Ana Isabel Moreno Menéndez

A university professor and doctoral candidate in English Philology at the University of Huelva, she is also an affiliated member of COIDESO, the Center for Research in Contemporary Thought and Innovation for Social Development at the same university. Her research focuses on embodied approaches to second language learning, with particular emphasis on the role of bodily engagement, multimodality, and cognitive processes in L2 acquisition. Her doctoral thesis analyzes how bodily actions and sensorimotor experiences contribute to meaning-making and promote language development. Her broader academic interests lie primarily in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching, especially approaches based on embodied cognition and multimodal learning.