I am a research fellow at the Department of English and German Studies (University of Zaragoza), a position secured in September 2018 after being granted a national competitive research fellowship (FPU) financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. I am writing my PhD thesis on emerging digital academic genres under the supervision of Dr. María José Luzón. My main research interests include genre ecologies, academic writing and multimodality.
Projects
Research Projects
- "Ecología de géneros y ecologías de lenguas: análisis de las dinámicas de la comunicación científica local, transnacional e internacional" (2016-2019) . Project code: FFI2015- 68638-R. Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Leading researcher: Dr. María Carmen Pérez-Llantada Auría.
Innovation and Quality in Language Education Projects
- "Learning languages for social inclusion: bridging theory and professional practice / El aprendizaje de lenguas para la inclusión social: acercando la teoría a la práctica profesional" (2018-2019). Project code: PIIDUZ_18_367. Funding institution: University of Zaragoza. Coordinator: María José Luzón Marco.
- "Uso de vídeos disciplinares en inglés para el diseño de material docente en las asignaturas de Biología Humana impartidas en los grados de Medicina y Enfermería" (2017-2018). Project code: PIIDUZ_17_070. Funding institution: University of Zaragoza. Coordinator: María José Luzón Marco.
- "Diseño de itinerarios de aprendizaje personalizado en Moodle para el desarrollo de competencias genéricas y comunicación oral en lengua inglesa" (2017-2018). Project code: PIIDUZ_17_307. Funding institution: University of Zaragoza. Coordinator: Oana Maria Carciu.
Conference presentations
- Albero-Posac, S. (2019). "Emerging Trends in Research Communication: Recontextualisation of Scientific Discourse in Audioslides." Forum for Young Researchers, XIX International Conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE). University of Navarra, Spain, 20-21 June 2019. Conference presentation.
- Albero-Posac, S. (2019). "Knowledge Dissemination through Emerging Digital Genres: The Case of Audioslides." I seminar in English Studies (SEING): Research in a Globalised World. University of Zaragoza, Spain, 10 May 2019. Conference presentation.
- Albero-Posac, S. (2019). "Harnessing multimedia to improve learning: Design of digital complementary resources for a CLIL course on geology and biology." 37th International Conference of the Spanish Society of Applied Linguistics (AESLA). University of Valladolid, Spain, 27-29 March 2019. Conference presentation.
- Luzón, M.J., Velilla, M.A., Albero, S. (2018). "Uso de vídeos online en inglés para el diseño de material docente en asignaturas de Biología Humana." XII Jornadas de Innovación Docente e Investigación Educativa UZ. University of Zaragoza, Spain, 7-8 November 2018. Conference presentation.