Manel Lacorte (B.A., University of Barcelona; M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, Scotland) is Associate Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics, Director of the Spanish Language Program, Director of the MA program in Hispanic Applied Linguistics, and OPI Certified Tester. In addition, Manel Lacorte has worked as an Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies at the Spanish School of Middlebury College since 2009, where he also teaches graduate courses on Spanish language teaching methodology. His research focuses on second language (L2) and heritage language (HL) pedagogy and teacher education; L2 classroom interaction and context(s); applied linguistics; and sociopolitical issues in L2 and HL teaching and learning.