Oana Maria CARCIU - GENRES AND LANGUAGES

I am Associate Professor at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). I hold a PhD in English Studies, European Doctorate (University of Zaragoza, Spain) and a BA in French Language & Literature and English Language & Literature (University of Bucharest, Romania). My main research interests are in corpus linguistics (phraseology, i.e. collocation, lexical bundles), genre analysis, academic literacies and multilingual repertoires for research communication, quantitative and qualitative research methods.

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Publications

Carciu, O.M. & Muresan, L.-M. (2020). "There are so many dimensions of internationalization": Exploring academics' views on internationalization in higher education. In A. Bocanegra-Valle (ed), Applied Linguistics and Knowledge Transfer: Employability, Internationalization and Social Challenge. Peter Lang. ISBN: 978-3-0343-3714-4
Carciu, O.M. (2014). A comparison of author reference in the Spanish context of biomedical RAs publication. In A. Łyda and K. Warchał (Eds.), Occupying niches: Interculturality, cross-culturality and aculturality in academic research (pp. 35-47). Cham: Springer International. ISBN: 978-3-319-02525-4.
Carciu, O.M. (2014). Metadiscursive nodes and their functional potential in international biomedical publications. In S. Munteanu and E. Pacurar (Eds.), Studii de diversitate culturala si limbaje de specialitate (pp. 9-20). Cluj Napoca: Casa Cartii de Stiinta. ISBN: 978-606-17-0573-3.
Carciu, O.M. (2013). A phraseological approach to Spanish scholars’ rhetorical strategies in English-medium research publication. Diversité et Identité Culturelle en Europe (DICE) 10(2): 13-24.
Carciu, O.M. (2013). Formulating identity in academic writing across cultures: n-grams in Introduction sections. ESP Across Cultures 10: 65-89.
Carciu, O.M. (2012). Reseña “La escritura científico-técnica en lengua inglesa. Claves para escribir con soltura y eficacia”, M^a Paz Kindelán Echevarría. Ibérica 23: 183-186.
Carciu, O.M. and Oria-Gómez, B. (2011). Evaluation of the Peer Mentoring Project at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). Synergy 7(1): 27-41.
Carciu, O.M. (2011). “But nobody to date… Questions remain unanswered”: An analysis of negation in L1 and L2 biomedical RA Introductions. En B. Clavel-Arroitia y S. Maruenda-Bataller (Eds.), Multiple voices in academic and professional discourse: Current issues in specialised language research, teaching and new technologies. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN (10):1-4438-2971-4, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-2971-7.
Carciu, O.M. (2010). Keep the writer in mind: Differing strategies across cultures? The Write Stuff. The Journal of the European Medical Writers 19(2): 153. (Articulo de divulgación)
Carciu, O.M. (2009). An intercultural study of first-person plural references in biomedical writing. Ibérica 18: 71-92.

Projects

International Research Projects

Linguistic diversity on the international campus (2015-2017).

Project members: 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). Principal Investigators: Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, Southampton University (UK) and Dr. Anna Mauranen, Helsinki University (Finland).

QATrain - Quality Assessment Training (2013-1-BG1-GRU06-00108)

Research project funded by the European Commission, EU 2013-2015 Lifelong Learning Programme - GRUNDTVIG (2013 - 2015). Project members: OPTIMA - The Bulgarian Association for Quality Language Services, The Croatian Association for Foreign Languages, QUEST - The Romanian Association for Quality Language Services, the Hellenic American Union, AISLI - The Italian Association of Language Schools, NYESZE - The Hungarian Association of Language Schools and Universidad de Zaragoza. Principal Investigator: Dr. Galya Mateva, New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria).

The Worldwide Challenge of English.

Research project funded by the World Universities Consortium (January, 2014 - December, 2014). Project members: University of Sheffield, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, Copenhagen University, Charles University, Prague, Stockholm University, University of Zaragoza. Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Linn, University of Sheffield (UK).

English in Europe: Opportunity or Threat? (I-2012/003)

Research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust Network, UK (2012-2014). Project members: University of Sheffield, University of Copenhagen, University of Thessaloniki, Charles Prague, University of Zaragoza. Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Lynn, University of Sheffield (UK).

ISQALE - Improving standards of quality in adult language education (2011-1-BG1-GRU06-04962).

Research project funded by the European Commission, EU 2011-2013 Lifelong Learning Programme - GRUNDTVIG (2011 - 2013). Project members: OPTIMA - The Bulgarian Association for Quality Language Services, Association for Foreign Languages at the Croatian Chamber of Economy, QUEST - The Romanian Association for Quality Language Services, Panhellenic Association of Accredited Quality Language Schools and University of Zaragoza. Principal Investigator: Dr. Galya Mateva, The Bulgarian Association for Quality Language Services (Bulgaria).

