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Books by Ana Bocanegra-Valle

Ethnographies of Academic Writing Research: Theory, Methods, and Interpretation.

Guillén-Galve, I., y Bocanegra-Valle, A. (eds.) (2021). Ethnographies of Academic Writing Research: Theory, Methods, and Interpretation. (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Series vol. 1). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. ISBN: 978-90-272-1006-7, 2023

Applied Linguistics and Knowledge Transfer, Internationalisation, Employability and Social Challenges. Bern: Peter Lang, 2020

Applied Linguistics can contribute to the enhancement of economic growth and societal well-being ... more Applied Linguistics can contribute to the enhancement of economic growth and societal well-being by addressing today’s social challenges and integrating employability, internationalisation initiatives and knowledge transfer across higher education and elsewhere. This volume aims first to raise awareness of the significant contribution of Applied Linguistics in these key areas and then explore the challenges which scholars, researchers and students need to address when trying to build successful and sustainable collaboration between universities, industries and public sectors in national, transnational and international contexts. It also provides clear pointers for bringing university degrees in line with today’s job market and social demands.

The process of internationalisation of Higher Education initiated by the Bologna process lays spe... more The process of internationalisation of Higher Education initiated by the Bologna process lays special emphasis on the prominent role of English as the instrumental lingua franca for academic and professional cross-cultural exchange (Seidlhofer 2005, Seidlhofer et al. 2006). On pedagogical grounds, Bologna's educational guidelines seek the promotion of lifelong learning and the learning of competences. Challenging-even, at times, problematising-language planning and language education policies (cf. Ferguson 2006), these guidelines foreground the need to adapt courses, programmes and curricula to students' specific academic or professional needs and to new teaching models. Adhering to these premises, various pedagogical trends are being witnessed: a marked emphasis on the correlation between the textual constructs of interaction and the discourse practices of academic and professional communities, a re-conceptualisation of teaching materials and methodologies in courses for students and professionals from different fields of specialisation, and a growing interest in raising both text and contextual awareness in the teaching/learning of specialised genres (cf. Bhatia 2004, Swales 2004). Research grounded in these premises calls for closer introspection of the link between linguistic research and language pedagogy. A good example of this research is Ana Bocanegra Valle et al.'s English for Specific Purposes. Studies for Classroom Development and Implementation, a valuable and enriching source for reflecting on investigation derived from classroom observation and experimentation and, vice versa, on the development of classroom practices that arise from theoretical introspection. The editors have gathered a fruitful collection of research perspectives and teaching experiences which contest traditional models of ESP language teaching methods and propose innovative approaches to the use of English for business, scientific and technical communication. Based on an overall sociorhetorically-oriented perspective of language for specialised purposes, the contributions explicitly or implicitly draw attention to the

Journal Papers by Ana Bocanegra-Valle

Diskrepanzen zwischen der institutionell angebotenen Fachsprachendidaktik und den Bedürfnissen der Fachsprachenlehrkräfte. Ein methodischer Ansatz (Discrepancies between the institutionally offered LSP Teaching Training and the needs of the LSP teacher)

Linguistische Treffen in Wroclaw, vol. 24, 2023(II), 103–116. , 2023

Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 14(2), 147-160. , 2023

This study focuses on online teaching methodologies within the field of languages for specific pu... more This study focuses on online teaching methodologies within the field of languages for specific purposes (LSP) and attempts to identify suitable tools that can be implemented in an online course for LSP teacher education and professional development. Firstly, it defines terms that are relevant to online teaching/learning and discusses the main types of online learning according to their delivery mode. Then, it explores the current provision of online training programmes for preservice and in-service LSP teachers within the European Higher Education Area with a view to gaining a further understanding of the learning gaps and institutional requirements that would need to be covered in a future online course. The next section poses the research questions, explains the methodology that has been applied, and describes the instruments that have been developed. The main results and findings are presented in the third section, and the conclusions that follow suggest the existence of robust online learning methodologies and activities for implementation in online courses aimed at LSP teacher education and training.

Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada, 93, 117-129, 2023

A number of studies have explored the main features of predatory practices that prevail in predat... more A number of studies have explored the main features of predatory practices that prevail in predatory academic journals and conferences. However, not much has been investigated regarding the ways predatory journal editors convey credibility and trustworthiness when addressing scholars looking for publication outlets and, more specifically, what interpersonal resources (like proximity or engagement markers) are used to persuade them. This exploratory study draws on a dataset of fifty email messages from predatory publishers collected during the past two years. It seeks to delve into the ways predatory journal editors address "scholar customers" with the aim of persuading them to submit their work. This dataset was first coded following Hyland's models of proximity and interaction in academic texts, and then qualitatively analysed using NVivo 11 Pro. The analysis shows that (i) textual data provide direct evidence of the texts that predatory publishers send to scholars and the interpersonal dialogue they intend to build with authors in haste for publication; (ii) interactional resources abound, particularly engagement markers, which explicitly aim at building a rapport with the prospective author; and (iii) these predatory texts also contain other engagement-related elements directed to have an effect on the reader's decision for eventual submission.

Iberica, vol. 38, pp. 127-149, 2019

This paper presents findings from a study exploring the teacher education needs of experienced en... more This paper presents findings from a study exploring the teacher education needs of experienced english for specific purposes (esp) instructors. It discusses data from interviews with 19 experienced in-service teachers of esp in two spanish universities. The interviews aimed to develop an understanding of the teachers' views of esp teaching, the kinds of knowledge and skills they required and the forms of support that could be of benefit to them. Results suggested that the teachers perceived needs in five areas: course development, knowledge of the target discipline, knowledge of language use in the target discipline, peer collaboration, and professional development opportunities. It is hoped that findings from the present study are illuminating for the esp teaching profession and drawn on in future teacher development initiatives in the local context.

