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Introduction
Professor, "EDURES" MA programme coordinator, the Department of Modern Languages and Business Communication, Bucharest University of Economic Studies; PhD supervision at "Ovidius" University Constanta. Research interests: Applied linguistics (Genre analysis, EAP, ERPP, EAL scholars' academic literacies). Projects: 'Pedagogies and Policies for Publishing Research in English' (Eds. Corcoran, Englander & Muresan); 'Ecologies of genres, ecologies of languages' (coord. Carmen Perez-Llantada).
Additional affiliations
February 2000 - present
Position
- Professor, Coordinator of "EDU-RES" Masters' Programme
Description
- English as lingua franca; Genre Analysis and corpus-based discourse analysis in economics / social sciences / humanities; The Quality dimension of language education and research; Languages for professional and academic purposes.
February 1982 - present
Position
- Professor (Full)
Description
- Courses and curriculum design for Business English, English for Academic and Research Purposes; Genre Analysis and corpus-based discourse analysis; Quality Assurance in Language Education; Teacher Training & Development; Mentoring for language teachers
Education
September 2014 - November 2014
Lancaster University (in cooperation with FutureLearn)
Field of study
- Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis and Interpretation
July 1996 - January 2003
Field of study
- ELT & Assessment Methodology, Trainer Training, Educational Management
April 1992 - June 1992
Publications
Publications (45)
As shown in a recent comprehensive systematic review (Yemini/ Sagie 2016), the most frequently recurring themes found in the literature on internationalization seem to share a clear focus on teaching, learning and research priorities with the operationalization of English as the language of these knowledge transfer activities in an internationalize...
The pressure on multilingual scholars to disseminate research outcomes through the medium of English has generated the need for programs which prepare them to perform at internationally accepted standards. The task of helping researchers refine their academic literacies entails new responsibilities for language professionals in university departmen...
This introductory chapter sets the stage for the contributions on global scholarly writing for publication pedagogies and policies presented in this edited volume.
This chapter focuses on the new roles language teachers have taken on in a university context, where English, German, French are used as lingua francas for multiple academic purposes. The framework for the study is provided by the new developments initiated at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, such as the internationalisation agenda and...
The international publication endeavours of experienced muliliterate researchers who use English as an Additional Language (EAL) have been extensively documented. It is indeed a complex topic which invites further inquiry, the more so as academics’ attempts to increase their international visibility are inextricably linked to institutional reputati...
This comparative study focuses on the barriers to social and economic inclusion, as well as the integration and coping strategies of Arab and Moldovan migrants in Romania. We explored the integration barriers they face, the main individual and societal aspects that lead to their resilience, and their self-perception of vulnerability, by carrying ou...
Research that investigates plurilingual scholars often integrates some form of consultation with insiders of the studied community. However, it may be claimed that collaboration relations remain an "occluded" variable in methodological terms because of the lack of an explicit framework for undertaking joint research in the field of English for Rese...
Table of Contents forthcoming issue Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes
When first established in 1987, the Erasmus programme (rebranded Erasmus+ in 2014) aimed to encourage transnational collaboration between higher education institutions without involving national authorities (Ribeiro 2021). One of its first functions was to enhance cultural integration (González et al. 2011), but within a few years the European Comm...
In the introductory chapter, Muresan and Orna-Montesinos provide an overview of the multiple dimensions of academic literacy development, with a focus on its relevance for plurilingual scholars engaged in academic research writing and publishing processes. They situate the ethnographic and pedagogical studies presented in the subsequent chapters wi...
This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors to examine how academic literacy is learned and mastered in different tertiary education settings around the world. Bringing to the fore the value of qualitative enquiry through ethnographic methods, the authors illustrate in-depth descriptions of genre knowledge and academic li...
Young people involved in geographical mobility face diverse gendered mobility settings and gender inequalities. How do the youth involved in diverse mobility types deal with adverse circumstances caused by gender beliefs and gender prejudices? To answer this question, problem-centred interviews with young people (18-29) are analysed using Grounded...
