Marianne Nikolov is a professor of English Applied Linguistics at the University of Pecs, Hungary. Her research interests include early learning and teaching of modern languages, assessment of processes and outcomes in language education, teacher education, individual differences, language policy and research methods. Her work has been published in journals (e.g., Language Learning, Language Teaching Research, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Magyar Pedagogia, Modern Nyelvoktatas) as well as books.