Canadian Journal of Sociology, 44(1), pp. 39-66, 2019

This paper analyses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOTs) faced by Spanish... more This paper analyses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOTs) faced by Spanish humanities journals and explores the role these journals play as tools for the transmission of research against a global aca-demia. The dataset is comprised of the replies to twenty semi-structured surveys that were administered among ten editors of Spanish journals in the area of the humanities and ten Spanish humanities researchers with extensive publishing experience in national and international journals. Main findings are discussed in terms of internationality, predominance of English and Spanish as scientific languages, research assessment, visibility, credibility, quality assurance, editorial expertise or open access. Moreover, they point at far-reaching implications for both parties, compelled to seeking academic acceptance and researching credibility in today's global scholarly communication while at the same time supporting the national science system through publication in national journals.

This paper explores how intercultural awareness is raised in Maritime English (henceforth, ME) hi... more This paper explores how intercultural awareness is raised in Maritime English (henceforth, ME) higher education courses and, particularly, how the " intercultural dialogue " (Council of Europe, 2008) is fostered in ME materials. Interculturality and its impact upon the maritime profession is a major concern for the shipping industry as multilingual and multicultural crews prevail aboard ships. Four teaching/learning resources have been targeted: the latest ME textbook (Grice, 2012), a web-based ME learning tool (MarEng, 2007-2010), a recently launched online platform offering ME learning materials (SeaTALK, 2015), and the latest edition of a full Model Course programme on ME (IMO, 2015). The results obtained help to assess if, and to what extent ME language teaching materials serve as " mediators of intercultural communicative competence " (Rico Troncoso, 2012: 130), providers of intercultural awareness, facilitators for intercultural encounters and creators of " spaces for intercultural dialogue " (Council of Europe, 2008: 46). Conclusions are expected to further research into intercultural dialogicity and provide researchers in other languages and ESP fields with guidance for assessing the presence of intercultural-related features in their own course materials.

En el presente trabajo nos ocupamos de estudiar el concepto de « competencia intercultural » y su... more En el presente trabajo nos ocupamos de estudiar el concepto de « competencia intercultural » y su presencia en los cursos de Inglés para Fines Específicos a través de sus manuales de texto. Tras seleccionar diez manuales de texto relevantes en diferentes áreas de especialidad, y publicados por distintas editoriales internacionales tras la implantación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES) y entrada en vigor del Marco Común de Referencia Europeo para la Enseñanza de Lenguas, analizamos el grado de cumplimiento de quince indicadores de la competencia intercultural basándonos en la propuesta de Villa y Poblete (2008) para la evaluación de las competencias genéricas. Los resultados de este análisis nos llevan a concluir que los manuales de texto pueden ser unas potentes herramientas para promover el « diálogo intercultural » (Council of Europe, 2008) en las aulas de lenguas aplicadas pero que no existe una apuesta editorial clara por la competencia intercultural como objetivo de enseñanza/aprendizaje a pesar de las recomendaciones en el seno del EEES.

This paper explores de concept of « intercultural competence » and its presence in textbooks used in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses. Ten relevant textbooks from a variety of fields of expertise and published by international publishing houses in the wake of the European Space for Higher Education (ESHE) and following the entry into force of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages have been selected. Based on this target corpus, this study analyses the degree of compliance of fifteen indicators measuring intercultural competence and classified under three mastery levels – such indicators have been taken from Villa and Poblete’s (2008) proposal for the assessment of generic competences. Results show that textbooks may be powerful tools to foster « intercultural dialogue » (Council of Europe, 2008) in ESP classrooms; however, it is clear that despite the ESHE recommendations intercultural competence is not a teaching/learning goal on its own among publishing houses today.

Needs analysis is a relevant issue in language teaching as its final aim is to enhance the langua... more Needs analysis is a relevant issue in language teaching as its final aim is to enhance the language learning process by setting realistic course objectives. This paper briefly reviews past and present approaches to the concept of " needs " and " needs analysis " in foreign language (FL) methodology with particular reference to the higher education context and the post-Bologna reform. It discusses the complex interplay of addressing target and learning FL needs by gathering data from different stakeholder groups and making use of different data collection instruments. Then, it explores current trends in needs analysis research and explains how " competences " and " profiling " have surpassed " needs " and " needs analysis " in the educational systems under the European Space of Higher Education. Last, this study addresses the implications of adopting a more critical, quality-driven approach to FL needs analysis with a view to attaining a more participatory and accountable higher education. Keywords: needs analysis, teaching English as a foreign language, European Space for Higher Education, Common European Framework, quality assurance, accountability.

This paper studies how shipping forecasts are constructed and shaped. A pilot corpus of ten shipp... more This paper studies how shipping forecasts are constructed and shaped. A pilot corpus of ten shipping forecasts issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the maritime and Coastguard Agency, and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 has been collected for this purpose and examined in terms of its rhetorical structure. Adopting a genre-centred approach and making use of Swales’s (1990) terminology, shipping forecasts are analysed and structured into a number of moves and steps. Findings are expected to help linguist researchers to gain knowledge of the textual organisation of shipping forecasts as a very particular type of oral discourse within the professions, and also, to provide maritime English teachers with genre-based tools that may contribute to enhance their teaching practices in maritime English classrooms.

This paper explores the ways in which “interculturality” can be embedded in the English for Speci... more This paper explores the ways in which “interculturality” can be embedded in the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classroom and presents a project developed within a “Shipping Business English” course whose ultimate aim is to provide students with opportunities for gaining awareness across cultures at the same time English is used as the means of communication and language is integrated with content. Conclusions point at the new role of ESP teachers as “intercultural brokers” and prove that ESP classrooms provide a suitable context to explore foreign cultures by bringing them in line with each student’s home culture and the specific contents of the ESP course.

