Francesca Romero

Dr. Francesca Romero Forteza has a degree in Catalan Philology and is a professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where she teaches Catalan for specific purposes in various engineering degrees. She is currently the Director of her department. Her research is focused on computer-assisted language learning and, more specifically, on self-learning. Other topics on which his research deals are virtual learning environments and the teaching of specialized languages. For her dissertation, she obtained the extraordinary prize granted by the University and has also obtained the prize for teaching excellence granted by the Social Council of the Universitat Politècnica de València.