Esther Usó-Juan is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Universitat Jaume I (Castellón, Spain) and a member of the LAELA (Lingüística Aplicada a l’Ensenyament de la Llengua Anglesa) research group. She obtained her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the same university in 2003. Her research focuses primarily on L2 pragmatics and intercultural pragmatics, with particular attention to the complexities of cross-cultural communication. In addition, her work explores innovative approaches to language pedagogy, especially the integration of audiovisual materials to enhance pragmatics instruction in language learning contexts. She has co-edited several volumes that address language teaching and learning from a communicative perspective, including Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the Four Language Skills (Mouton de Gruyter, 2006), Pedagogical Reflections on Learning Languages in Instructed Settings (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007), and Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, Empirical and Methodological Issues (John Benjamins, 2010). Her research has been published in international journals such as The Modern Language Journal, Applied Language Learning, ELT Journal, and Language Teaching Research, as well as in edited volumes published by major academic publishers including Mouton de Gruyter, John Benjamins, Routledge, Springer, and Rodopi.