Set against the background of research into peer reviewing as an essential component in the research publishing process, this study goes beyond the realm of Anglophone publishing and brings in the multilingual dimension. A corpus of review forms and other relevant documents and information sources derived from five multilingual journals has been co...
In this book, multilingual scholars examine the pedagogies and policies that have been implemented around the world to foster academic writing for publication. In a market dominated by English journals and books publications, multilingual scholars are increasingly inclined and encouraged to publish in English in order to contribute to the global di...
Offering a nuanced examination of the complex landscape that international scholars who publish their research in English must navigate, this edited volume details 17 perspectives on scholarly writing for publication across seven geolinguistic regions. This
innovative volume includes first-hand accounts and analyses written by local scholars and pe...
The increasing demand to publish research papers in international journals has raised great interest in courses of English for research publication purposes (ERPP) in higher education settings. This chapter describes four institutional initiatives undertaken at the
Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER) in Argentina that provide English language...
Available now! https://www.routledge.com/Pedagogies-and-Policies-for-Publishing-Research-in-English-Local-Initiatives/Corcoran-Englander-Muresan/p/book/9781138558090
Set against the backdrop of socio-economic and political developments in an Eastern European country – post-socialist Romania, a case in point – this paper explores the roles of volunteering as a type of international mobility, over the last two decades. By applying qualitative analysis, the study aims to shed light on new developments of Romanian...
Book review of Ken Hyland's book Academic publishing: Issues and challenges in the construction of knowledge, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2015).
A survey of the many English academic style manuals on the market (Bennett 2009) has
shown a remarkable consistency across disciplines and genres as to the qualities required
in English Academic Discourse. These include characteristics such as clarity, economy and
precision; an emphasis upon rational argument supported by evidence, with an avoidanc...
The present study aims to explore the multiple functions of English in its inter-relatedness with the ethos for internationalization (Muresan & Pérez-Llantada, 2014) shaping the professional and academic life of multilingual social scientists. Ten semi-structured interviews have been conducted with university teachers involved in English-medium ins...
The current study is set against the backdrop of internationalization trends in the Romanian academic environment in the last decade. After delineating the overall framework, we look into some of the disciplinary variations as reflected by the number of research publications. The main part consists in the exploration of challenges and developments...
This study is set against the backdrop of sustained quality assurance (QA) endeavours in language education, both at national level – through QUEST Romania – and at international level, mainly within the framework of EAQUALS and that provided by European projects, e.g. " QualiTraining " , " Improving Standards of Quality in Adult Language Education...
While widening participation in research activity seems to feature strongly on the European Union agenda, semiperiphery researchers face serious challenges in their efforts to become recognised members of the international research community. The present study explores the strategies Romanian researchers in the field of economics and business use i...
Set against the backdrop of an English-medium interdisciplinary masters' in Romania, this paper describes the process of familiarising researchers with the genre specificity of research articles published in English language journals. Building on Swales' genre-based approach to research writing (Swales, 2004; Feak & Swales, 2009), the study include...
There is a clear dominance of English as lingua franca in the most cited research journals, as well as in various international communication contexts in academia. This does not mean, however, that high quality university education does not continue to exist and flourish in other languages, including German, French or Spanish as lingua franca. The...
Over the past decade, the use of a shared language in research communication has brought about a rich scholarly debate on the advancement of English as the common language for research publication and dissemination. This paper seeks to further the debate by reporting on the research communication practices and attitudes towards the role of English...
The purpose of this paper is to investigate some of the educational mismatches occurred in the Romanian labour market and to try to find solutions for a more rapid adaptation of the education system to labour market transformations. The analysis is based on a quantitative research aimed at studying employers’ opinions related to the relationship be...
Student evaluation is a structural element in monitoring the quality of MA programmes. Evaluation can have a summative character if carried out at the end of a module or of the whole programme. When carried out during the course of the programme, evaluation is more formative in character and intended to monitor student progress on the one hand and...
