I am a senior lecturer at the University of Cadiz, Spain, where I teach Maritime English to undergraduates and Master’s students. I have conducted research on needs analysis, learning strategies, interculturality, Maritime English discourse, academic and professional discourse, scholarly publishing and English for research publication purposes. I have published internationally on various aspects pertaining to these researching topics and have co-edited the compilation English for Specific Purposes: Studies for Classroom Development and Implementation (2007). I was editor-in-chief of the LSP journal Ibérica between 2006 and 2014 and am at present Books Review Editor for the international journal ESP Today. Journal of English for Specific Purposes at Tertiary Level. I have also served in the scientific boards of national and international conferences and assisted national and international journals as peer reviewer. In November 2015 I was distinguished as honorary member of the Spanish Society of University Presses for my editorial duties as head of the University of Cadiz Press between 2011 and 2015.
Publications
Selection of journal papers- Bocanegra-Valle, Ana (2015). “La competencia intercultural en los manuales de texto de inglés con fines específicos a través de la evaluación de sus indicadores y niveles de dominio”. Cuadernos de Filología Francesa, nº 26, 29-43.
- Bocanegra-Valle, Ana (2015). “Foreign language needs in higher education. Reasons for convergence and accountability”. Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 21(1), 67-87.
- Bocanegra Valle, A. (2015). “Intercultural learners, intercultural brokers and ESP classrooms: The case of a shipping business course”, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 173, 106-112.
- Bocanegra-Valle, Ana (2014). “‘English is my default academic language’: Voices from LSP scholars publishing in a multilingual journal”. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 13(1), 65-77 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2013.10.010
- Bocanegra-Valle, Ana (2013). “The perceived value of English for academic Publishing among ESP multilingual scholars in Europe”. ESP Today. Journal of English for Specific Purposes at Tertiary Level, 1(1): 5-25.
- Bocanegra Valle, Ana (2012). “El profesor de inglés para fines específicos ante el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior”. Revista de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Salamanca, 18: 29-41.
- Basturkmen, H. y Bocanegra-Valle, A. (In press). “Materials and lesson design: The beliefs and practices of experienced ESP teachers”. En Kirkgöz, Y, et al. (eds.). Key issues in English for Specific Purposes. Springer
- Bocanegra-Valle, A. (2017). “How credible are open access emerging journals? A situational analysis in the humanities”. En M. Cargill y S. Burgess (eds.). Publishing research in English as an Additional Language: Practices, pathways and potentials.
- Bocanegra-Valle, A. (2016). “Needs analysis for curriculum design”. En K. Hyland y P. Shaw (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes. Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge, 560-576.
- Bocanegra-Valle, A. (2015). “Peer reviewers’ recommendations for language improvements in research writing”. En R. Plo Alastrué y C. Pérez-Llantada (eds), English as a Scientific and Research Language. Debates and Discourses. English in Europe series vol.2, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 207-230.
- Bocanegra Valle, A. (2010). “Evaluating and designing materials for the ESP classroom”, en F. Ruiz-Garrido, J.C. Palmer-Silveira & I. Fortanet-Gómez (eds.) English for Professional and Academic Purposes. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, Series: Utrecht Studies in Language and Communication, 141-165. ISBN 978-90-420-2955-2
- Bocanegra Valle, A. (2008). “Learning to learn in ESP. Fostering lifelong learning in European higher education under Bologna requirements”, en I. Fortanet & Ch. Räisänen (eds). ESP in European Higher Education: Integrating Language and Content. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing, 213-232.
- Bocanegra Valle, A., M.C. Lario de Oñate y E. López Torres (eds.) (2007). English for Specific Purposes: Studies for Classroom Development and Implementation. Cádiz: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Cádiz. ISBN: 978-84-9828-149-1.
- Bocanegra Valle, A. (2005). “La investigación lingüística del discurso de especialidad en el ámbito del inglés profesional y académico”. En: Martínez-Dueñas Espejo, J.L., C. Pérez Lasanta, N. McLaren y L. Quereda Rodríguez-Navarro (eds.). Towards an Understanding of The English Language: Past, Present and Future. Studies in Honour of Fernando Serrano. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 25-39.
Projects
2016-2019. Ecología de géneros y ecologías de lenguas: Análisis de las dinámicas de la comunicación científica local, transnacional e internacional (Project code: FFI2015-68638-R). Funding institution: Ministerio de economía y competitividad (2016-2019). Leading researcher: Dr. Mª Carmen Pérez-Llantada Auría (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain).Others
- Honorary member of the Spanish Society of University Presses (2015- Present).