New Trends in the Learning and Teaching of Second Language Speaking Skills in Higher Education

Bettina Hermoso Gómez is Lecturer of Spanish at the University of Leeds and Director of Routes into Languages in Yorkshire and Humberside in the UK. She is the co-founder of the journal The Language Scholar and member of the Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching, University of Leeds. Sofia Martinho is Associate Professor of Portuguese at the University of Leeds (UK) where she has taught Portuguese at all levels, as well as Portuguese and Lusophone literatures and cultures, since 2008. She is the co-founder and President of TROPO UK, the Association of Teachers and Researchers of Portuguese Language in the UK.Chiara La Sala is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Leeds (UK), where she has taught Italian and sociolinguistics since 1995. She has published on error analysis, digital resources, the integration of the CEFR into higher education and enhancement of the pedagogic practice in higher education.