CLARIN - Common language resources and technology infraestructure (FP7-INFRAESTRUCTURES-2007-1-212230).

Research project funded by the European Union- 7th Framework Programme (2008 - 2010). Principal Investigator: Dr. María Carmen Pérez Llantada Auría, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).

National Research Projects

Ecología de géneros y ecologías de lenguas: Análisis de las dinámicas de la comunicación científica local, transnacional e internacional (FFI2015-68638-R).

Research project funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (2016 - 2019). Principal Investigator: Dr. María Carmen Pérez-Llantada Auría, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).

Los retos de la internacionalización en una universidad militar: Estudio cualitativo sobre el plurilingüismo y la competencia intercultural en el CUD-Z (2015-11).

Research project funded by the Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza (2016 - 2017). Principal Investigator: Dr. Concepción Orna-Montesinos, Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza (Spain).

El Inglés como lengua franca en los discursos especializados: espacios alternativos de producción linguistica y cultural a través del análisis crítico del género (FFI2012-37346)

Research project funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (2013 - 2016). Principal Investigator: Dr. Ignacio Vázquez Orta, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).

Innovation and Quality in Language Education Projects

Diseño de itinerarios de aprendizaje personalizado en Moodle para el desarrollo de competencias genéricas y comunicación oral en lengua inglesa(PIIDUZ_17_307)

Teaching innovation project funded by the Universidad de Zaragoza - Convocatoria de Innovación Docente 2017-2018. Principal Investigator: Dr. Oana Maria Carciu, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain).

Conference presentations

Carciu, O. M. & Muresan, L.-M. (2019). What power relations stimulate the commute between languages in higher education? A small-scale interview study. 6th International Conference Languaging Diversity, Discourse and Persuasion 3.0: Identities in a hybrid and multimodal world, Universidad de Zaragoza (Teruel, España), 24-27 Septiembre 2019. Conference paper
Carciu, O.M. & Luzón, M.J. (2019). Aprendizaje de lenguas para la inclusión social: un estudio de caso para el desarrollo de aprendizaje competencial. XIII Jornadas de Innovación Docente e Investigación Educativa, Universidad de Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain), 5-6 September. Conference paper
Carciu, O.M. (2018). Genre literacy development: teacher-student collaboration in the digital environment. 7th International Conference Synergies in Communication, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Bucarest, Rumania), 22-23 Noviembre 2018. Conference paper
Carciu, O. M. (2018). L2 literacy development by becoming more autonomous: the potential of a peer-to- peer review workshop tool. 1st Literacy Summit of the European Literacy Network (ELN), University of Porto (Porto, Portugal), 1-3 Noviembre 2018. Conference paper.
Carciu, O. M. & Muresan, L.-M. (2018). Teaching, learning and research in higher education: faculty views on opportunities and challenges for internationalization. 36th International Conference of the Spanish Society of Applied Linguistics (AESLA), Universidad de Cádiz (Cádiz, España), 19-20 Abril 2018. Conference paper.
Carciu, O.M. (2017). Investigating multilingual individuals' literacy practices involved in university internationalizing processes through staff perceptions. BAAL Professional, Academic and Work-based Literacies SIG Event (inaugural symposium), The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK), 8 December 2017. Conference paper in roundtable discussion.
Carciu, O.M. (2017). Academic bi/multiliteracies and languages: Conceptualizations in European educational policy documents for tertiary education. 6th International Conference Synergies in Communication, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Bucarest, Rumania), 16-17 Noviembre 2017. Conference paper
Carciu, O.M. (2016). Identity and different genre rhetorical conventions: insights from phraseology for teaching academic writing in multilingual environments. Symposium “Academic writing across languages: multilingual and contrastive approaches in higher education”, Universidad de Luxembourg (Luxembourg), 2-3 December 2016. Invited conference talk
Carciu, O.M., Muresan, L.-M. (2016). ELF in the professional academic life of multilingual social scientists. ELF 9, The 9th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, “Framing English within multilingual policies and practices”, Universidad de Lleida (Lleida, España), 27-29 Junio 2016. Poster communication
Muresan, L.-M., Pérez-Llantada, C., Carciu, O. M. (2016). Diversifying competences for teachers of languages for academic purposes: exploring needs in two university contexts. 25th EAQUALS International Conference, Lisbon (Portugal), 21-23 April 2016. Conference paper

Others

(2014-2018) Editorial assistant of Ibérica Revista de la Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos

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