'English is my default academic language': Voices from LSP scholars publishing in a multilingual journal

""This paper investigates research publication practices in the field of Languages for Specific P... more ""This paper investigates research publication practices in the field of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) and aims to raise awareness of the current use of English by LSP scholars (Anglophones and non-Anglophones) who need to gain visibility in international academia and recognition in their home educational contexts. This article draws on the JCR-indexed LSP journal Ibérica and the submissions from a group of Anglophone and non-Anglophone scholars who have contributed to the journal with English-written articles despite the fact that Ibérica is a multilingual journal, encourages submissions in four other languages, and
assesses all manuscripts on an equal basis regardless of submission language. In order to broach the “publish in English or perish in academia” dilemma through the eyes of this particular journal the replies from a five-item questionnaire delivered online are illustrated
and discussed. Answers provided by 161 respondents support many of the statements already explored in the literature (particularly as regards threats and opportunities of English as a common language in academia) but also bring to the fore new views and concerns which are worth investigating in depth.""

ESP Today. Journal of English for Specific Purposes at Tertiary Level (2013), vol. 1(1), 5-25, Nov 18, 2013

This paper explores the perceived value of English as the main language for the transmission and ... more This paper explores the perceived value of English as the main language for the transmission and exchange of scientific knowledge and, more particularly, as the main language for research writing among European scholars within the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). From my position of editor-in-chief of the LSP journal Ibérica (ISSN: 1139-7241), I have surveyed 133 scholars from 18 European countries who have submitted their papers in English to the journal between 1999 and the first half of 2013 and gathered comments on two particular issues: the scholars' perceived value of English for research publication purposes (ERPP) in comparison with research published in their national language, and actions in their countries to either encourage the use of English or, on the contrary, protect the national language against the spread of English. Main findings point at a set of global and supranational interrelated driving forces that portray an irreversible hegemony of English for scientific communication and research writing as well as at the passivity of educational authorities against the global trend that favours English in general and ERPP in particular.

International Journal of English Studies, 11(1), 35-53, 2011

This paper portrays how English language is constructed and displayed by shipboard crews and shor... more This paper portrays how English language is constructed and displayed by shipboard crews and shore-based personnel when communicating through radiotelephony. Based on internationally-recognized recommendations for implementation when ships communicate with each other or with shore-based stations as well as on examples of current practice contained in marine communication manuals, this paper explores the message patterns, the standardized conventions, and the general and discursive practices governing speech communications at sea. Firstly, marine communications are defined and the role of Maritime English in the shipping industry for ensuring a safe and efficient passage discussed. Then, the standardized language of the sea is explained. Next, a move-step model to the analysis of the stages making up communicative exchanges at sea is applied and the main general and discursive features that prevail in such exchanges described. Finally, two examples help to illustrate the model and features presented and discussed.

The EUROCALL Review, no. 12, 2007

AULA: Revista de pedagogía de la Universidad de Salamanca Nº 18, págs. 29-41, 2012

Epos: Revista de filología, Jan 1, 1997

We, too, will have to change our representations of what teaching and being a teacher means. But ... more We, too, will have to change our representations of what teaching and being a teacher means. But can we afford to go on forgetting that better leaming requires better leamers? (HOLEC, 1987: 155) RESUMEN Este artículo estudia los diferentes papeles que pueden y deben desempeñar los profesores de lenguas extranjeras tanto dentro como fuera del aula para Uegar a la conclusión de que éstos últimos no se deben Umitar a transmitir conocimientos sino, ante todo, a facilitar el desarrollo de la nueva lengua. Esto se puede conseguir mediante la instrucción en el aprendizaje experimental, la creación de un clima y un espacio de aprendizaje adecuado, la organización del aprendizaje propiamente dicho y la provisión de aducto lingüístico útil. Junto a estas cuatro tareas princi-' El califícativo Facilitator for Learning se lo debemos a VYGOTSKY (1978) quien lo utilizó por primera vez para defínir al profesor que se dedica a facilitar el aprendizaje y no a enseñar la lengua en el sentido estricto del verbo inglés lo teach.

Pragmalingüistica, Jan 1, 2011

Este artículo confronta la Teoría del Ana1isis del Discurso con la Teoria de la Relevancia para p... more Este artículo confronta la Teoría del Ana1isis del Discurso con la Teoria de la Relevancia para proponer un modelo de procesamiento del aducto que acerque el desarrollo natural de una lengua a la realidad dentro del aula de: lenguas extranjeras. Tras estudiar diez cuestiones comunes a ambas Teorías y claves para determinar las circunstancias que caracterizan el procesamiento de información, se llega a La conclusión de que la Teoría de la Relevancia supera la, hasta ahora continuamente explotada, Teoría del Análisis del Oiscurso completándola, ampliándola y perfeccionándola en lo que se refiere a los procesos de adquisición y aprendizaje de lenguas no-matemas.

Ethnographies of Academic Writing Research: Theory, Methods, and Interpretation.

Applied Linguistics and Knowledge Transfer, Internationalisation, Employability and Social Challenges. Bern: Peter Lang, 2020

Linguistische Treffen in Wroclaw, vol. 24, 2023(II), 103–116. , 2023

Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 14(2), 147-160. , 2023

Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada, 93, 117-129, 2023

Iberica, vol. 38, pp. 127-149, 2019

Canadian Journal of Sociology, 44(1), pp. 39-66, 2019

'English is my default academic language': Voices from LSP scholars publishing in a multilingual journal

ESP Today. Journal of English for Specific Purposes at Tertiary Level (2013), vol. 1(1), 5-25, Nov 18, 2013

International Journal of English Studies, 11(1), 35-53, 2011

The EUROCALL Review, no. 12, 2007

AULA: Revista de pedagogía de la Universidad de Salamanca Nº 18, págs. 29-41, 2012

