas, Barcelona, Accredited by Instituto Cervantes
• French (A1 Level) – L’atelier du français, Quito, Ecuador
• Diploma in Pre and Primary Teacher Training – Asian College of Teachers

Biography
Jaee Sonalkar is a doctoral student in FSMLE, with a background in both Applied Linguistics and Psychology. She earned one MA in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from the University of Barcelona, and another MA in Applied Psychology from the University of Mumbai. Jaee has over a decade of experience teaching foreign and second languages, teaching English and Spanish in India, Spain, and Ecuador. She is interested in developing effective and innovative pedagogical tools for technology-enhanced, task-based language teaching, aimed at empowering language educators with engaging, impactful teaching methods.