María Elena Gómez-Parra, Ph.D. graduated from the University of Granada as an English Philologist and then from the University of Córdoba as a PhD. She holds a Master in Distant Education. Currently, she is an interdisciplinary researcher working mainly within Intercultural Education, Bilingual Education, and English as a Foreign Language. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Córdoba, Spain. Her key research areas include: interculture, bilingual education, early second language acquisition. Dr. Gómez Parra is the director of the Research Group HUM-1006 (Research in Bilingual and Intercultural Education); she is a full member of ATINER, the President of IBIE (Ibero-American Bilingual and Intercultural Education) Network since its foundation, the Director of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) entitled Play, Education, Toys and Languages (PETaL), the IP of the Research Project ‘LinguApp: LinguApp: asegurando el acceso al aprendizaje universal e inclusivo de segundas lenguas’ (Ref. no. PRY208/17, funded by Centro de Estudios Andaluces, July 2017-July 2019), and the IP of the Research Spanish National Project entitled ‘Facing Bilinguals: Study of Bilingual Education Programmes' Results through Social Data Analysis’ (2018-2021).
Cristina A. Huertas Abril is an Associate Professor in the Dpt. of English and German Studies of the University of Córdoba, Spain. She is an interdisciplinary researcher working mainly within Bilingual Education, CALL, Educational Technology, and Second/Foreign Language Acquisition. She has participated in several national and international research projects and teaching innovation projects. Dr Huertas-Abril teaches at Master's level at UCO, UCA and UIMP, among which the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree 'Play, Education, Toys and Languages' (PETaL) can be highlighted. Moreover, she has taught several specialization courses on Bilingual Education and Second Language Acquisition. She is a member of the Research Group HUM-1006 Research in Bilingual and Intercultural Education (EBEI).