María José LUZÓN MARCO

I am a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English and German Studies (University of Zaragoza). My current research interests include academic genres and genre ecologies, online academic genres, especially academic weblogs, academic writing by multilingual scholars, and English as a Lingua Franca in academic settings.

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Publications

Selection of journal papers

• Luzón, M.J. and Albero, S. (2020) (accepted for publication) “Had a lovely week at #conference2018”: an analysis of interaction through conference tweets. RELC Journal. Special Issue on English for Academic and Professional Purposes in the Digital Era
• Luzón, M.J. (2019) “Meet our group!” Addressing multiple audiences on the websites of Spanish Research Groups. IJES: International Journal of English Studies.
• Luzón, M.J. (2019). Bridging the gap between experts and publics: the role of multimodality in disseminating research in online videos. IBÉRICA. Journal of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes37: 167-192.
• Vázquez, I., Luzón, M.J. and Pérez-Llantada, C. (2019). Linguistic diversity in a traditionally monolingual university: a multi-analytical approach. In J. Jenkins and A. Mauranen (eds.) Linguistic diversity on the international campus (74-75). London: Routledge.
• Luzón, M.J. (2018). Constructing academic identities online: Identity performance in research group blogs written by multilingual scholars. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 33. 24-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2018.01.004
• Luzón, M.J. (2018). Features of online ELF in research group blogs written by multilingual scholars. Discourse Context and Media, 24: 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2018.01.004
• Luzón, M.J. (2018). Variation in academic writing practices: the case of reporting verbs in English-medium research articles. Ibérica, Journal of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes. 36: 171-194.
• Luzón, M.J. (2017). Connecting genres and languages in online scholarly communication. Written Communication. 34(4): 441-471. DOI: 10.1177/0741088317726298
• Luzón, M.J. (2015). Features of ELF interactions in travel blogs: travelers doing interactional work. Ibérica, 31, 127-148.
• Luzón, M.J. (2015). An analysis of the citation practices of undergraduate Spanish students. Journal of Academic Writing, 5(1), 52-64.
• Luzón, M.J. (2013). "This is an erroneous argument": Conflict in academic blog discussions. Discourse, Context and Media, 2(2), 111 -119.
• Luzón, M.J.  (2013). Public communication of science in blogs: Recontextualizing scientific discourse for a diversified audience. Written Communication, 30(4), 428 - 457.
• Luzón, M.J. (2012). “Your argument is wrong”: A contribution to the study of evaluation in academic weblogs. TEXT & TALK, 32(2), 145 - 165.
• Luzón, M.J. (2011). 'Interesting post, but I disagree': Social presence and antisocial behaviour in academic weblogs. Applied Linguistics, 32(5), 517- 540.
• Luzón, M.J.  (2011). Exploring atypical verb+noun combinations in learner technical writing. International Journal of English Studies, 11(2), 77-95.
• Luzón, M.J. (2009). Scholarly Hyperwriting: The Function of Links in Academic Weblogs. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), 75-89.
• Luzón, M.J. (2009). The use of we in a learner corpus of reports written by EFL Engineering students. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 8 (3), 192-206.
• Luzón, M.J. (2007). The added value feature of online scholarly journals. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 37(1), 59-73.
• Luzón, M.J. (2005). Genre analysis in technical communication. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 48, 285-295.
• Luzón, M.J. (2002). Internet Content-Based Activities for English for Specific Purposes. English Teaching Forum, 40(3), 20-26.
• Luzón, M.J. (2000). Collocational frameworks in the medical research paper. English for Specific Purposes, 19, 63-86.

 