Epos: Revista de filología, Jan 1, 1997

Pragmalingüistica, Jan 1, 2011

In this article the concept of learner autonomy is applied to the foreign language classroom alth... more In this article the concept of learner autonomy is applied to the foreign language classroom although some ideas might also be useful within a second language context. It begins by approaching the different problems that a foreign language context entails. It then goes on to put forward the rationale which justifies David Little's construct of developmental and experiential leaming (Learner Autonomy) as the result of both interactional and inferential input. The latter is redenned here on the basis of a pragmatic theory: Relevance Theory, first proposed by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson in 1986. Finally, some hints aiming to foster learner autonomy inside and outside the classroom are reported after an experience with university students of English in Spain. 1 Learner autonomy, as a new field of study, has gradually come into existence since the 1970s as a consequence of a new shift in interest in studies on language learning: learners have gradually been viewed as producers of language and less as learners of a system imposed on them by society. Following Holec (Autonomy in Foreign) it may be further assumed that this shift had its origin in a changing attitude towards the relationship between the individual and society: individuáis have come to be seen more and more as producers rather than producís of society. Other terms are frequently used to make reference to the autonomy of the language learner: self-management, autogestión, selflearning, autodidaxy, self-directed learning, learning on an autonomous basis, individualisation, participation or syllabus negotiation, self-instruction, self-access learning, resource-based learning, learning consciousness, learner-centredness, learner independence, learning how to learn, co-operative teaching and learning, independent language learning, learner training, or, distance learning. Most of them are frequently found in current publications concerning second/foreign language development. 2

This article reviews the relationship between input and interlanguage development by addressing f... more This article reviews the relationship between input and interlanguage development by addressing four main issues: (1) interaction and modifications which lead to pre-modified and interactionally modified input; (2) negative evidence of unaccepted input which shows how interlanguage can benefit from instances of noncomprehension; (3) input negotiation as a resutt of underlying cognitive and social processes which demand awareness and strategic competence; (4) input and its contribution to pragmatie knowtedge development. The large number of works published in the Iast two decades indicates that this is a major area of study within SLA research, at present enriched by significant contributions from psycholinguistics, sociolinguisties, pragmalinguistics, and educational linguistics. More precisely, as many issues remain unexplored and certain hypotheses require further vatidation and additional support, it is in this multidiseiplinary view of acquisition processes and interlanguage development that new perspectives of fruitful research await discovery.

The language of shipping forecasts: A corpus-driven study of specialized terms and phraseological units

Molina-Plaza, S., y Maroto, Nava (Eds.), Aspects of Cognitive Terminology Studies. Theoretical Considerations and the Role of Metaphor in Terminology. De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 109-129., 2024

Maritime English is a branch of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) that refers to the English la... more Maritime English is a branch of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) that refers to the English language as is used in the shipping and shipbuilding industries. Due to its high specialisation and limited presence in higher education, the terminology and discourse of maritime English has been the object of scant research. This study presents a corpus-driven investigation of a collection of forecasts issued by the British meteorological office. Also, and following the tenets of Frame-based Terminology in that “the best way to study specialized knowledge units is by studying their behavior in texts” (Faber 2009: 120), this study explores those specialized terms that prevail in shipping forecasts and how words are combined into formulaic expressions to yield communicative meaning.

Predatory journals: A potential threat to the dissemination of open access knowledge

Plo-Alastrue, R. & Corona, I. (Eds) (2023). Digital Scientific Communication. Identity and Visibility in Research Dissemination. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 127-148., 2023

Using qualitative analytical methods and a corpus of 50 unsolicited email messages sent by predat... more Using qualitative analytical methods and a corpus of 50 unsolicited email messages sent by predatory publishers and collected over two years, this study sets out to investigate the main themes that prevail in predatory publishing to generate interest and convince authors to submit their work. It also critically assesses deceptive editorial practices that may flout mainstream academic publication standards and put the quality of scientific research and the advantages of publishing open access at stake. The dataset was iteratively coded and qualitatively analysed by means of NVivo 11 Pro. Findings show that predatory discourse overuses boastful language and relies on self-promotional explicit references to high quality in order to persuade authors and achieve their predatory aims. The last section discusses the implications of predatory journals for the dissemination of non-validated knowledge, the spread of misconduct and misdirection, and the impact on scholars aiming for visibility in a global academia.

A quantitative analysis of LSP teacher needs in the European Higher Education Area

Chateaureynaud, M.A., y P. John (Eds.). LSP Teacher Training Summer School. The TRAILs project. Bruxelles: Peter Lang, pp. 111-130. ISBN 978-2-8076-1864-0, 2023

Methodological reflections on and participatory episodes of ethnographic academic writing research

Bocanegra-Valle, A., y Guillén-Galve, I. (Eds.). Ethnographies of Academic Writing Research: Theory, Methods, and Interpretation, John Benjamins, pp. 1-20 , 2021

Researching academic genres, language and discourse with computer assisted qualitative data analysis software

M.L. Carrió-Pastor (ed.), Corpus Analysis in Academic Discourse: Discourse Markers, English for Specific Purposes and Leaner Corpora. London: Routledge, 146-166 ISBN 978-0-3674-1716-1, 2020

Bocanegra-Valle, A. (ed.) Applied Linguistics and Knowledge Transfer. Internationalisation, Employability and Social Challenges. Bern: Peter Lang, 9-22. ISBN 978-3-0343-3714-4, 2020

This chapter examines language in public discourse and, more precisely, the way in which the disc... more This chapter examines language in public discourse and, more precisely, the way in which the discourse of globalization is constructed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), an international organization of utmost relevance to the shipping industry. First, I review the literature on institutional discourse and, particularly, on globalization as a key process that nurtures the discourse of power (Fairclough 2001, 2006) and reproduces stances of institutional dominance (Mayr 2008; Simpson/Mayr 2010). Then, I outline the functions and work of the organization under study, IMO. After this, I explain the research procedure and the data set (i.e. fifteen speeches delivered by the IMO’s Secretary-General on the occasion of the World Maritime Day). Next, findings are presented and discussed according to four main themes that have emerged from the qualitative analysis of the data set: globalization, leadership, hegemony and legitimation. Finally, some concluding remarks are presented.

