Dr Mª del Mar Suárez is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Linguistics and Literature Education in the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona, Spain. Her research has examined the role of aptitude in young learners although she is also interested in the overall role of individual differences in the acquisition of foreign languages as well as in language learning autonomy. She is a member of the GRAL Research Group and collaborates as well with the realTIC Group, which focuses on the use of ICT tools for foreign language learning purposes. 

Her contact details are the following: 

Dr Mª del Mar Suárez
Departament d'Educació Lingüística i Literària i de Didàctica de les Ciències Experimentals i de la Matemàtica
Facultat d'Educació
Universitat de Barcelona
Campus Mundet - Edifici Llevant, 1r pis
Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, 171
08035 Barcelona
Tel.: +34 934 035 076
E-mail: mmsuarez@ub.edu