Maria Fernandez-Toro

Dr María Fernández-Toro is the Director of Languages and a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics. She joined the Open University in April 2007 and has worked on the development of several OU Spanish courses. She was also in charge of the production team for the core introductory module L161 Exploring languages and cultures, and is the author of the Hairy Bikers’ OpenLearn resource on Intercultural Communication, produced in collaboration with the Open Media Unit and the BBC. Her research and teaching are both driven by a passion for language and cultural diversity.

María was born in Spain, brought up in France, and has been teaching in the UK for 27 years. She is also a singer and runs community workshops to teach people to sing in as many different languages as possible.