This chapter examines OA emerging journals within the humanities and seeks to identify those feat... more This chapter examines OA emerging journals within the humanities and seeks to identify those features which might boost or threaten their information credibility — thereby posing a challenge to the OA movement itself and today’s academic publishing industry. By ‘emerging journals’, I refer to scholarly journals that are not published by mainstream publishing houses and that lack a demonstrated citation impact but aim at gaining some kind of academic reputation and becoming relevant in a particular scientific field. I begin by providing a more detailed account of the OA model and how journal credibility in the field of the humanities is established and maintained. Next, I describe the work carried out by the Spanish Foundation of Science and Technology in order to arrive at criteria for quality assessment in scientific publishing (Delgado López-Cózar, Ruiz-Pérez & Jiménez-Contreras, 2006), identifying those formal features which have, in Spain at least, come to be considered as mandatory for a quality journal — features now referred to as quality requirements [QRs]. I then go on to explore a collection of OA
humanities journals, with the aim of investigating the extent to which such mandatory QRs are met by each individual journal in the collection. I then group and discuss the results with respect to their compliance or non-compliance in terms of the information quality of the journal as a means of scientific communication, the quality of the editorial process, the journal scientific quality, and the quality of dissemination and visibility of the journal. My conclusions are intended to raise awareness of the existence of these QRs for journal assessment; findings may be helpful to both editors and researchers alike. It is hoped that they might provide insights applicable to other contexts where it is seen as desirable to establish similar quality assurance measures.

K. Hyland and P. Shaw (eds) The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes, pages 562-578, Jan 28, 2016

Needs analysis (or needs assessment) refers to the systematic investigation of needs for the desi... more Needs analysis (or needs assessment) refers to the systematic investigation of needs for the design of a language course and the optimisation of language teaching and learning, and has been identified as a defining characteristic in the field of languages for specific and academic purposes from the start (Upton, 2012). Needs analysis has a long history and, still today, “[a] confusing plethora of terms exists” (Dudley-Evans & St John, 1998, p.123) to refer to the concept of needs: demands, motivations, deficiencies, goals, gains, wishes, concerns, necessities, lacks, wants, requirements, desires, expectations, constraints, difficulties, preferences, communicative reasons, or communicative situations.
Different sources will provide the analyst with the necessary data and information to conduct the assessment. These may be documentary, like (un-)published literature provided by organisations or corporations that mainly contains job descriptions or occupational tasks, or concern different groups of individuals or stakeholders. In the particular context of English for academic purposes (EAP), there are .......

English as a Scientific and Research Language. Debates and Discourses: English in Europe, Volume 2, Edited by Ramón Plo Alastrué and Carmen Pérez-Llantada (Eds.), pp. 207-230., Jul 2015

Peer reviewing is an essential procedure in the publication of research so that the eventual acce... more Peer reviewing is an essential procedure in the publication of research so that the eventual acceptance or rejection of a proposed submission to a journal ultimately depends on the outcome of the assessment and the reviewers’ decision in their reports. As experts in a particular field, reviewers tend to focus their praise and criticism on the content of the submission; however, comments on the use of the language are also provided because fails in the use of language very often lead to fails in communicating research findings successfully. This paper examines the peer reviews from 119 contributions by Anglophone and non-Anglophone scholars to an English-medium journal and discusses the nature of the praise and criticism contained in such peer review reports with particular attention to the outcome of the review and the types of linguistic infelicities found in themanuscripts. Conclusions aim at gaining a clearer understanding of the research writing process and, more particularly, of the role that English language use plays in the final acceptance or rejection of a research article submitted for publication in international journals.

C.A, Chapelle (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 3570-3583., Nov 5, 2012

Maritime English is an umbrella term which refers to the English language used by seafarers both ... more Maritime English is an umbrella term which refers to the English language used by seafarers both at sea and in port and by individuals working in the shipping and shipbuilding industry. Maritime English lies in the domain of workplace English.

Promoting specialised vocabulary learning through computer-assisted instruction

E. Bárcena, T. Read and J. Arús (eds). Languages for Specific Purposes in the Digital Era, 2014

This paper explores the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in th... more This paper explores the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classroom in general, and the Maritime English (ME) classroom in particular, and addresses the challenges posed for specialised vocabulary instruction and learning. Firstly, some key issues on ICT-based pedagogy and vocabulary instruction are explored: vocabulary teaching techniques as revised in current literature, what is to be understood by ESP and ME vocabulary, the notion of digital literacy, the contribution of computers to vocabulary learning and development, and implications of the lifelong learning construct within the framework of the European Space for Higher Education. Secondly, relevant literature on recurrent topics in this paper is discussed. Next, this paper focuses on the use of the Moodle glossary tool for strategic specialised vocabulary development and particular attention is paid to the creation of the Maritime Glossary (a project aimed to complement classroom work). To conclude, learners’ opinions based on a questionnaire administered upon the completion of the glossary and interviews held at the end of the course are presented and discussed.
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Global markets, global challenges: The position of maritime English in today's shipping industry

English in the European Context: the EHEA …, Jan 1, 2010

... Maritime English as a relevant discipline is well established both in the maritime curriculum... more ... Maritime English as a relevant discipline is well established both in the maritime curriculum and in the shipping industry; however, the position of Maritime English education in response to multinational and multicultural crews worldwide as well as in response to the re ...