Selection of book chapters and edited books

• Luzón, M.J. (2020) (accepted for publication). Digital genres and teaching English for Academic Purposes. In H. Mohebbi & C. Coombe (Eds.), Research Questions in Language Education:  A Reference Guide for Teachers. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
• Luzón, M.J. (2019) (forthcoming). Visual Communication in Online Academic Genres: An Analysis of Images on the Websites of Research Groups. In M. Gotti, S. M. Maci and M. Sala (Eds), Pathways: Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Academia. Bern: Peter Lang.
• Luzón, M. J. & Pérez-Llantada, C. 2019. Connecting traditional and new genres: Trends and emerging themes. In Luzón, M. J. & Pérez-Llantada, C. (eds). Science communication on the Internet: Old genres meet new genres. (pp. 1-18). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.308.01luz
• Luzón, M. J. & Pérez-Llantada, C. (eds). 2019. Science communication on the Internet: Old genres meet new genres. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.308
• Vázquez, I., M. J. Luzón, Pérez-Llantada, C. 2018. Linguistic diversity in a traditionally monolingual university: a multi-analytical approach. In J. Jenkins and A. Mauranen (eds.) Linguistic diversity on the EMI campus. Insider accounts of the use of English and other languages in ten universities within Asia, Australasia and Europe (pp. 74-95). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429020865
• Luzón, M.J. (2018). Academic social networking sites (ASNS) as ELF settings: an analysis of interactional strategies in ResearchGate discussions. In I. Vázquez & I. Guillén (eds.), ELF and Intercultural Communication: implications and/or applications to the field of English Language Teaching (in press). Bern: Peter Lang.
• Luzón, M.J. (2018). English as a Lingua Franca in academic blogs: its co-existence and interaction with other languages. In Z. Tatsioka, Z., B. Seidlhofer, N. Sifakis, N. & G. Ferguson, G. (Eds.), Using English as a lingua franca in education in Europe. Berlin and Boston: de Gruyter Mouton.
• Luzón, M.J. (2017). An ELF-oriented approach to teaching ESP: Meeting students’ needs to communicate in a global context. In M. Sowa, & J. Krajka (eds.), Innovations in Languages for Specific Purposes – Present Challenges and Future Promises (pp. 31-50). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang
• Luzón, M.J. (2015). Recontextualizing expert discourse in weblogs: Strategies to communicate health research to experts and the interested public. In M. Gotti, S. Maci & M. Sala (Eds), Insights into Medical Communication (pp. 331-352). Peter Lang.
• Luzón, M.J. (2013). Narratives in academic blogs. In Gotti, M. and Sancho-Guinda C. (Eds.), Narrratives in Academic and Professional Genres (pp. 175-193). Peter Lang.
• Luzón, M.J. (2013). Engaging in scientific controversies in science blogs: the expression of allegiance and ideological commitment. In H.L. Lim & F. Sudweeks (Eds.), Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis (pp. 235-249). IGI Global.
• Luzón, M.J. (2012). Comments in Academic Blogs as a New Form of Scholarly Interaction. In C. Berkenkotter, V.K. Bhatia, and M. Gotti (Eds.), Insights in Academic Genres (pp. 281-301). Peter Lang.
• Luzón, M.J. (2010) Bloggers status and social presence in academic weblogs. In R. Lorés, P. Mur, and E. Lafuente (Eds.), Constructing Interpersonality: Multiple Perspectives on Written Academic Genres (pp. 295 – 310). Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
• Luzón, M.J. (2010). Analysis of organising and rhetorical items in a learner corpus of technical writing. In M.C. Campoy, & M.L. Gea-Valor (Eds.), Corpus based approaches to English language teaching (pp. 79- 94). Continuum.
• Luzón, M.J., N. Ruiz-Madrid, & M. Villanueva (eds.) (2010). Digital genres, new literacies and autonomy in language learning. Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
• Luzón, M.J., & N. Ruiz-Madrid (2010). Webtasks for the Development of Language Learning Autonomy in the Digital Environment. In M.J. Luzón, N. Ruiz-Madrid, & M. Villanueva (Eds.), Digital genres, new literacies and autonomy in language learning (pp. 153- 174). Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
• González-Pueyo, I., C. Foz Gil, M. Jaime Siso, & M.J. Luzón Marco (eds.) (2009). Teaching academic and professional English online. Peter Lang.
• Luzón, M.J. (2007). Academic weblogs as tools for e-collaboration among researchers. In N. Kock (Ed.), Encyclopedia of collaboration (pp. 1-6).  IGI Global.
• Campoy, M. & M.J. Luzón (eds.) (2007). Spoken corpora in Applied Linguistics. Peter Lang.
• Hornero, A., M.J. Luzón & S. Murillo (eds.) (2006). Corpus Linguistics: Applications for the Study of English. Peter Lang

Projects

National research projects

• 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).

• El inglés como lengua franca en los discursos especializados: Espacios alternativos de producción lingüística y cultural a través del análisis crítico de género (Project code: FFI2012-37346). Funding institution: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2016-2019).. Leading researcher: Dr. Ignacio Vázquez Orta (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain).

• La integridad genérica en la comunicación académica y profesional: análisis de los géneros y su correlación con las prácticas discursivas y con la cultura disciplinar de distintas comunidades profesionales (Project code: FFI2009-09792). Funding institution: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2010-2013). Leading researcher: Dr. Ignacio Vázquez Orta (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain).

• Desarrollo de la competencia discursiva de los estudiantes de IFE: análisis de un corpus de aprendices de textos técnicos (Project code: UZ2006-HUM-01). Funding institution: Universidad de Zaragoza (2007). Leading researcher: María José Luzón Marco (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain).

• Análisis de errores pragmáticos y textuales en un corpus de aprendices de textos técnicos (Project code: UZ2007-HUM-03). Funding institution: Universidad de Zaragoza (2008). Leading researcher: María José Luzón Marco (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain).

• El aprendizaje del inglés dentro de una comunidad plurilingüe. Análisis de la producción oral en un corpus lingüístico (Project code: 05I221.01/1). Funding institution: Generalitat Valenciana (2005-2007). Leading researcher: Dra. María Carmen Campoy Cubillo (Universidad de Castellón, Spain).

• Cibergéneros y tecnologías aplicadas a la autonomía de aprendizaje de lenguas. Estudio de las estrategias y de los modelos pragmático-cognitivos en la producción y recepción de los textos digitales (Project code: HUM2005-05548/FILO). Funding institution: Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (2005-2008). Leading researcher: Dr. María Luisa Villanueva Alfonso (Universidad de Castellón, Spain).

       

International research projects

• Linguistic diversity on the international campus. Participating institutions: Monash University (Australia), Three Gorges University (China), Helsinki University (Finland), Siena University (Italy), Waseda University (Japan), University of Malaya (Malaysia), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands), University of Zaragoza (Spain), Southampton University (UK). Dates: January 1 2015 - December 31st 2017.  Leading researchers: Dr. Jennifer Jenkins (Southampton University, UK) y Dr. Anna Mauranen (Helsinki University, Finland).

Others

  (2013-2017) Co-editor of the journal Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies