Mara Fuertes GutiérrezMara 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 i 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). Read More Read Less