Learning to learn in ESP: Fostering lifelong learning in European higher education under Bologna requirements

ESP in European Higher Education, pages 213-232, Jan 1, 2008

This paper is prompted by the notions of awareness, lifelong learning, and autonomous learning as... more This paper is prompted by the notions of awareness, lifelong learning, and autonomous learning as familiar key-words for the planning, implementation and assessment of languages with reference to a common European language policy. It puts forward a global approach to the development of metalinguistic awareness through reading and writing tasks based on EST authentic texts which complement day-to-day classroom work, and reports on the experience with reference to the learner, the learning process and the teacher’s role. Even though this paper elaborates on the outcomes from a particular EST course (i.e., Maritime English), procedures and activities may also be used as such within any ESP context and/or content-based course, and conclusions transferred to tertiary levels worldwide.

English for Professional and Academic Purposes, pages 141-166, 2010

This paper explores the development of printed materials in ESP from a practical point of view an... more This paper explores the development of printed materials in ESP from a practical point of view and aims to shed light on issues of concern to ESP practitioners when they set about writing materials for classroom use. Such matters include the reasons for ESP materials development, the value of authentic materials, the evaluation of published materials, the development of original and adapted in-house materials, and the corresponding implications for the ESP practitioner. Sample activities have been included and commented so as to illustrate the issues raised and to be of practical guidance to in-service and prospective developers of ESP materials.

English for Specific Purposes: Studies for Classroom Development and Implementation, Jan 1, 2007

Nominal compounds in ESP are complex and ubiquitous structures difficult to manage by Spanish lea... more Nominal compounds in ESP are complex and ubiquitous structures difficult to manage by Spanish learners due to syntactic and semantic constraints, and fostered by cross-linguistic influences between both languages. By providing training on the comprehension and use of eight categories or semantic spaces of nominal compounds, the development of a group of Maritime English learners was studied. Three tests (a pre-treatment, a posttreatment and a delayed post-treatment test) were administered to address the main issue of whether simple nominal compounds (i.e., two noun compounds) are teachable and easily learnable grammatical structures. Likewise, this paper aims to study the influence of instruction on the comprehension of nominal compounds, the degree of comprehension difficulty each semantic space implies, and the role of both context and language proficiency in the whole process. Results show, on a first basis, that instruction proves to be useful but not fully successful. Moreover, data obtained report the existence of more and less acquisition-resistant compounds, which allows for the ranking of most and least teachable nominal compounds; context proves to be helpful in hypothesis testing and meaning disambiguation; and, finally, the proficiency variable may be a relevant issue but needs further study and discussion.

J.L. Cifuentes, A. Gómez, A. Lillo, J. Mateo, F. Yus (eds), Los caminos de la lengua, pages 417-430, 2010

E. Usó-Juan, M.N. Ruiz-Madrid (eds.) Pedagogical reflections on learning languages in instructed settings. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars, pages 274-295, 2007

Floyd Moore, A. (coord), Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Association of Specific Purposes (AELFE), 181-190. A Coruña: Galebook

Este artículo establece los cambios y mejoras observados en la última década sobre los métodos, m... more Este artículo establece los cambios y mejoras observados en la última década sobre los métodos, metodologías, herramientas y materiales usados para la enseñanza de inglés marítimo mediante la comparación de los resultados obtenidos en el proyecto MARCOM, y los resultados obtenidos en una encuesta realizada a profesores de inglés marítimo. Las mejoras introducidas en la docencia de esta materia reflejan el esfuerzo que la comunidad marítima ha realizado para elevar la competencia comunicativa de sus actores y el peso que las instituciones de formación marítima otorgan hoy en día a este factor sin duda vital para el mantenimiento de la seguridad en el ámbito marítimo.

Floyd Moore, A. (coord), Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Association of Specific Purposes (AELFE), 143-154. A Coruña: Galebook, 2014

In this paper we present SECMA tool, a computer based training tool developed by Spanish research... more In this paper we present SECMA tool, a computer based training tool developed by Spanish researchers, aimed at training vessel traffic service operators and ship officers in relation to critical communications, stressing the use of the SMCP. Also, SECMA tool is compared to several software programs commercially available for the teaching of these Phrases with the aim of highlighting the benefits of using this tool.

A. Llanes Baró, L.A. Ciro, L. Gallego Balsá, R.M. Mateu Serra (eds) Applied LInguistics in the age of globalization, pages 260-265, 2013

Carrió, M.L., Contreras, J., Olmo, F., Skorczynska, H., Tamarit, I., Westall, D. (eds) La investigación y la enseñanza aplicadas a las lenguas de especialidad y a la tecnología. Valencia: Editorial Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 309-317. , 2012

françoisE oLMo Hanna skorCzynska inMaCuLada taMarit dEbra WEstaLL EDITORIAL UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNI... more françoisE oLMo Hanna skorCzynska inMaCuLada taMarit dEbra WEstaLL EDITORIAL UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA la investigación y la enseñanza aplicadas a las lenguas de especialidad y a la tecnología 7. didáctica y adquisición de lenguas

Teaching and Learning Boundaries. Proceedings of the 6th International AELFE Conference. Lisbon: ISCAL, 300-306., 2007

This paper shows the different stages followed in the development of a specialised glossary of ma... more This paper shows the different stages followed in the development of a specialised glossary of maritime English terms and the results achieved. Seafaring and seaborne trade is a field of expertise which covers a wide variety of disciplines from engineering to commerce. Maritime English-Spanish-English dictionaries are scarce and, in many cases, must be enhanced to take into consideration many terms which are unique to the shipping industry. This paper attempts to bridge the gap between large Maritime English dictionaries and the actual needs of present and prospective seafarers by showing the work undertaken and the procedure followed in the design and development of an English-Spanish-English glossary of terms based on the International Maritime Organisation's International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs).

