Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching

Maria del Mar Suárez holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics by the Universitat de Barcelona. Winner of the National Award of Young Researchers of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (AESLA), she is an associate professor at the Universitat de Barcelona, where she also does research into second language acquisition, multimodality, learner autonomy and individual differences in foreign language learning, focusing on language aptitude. She is also the editor-in-chief of Didacticae. Journal of Research in Specific Didactics. Her most recent publications are 'Technology and music production in different genres: Key issues for a significant music education', 'A need for an aptitude test for young learners in Catalan: The case of the Modern Language Aptitude Test - Elementary in Catalan' and 'Individual differences in young learners and L2 vocabulary development: The case of language aptitude and exposure to subtitled TV series, ' among others.

Walaa El-Henawy, Ph. D in Education (Curriculum and Methods of Teaching English), currently works as a lecturer of Curriculum, Instruction (EFL), and Educational Technology at the Faculty of Education, Port Said University. Walaa does research on teachers' instructional communication skills, self-regulation, writing self-efficacy, writing metacognitive awareness, literary reading skills, brain-based learning, project-based learning, educational assessment, innovative strategies for TEFL, and educational technology. Her most recent publications are 'Examining the Impact of Brain-Based Professional Development on EFL Novice Teachers' Pedagogical Perceptions and Practices', "Media Literacy in EFL Teacher Education: A Necessity for 21st Century English Language Instruction", "Assessment Techniques in EFL Brain-Compatible Classroom" and "Using Brain-Based Instruction to Optimize Early Childhood English Language Education''. She is a reviewer and a member of the editorial board of some high-ranked journals related to her fields of interest and she is the managing editor of Port Said Journal of Educational Research (PSJER).

Maria del Mar Suárez擁有巴塞隆納大學應用語言學博士學位。她是西班牙應用語言學協會（AESLA）青年研究者國家獎的獲獎者，並擔任巴塞隆納大學的副教授，同時從事第二語言習得、多模態、學習者自主性和外語學習中的個體差異等方面的研究，專注於語言能力。她還是《Didacticae. Journal of Research in Specific Didactics》的主編。她最近的出版物包括《不同流派中的技術和音樂製作：對重要音樂教育的關鍵問題》、《加泰羅尼亞年輕學習者語言能力測試的需求：加泰羅尼亞初級現代語言能力測試的案例》和《年輕學習者和第二語言詞彙發展中的個體差異：語言能力和字幕電視劇的接觸的案例》等。

Walaa El-Henawy擁有教育學博士學位（英語課程和教學方法），目前在Port Said大學教育學院擔任課程、教學（英語作為外語）和教育技術的講師。Walaa的研究領域包括教師教學溝通技巧、自我調節、寫作自我效能、寫作元認知意識、文學閱讀技巧、基於大腦的學習、基於項目的學習、教育評估、TEFL的創新策略和教育技術。她最近的出版物包括《檢驗基於大腦的專業發展對EFL新手教師的教學觀念和實踐的影響》、《EFL教師教育中的媒體素養：21世紀英語教學的必要性》、《EFL大腦相容課堂中的評估技巧》和《利用基於大腦的教學優化幼兒英語教育》。她是一些與她的研究領域相關的高級期刊的審稿人和編輯委員會成員，並且是Port Said教育研究期刊（PSJER）的總編輯。