José Luis Ortega Martín
José Luis Ortega is a Full Professor in the Department of Language and Literature Education at the University of Granada. He received the University of Granada’s Extraordinary Doctoral Award and Teaching Excellence Award in 2018. From 2004 to 2008, he served as Vice-Dean for International Relations and has held other positions, including Director of the Office for Faculty Development and Quality Support.
He has chaired more than twenty international conferences in various countries and is a member of the scientific committees of several academic journals. Dr. Ortega has taught at numerous European and American universities. He is the author of more than one hundred academic publications, including books, book chapters, and articles in high-impact journals on bilingualism, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), teacher education, classroom management, and student motivation.
Professor Ortega recently led a national research project on bilingualism in Spain, funded by the British Council and the Spanish Ministry of Education. He also coordinated the University of Granada’s Master’s Degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language for six academic years and continues to coordinate the English section of the Master’s Degree in Teacher Training for Secondary Education, Vocational Training, and Official Language Schools.
In addition, Professor Ortega has supervised fourteen doctoral theses and holds three recognised six-year research periods (sexenios de investigación) and one knowledge transfer period (sexenio de transferencia). He is the Director of Research Group HUM-1011 (Foreign Language Education).