N. Talaván Zanón, E. Martín Monje, F. Palazón Romero (eds)., Technological Innovation in the Teaching and Processing of LSPs: Proceedings of TISLID'10. Madrid: UNED, pp. 55-68, 2011

This paper studies the contribution of ICTs to the teaching of Maritime English (ME) around the w... more This paper studies the contribution of ICTs to the teaching of Maritime English (ME) around the world as perceived by ME practitioners. We will briefly examine a number of software packages available in the market for the teaching of ME and then present and discuss the results obtained from a 27-item questionnaire focused on the use of ICTs for the teaching of ME. This questionnaire was distributed worldwide among ME practitioners and answers gathered indicate, among others, that there is an awareness on the possibilities ICTs offer for ME teaching but its implementation in ME courses is not normalised practice.

Review of Pedagogies and Policies for Publishing Research in English: Local Initiatives Supporting International Scholars, James N. Corcoran, Karen Englander, & Laura-Mihaela Muresan (Eds.), Routledge, New York (2019), pp. 299

Journal of Second Language Writing, 45: 89-92, 2019

Language Value, 5(1): 152-155, Dec 28, 2013

Revista Electrónica de Lingüística Aplicada (RAEL), 10: 203-206., 2011

La alfabetización académica, y concretamente la redacción de textos en el ámbito de la investigac... more La alfabetización académica, y concretamente la redacción de textos en el ámbito de la investigación, ha sido objeto de numerosas publicaciones hasta la fecha, especialmente por parte de autores y editoriales extranjeros y en lo que concierne a la redacción en lengua inglesa de artículos de investigación científico-técnica destinados a una audiencia internacional (Glasman-Deal 2009 podría ser un ejemplo reciente). En el panorama nacional predominan las obras dirigidas a dos tipos de usuarios: (1) estudiantes universitarios de todas las disciplinas que utilizan el inglés como lengua vehicular para la transmisión del conocimiento (Bombardó Solés y otros 2007); (2) profesionales investigadores noveles o expertos a los que, indistintamente de la disciplina que les competa, les mueve el deseo de divulgar correcta y adecuadamente sus investigaciones en la escena internacional, también con la lengua inglesa como herramienta de comunicación global (Duque García, 2000; Fortanet Gómez (coord.) 2002; o Kindelán Echevarría 2010). Merece mención especial por su relación directa con la obra objeto de esta reseña, el volumen de Gimenez (2007) que se presenta como un manual práctico escrito en inglés destinado exclusivamente a estudiantes de enfermería y matrona de cualquier nacionalidad que han de desarrollar la destreza de la comunicación escrita académica en dicha lengua.

Review of "Las lenguas profesionales y académicas"

Review of "Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the Four Language Skills"

... Tony Lynch fills a gap in research by dealing with the implementation of skills in academic l... more ... Tony Lynch fills a gap in research by dealing with the implementation of skills in academic listening and illustrates, through updated activities from previous works, a hybrid instruction ... Reviewed by Ana Bocanegra Valle. Universidad de Cadiz. © Oxford University Press 2007. ...

Atlantis, 29(1): 229-233, 2007

Atlantis, 26(2): 105-109, 2004

Ibérica, 8: 149-153, 2004

La obra Linguistic studies in academic and professional English reúne en un único volumen diecisé... more La obra Linguistic studies in academic and professional English reúne en un único volumen dieciséis artículos relacionados con la lengua inglesa aplicada a los contextos profesional y académico y todos ellos, a excepción del primero, fruto de la investigación más reciente que se está llevando a cabo en el departamento de filología inglesa de la Universitat Jaume I, principalmente, con colaboraciones de la Universitat de València y de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Una vez más, y con éxito, este conjunto de profesores universitarios despliega su potencial investigador en lo referente a las lenguas extranjeras aplicadas a los contextos de especialidad.

Ibérica, 5: 125-129, 2003

Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 23, 1-4. , 2021

is a leading researcher and a respected academic in Applied Linguistics, particularly in the fiel... more is a leading researcher and a respected academic in Applied Linguistics, particularly in the fields of English for Specific and Academic Purposes (ESP/EAP). During the early 1990s, she worked as a lecturer and teacher educator at Bilkent University (Turkey) and Kuwait University (the Middle East). In 1998 she moved to the University of Auckland (New Zealand), where she has been working in Applied Language Studies and Linguistics since then and is currently an Associate Professor. She has published extensively, supervised students and led a number of research projects. Her books on ESP linguistic descriptions, learning, teaching and course design (Routledge 2006, and Palgrave Macmillan 2010) are today among the most influential titles in ESP-related research and a must-read for both experienced and novice ESP practitioners and researchers. Also, her 4-volume edited collection English for Academic Purposes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics (Routledge, 2015) is a useful resource for delving into those key issues that have impacted the field over the last 35 years. Her recently published book Linguistic Description in English for Academic Purposes (Taylor and Francis-Routledge, 2021) provides a concise overview of the kinds of descriptions of academic English that have resulted from the increased use of English as a lingua franca and research in EAP. This special issue of Language Teaching Research Quarterly is a token of gratitude to Professor Helen Basturkmen for her past and present work in the fields of ESP and EAP and her bibliographical legacy. It contains six articles that were submitted to the journal in

Iberica 28: 9-16, Oct 1, 2014

This is the editorial to the volume 28 of the journal Iberica

The printed cover of this journal has shown a visual change since my last editorial note. In June... more The printed cover of this journal has shown a visual change since my last editorial note. In June 2011 Ibérica was awarded a prize of scientific excellence by the FECYT (Spanish acronym for Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) at the Ministry of Science and Innovation, and as a proof of such excellence the corresponding seal is already appearing on the journal. Ibérica no. 22 was a special issue on "Academic English in Parallel-language and English as a Lingua Franca Settings" co-edited with Maria Kuteeva from Stockholm University (Sweden). The research papers, the interview and the reviews published highlight the strong presence of Englishmedium instruction and research in northern Europe and aimed not only at illustrating the current situation in northern countries, but also at shedding light on the challenges to be faced by educational systems in the European educational area. I am most grateful to Maria Kuteeva for her initiative in bringing this topic to our attention and all the effective coediting work.

