Challenges in Teacher Development: Learner Autonomy and Intercultural Competence

The Editor: Manuel Jiménez Raya is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Granada where he lectures on second language acquisition and foreign language teaching methodology. His research interests focus on learner autonomy, learning strategies, and teacher education. He has published several articles and co-authored several books on various aspects of foreign language teaching methodology.
Lies Sercu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Teacher Education Centre of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. She teaches foreign language teaching methodology courses and has been involved in in-service teacher education for many years. Her research concerns the acquisition of vocabulary and intercultural competence in an educational context.