Javier Muñoz-Basols is a Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Senior Researcher at the University of Seville, Spain, and Honorary Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. He is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Spanish Language Teaching and President of the Association for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ASELE). Mara Fuertes Gutiérrez is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the Open University, UK. Her recent research and publications focus on sociolinguistics applied to Spanish teaching, teacher training, and distance and online education. She is the Vice President of the Association for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ASELE) and Secretary of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI). Luis Cerezo is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the American University, Washington, DC, USA. His research focuses on the teaching of additional languages through videogames, computer-mediated communication, and hybrid and online environments based on guided induction, metacognitive instruction and observational learning. He is also a member of the CALICO Journal editorial board.
A timely addition to the growing scholarship on the impact of digital culture and technology on language education. This collection of essays by leading language specialists provides both crucial theoretical context and a well-structured practical framework for applying insights across a range of topics from assessment, virtual worlds, gamified learning, digital storytelling, access and inclusivity, to a critical engagement with AI. It will be invaluable to anyone considering the future of language teaching and learning in a rapidly changing and increasingly media-inflected pedagogical landscape. * Paul Spence, King's College London, UK *