Ibérica 20 contains six research articles, one research note and nine reviews. It opens with two ... more Ibérica 20 contains six research articles, one research note and nine reviews. It opens with two genre-based works on research articles (RAs) across disciplines. In the first paper, Matthew Peacock focuses on linking adverbials across four science and four non-science disciplines. By making use of the WordSmith Tool v.4 (Scott, 2004), he studies linking adverbials -such as "however" or "otherwise" -in terms of frequency, function and disciplinary variation. With Biber et al.'s (1999) semantic categories for linking adverbials as a guiding light, Peacock analyses 320 published RAs totalling a 1,961,042 word corpus. Conclusions reveal important disciplinary variations -such as a higher use of linking adverbials by non-science disciplines -and stress the prominent role of linking adverbials as signalling and cohesive devices for the construction and strengthening of claims by researching authors. In the second paper, Enrique Lafuente Millán deals with authorial identity and the writer's presence in RAs. By combining data from 96 RAs published in four different disciplines and insights from 14 specialist informants, he examines the use of exclusive first person markers as an interpersonal strategy that influences authoritative stance. Lafuente's concern lies primarily with the discursive functions of exclusive "we" so that seven pragmatic functions are identified, their relative occurrence estimated and their purpose discussed in view of potential disciplinary variations. Particularly innovative is the array of comments by the specialist informants from each discipline gathered from interviews and groups meetings that enhances this author's main findings. EDITORIAL Ibérica 20 (2010): 5-8 7

Iberica 19: 5-8, Apr 1, 2010

Iberica 18: 5-8, Oct 1, 2009

Iberica 16: 7-8, Oct 1, 2008

Iberica 15: 5-8, Apr 1, 2008

Iberica 14: 5-8, Oct 1, 2007

Iberica 13: 5-6, Apr 1, 2007

Predatory Journals: A Potential Threat to the Dissemination of Open Access Knowledge

Springer eBooks, Dec 31, 2022

Raising intercultural awareness in the ESP classroom: Insights from a Maritime English project involving international exchange students

Información del artículo Raising intercultural awareness in the ESP classroom: Insights from a Ma... more Información del artículo Raising intercultural awareness in the ESP classroom: Insights from a Maritime English project involving international exchange students.

La normalización de la Lengua Inglesa para Fines Específicos: El Caso de las Comunicaciones Marítimas

Applied Linguistics and Knowledge Transfer

La motivación en el aula de lenguas para fines específicos desde una perspectiva psicopedagógica

Estudio cuantitativo de la contribución del laboratorio de idiomas al desarrollo de la interlengua

Page 161. ESTUDIO CUANTITATIVO DE LA CONTRIBUCIÓN DEL LABORATORIO DE IDIOMAS AL DESARROLLO DE LA ... more Page 161. ESTUDIO CUANTITATIVO DE LA CONTRIBUCIÓN DEL LABORATORIO DE IDIOMAS AL DESARROLLO DE LA INTERLENGUA ANA BOCANEGRA VALLE Universidad de Cádiz RESUMEN Este trabajo estudia ...

Hacia una estructuración de las formas de abreviación en el inglés técnico marítimo

El aula de lenguas segundas/extranjeras como contexto para la generación y procesamiento del aducto

ICT-Based instruction for especialised vocabulary development

Algunas consideraciones acerca del inglés técnico marítimo

Mª Ángeles Orts Llopis 2006: Aproximación al discurso jurídico en inglés. Las pólizas de seguro marítimo de Lloyd’s. Madrid: Edisofer. 542 pp. ISBN 84-96261-25-5

Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos, 2007

La colaboración interdisciplinar en la elaboración de Curricula para un curso de inglés para fines específicos

Iberica, 2017

About a decade ago Arnó Macià, Soler Cervera and Rueda Ramos (2006) published a celebrated book o... more About a decade ago Arnó Macià, Soler Cervera and Rueda Ramos (2006) published a celebrated book on educational technology in the context of languages for specific purposes (LSP). It was the first time that a whole book was focused on the latest advancements in computer technologies and the ways they should be integrated in language teaching, learning and research. Today, there is an increased interest in computers among teachers, researchers, translators and applied linguists; however, technology has evolved so fast and so significantly in the past decade that the issues raised by Arnó Macià, Soler Cervera and Rueda Ramos (2006) have been largely replaced by completely new concerns, new needs and new goals in the field (e.g. the use of educational apps). This book, thus, addresses the latest key topics in computer-mediated communication "like a kaleidoscopic snapshot of an erupting volcano", in COLPAERT's words (see foreword to the book), and offers exciting opportunities for using the latest technological applications in the teaching, learning and translation of foreign and specialized languages. Editors and contributing authors are all experienced teachers, researchers and translators in computer-mediated communication.

Existe la retórica en el inglés para fines específicos

Promotional discourse at internationalised universities: A critical discourse analysis approach

La enseñanza de IFE en las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas

Sobre la necesidad de introducir elementos metacognitivos en el diseño de un curso IFE

Aproximación al texto científico-técnico dentro del aula IFE: análisis de un derrotero

... Autores: Ana María Bocanegra Valle; Localización: Retórica y texto : [III Encuentro Interdisc... more ... Autores: Ana María Bocanegra Valle; Localización: Retórica y texto : [III Encuentro Interdisciplinar sobre Retórica, Texto y Comunicaciones] / coord. por Antonio Ruiz Castellanos, Antonia Víñez Sánchez, Juan Sáez Durán, 1998, ISBN 84-7786-29-5 , págs. 200-203; Recoge los ...

Estudio cualitativo de la contribución del laboratorio de idiomas al desarrollo de la interlengua

Ibérica: Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos ( AELFE ), 2004