Author Description

About the Author About our authors Holly J. Nibert is Associate Professor of Spanish and the Spanish Language Program Director at The Ohio State University. A specialist in Spanish linguistics with particular interests in phonology and phonetics, dialectology, second language acquisition and second language teaching methodology, she has published various articles on Spanish intonation, including its description with autosegmentalmetrical theory and its acquisition by second language learners. In addition to Día a día, Holly is coauthor of the 6th Edition of ¡Arriba! Comunicación y cultura, one of the leading beginning Spanish language programs in North America. Annie R. Abbott is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her work focuses on student learning outcomes in, as well as critical analysis of, foreign language community service learning, social entrepreneurship, social media and languages for specific purposes. She also creates curricular materials that reflect current research in order to engage with language educators and learners worldwide.