This paper sets out to highlight the relevance of a genre-based approach to academic research writing and to share the experience of introducing it to non-linguists in a Romanian Higher Education context. A selection of activities and instruments designed in response to needs identified illustrates the approach taken and the interdependence with ac...
This study sets out to explore how generic quality principles are integrated and operationalised in the charters and the inspection scheme of EAQUALS―The European Association for Quality Language Services― and those of several national quality assurance systems, members of EAQUALS, in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Roma...
Increased mobility for academic and work purposes, the trend towards internationalisation of higher education programmes and a stronger focus on quality standards in education, in general, bring about new Teacher Development needs and interests and, at the same time, open up new opportunities for language professionals. With the Romanian universiti...
This article addresses questions such as: how can we improve quality and promote consistency of approach at various levels i n a Higher Education (HE) environment? What systems, processes and instruments are available in order to involve teachers and students alike in promoting a quality culture in HE for business and economics? To illustrate some...
"Learning Organisation" concepts and characteristics are usually associated with specific management systems and approaches to human resources development in companies. The aim of this article is that of exploring to what extent an interdisciplinary research and teacher education Master programme can meet both institutional needs and personal profe...
The aim of this article is to illustrate the implementation of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) in Romania, as well as to give an example of an ELP dissemination project involving ten European countries. A special focus will be on the EAQUALS-ALTE European Language Portfolio (2000), the pan-European version for adults. For illustration purpose...
There is growing interest in national and regional contexts for standard-setting in areas such as evaluation, approaches to quality control and management. In the first medium-term programme the ECML project "Quality Assurance and Self-assessment for Schools and Teachers" developed a CD-Rom entitled "Quality Management in Language Education". Build...
Ein Projekt des Europäischen Fremdsprachenzentrums (EFSZ).
This study has been inspired by the enthusiasm of introducing a structured and humanistic approach to staff development in an educational NGO-setting in Romania, conducive to learning and to raising the quality of the work environment, with a view to better achieving the organisational mission.
After introducing state-of-the-art concepts and trend...
In the previous chapters of the book we have been looking mainly at issues related to the content of language education – the social context, the educational principles, the roles of teachers and learners, the organisational and technical challenge. In the background to all of these, however, is the question of quality. The mission of the European...
Dans les premiers chapitres du livre, nous nous sommes intéressés principalement au contenu de l’enseignement des langues – le contexte social, les principes pédagogiques, le rôle des enseignants et des apprenants, le défi organisationnel et technique. Cependant, derrière tout cela, il y a la question de la qualité. Le CELV a pour mission de contri...
The main aim of the present study is that of analysing the discourse types characteristic of different genres within the same subject field, in this case economics, in order to identify similarities and differences in terms of structuring and choice of linguistic means, to explore the relationship existing between the author’s communicative purpose...
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Projects (11)
The objective of this Erasmus+ KA203 project is to provide students and teachers of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) with a multilingual online course which will allow them to acquire the competences needed for a successful implementation of teaching languages in a specific context.
Web 2.0 has brought about dramatic changes in the transmission and dissemination of science, facilitating the communication between scientists and also with non-specialized audiences. Digital affordances facilitate the emergence of hybrid genres and the combination of genres to form complex generic assemblages (genre sets, genre systems and genre ecologies) to communicate science to diversified audiences.
In this context, this project seeks to respond to the problematization of the traditional concept of genre and explore the use of genre repertoires to communicate science openly on the Internet. Our purpose is to identify the intertextual relationships in the new combinations of genres afforded by the digital environments, paying special attention to processes of generic innovation through the use of multimodal elements, and processes of generic hybridization, and appropriation of non-scientific discourses.
You can visit our website for more information: http://genci.unizar.es/
This project aims to provide students and teachers of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) with a multilingual online course which allows them to acquire the competencies needed to successfully teach languages in a specific context.
The Moodle Online Course created to this end will be available in Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Slovenian and Turkish.
Project website: https://www.lsp-teoc.pro
