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Research Articles

Moreno, A. I., & Swales, J. M. (2018). Strengthening move analysis methodology towards bridging the function-form gap. English for Specific Purposes, 50, 40-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2017.11.006. Also available at https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/10667

Moreno, A. I. (2021). Selling research in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: An intercultural rhetoric approach. English for Specific Purposes, 63, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.002

Moreno, A. I. (2022a). To be, or not to be, self-critical? Writing Discussion and/or closing sections in English and Spanish social science research articles. ESP Today, 10(2), 221-244. https://doi.org/10.18485/esptoday.2022.10.2.2. Also available at Bulería, Universidad de León: https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/15055

Moreno, A. I. (2022b). An intercultural approach to “bad news” reporting as an embedded part-genre: The “local” rhetoric of limitations in research articles. Ibérica, 44, 101-126. https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-2784.44.101

Moreno, A. I. (2024). Making room for research promotion in RA discussion/closing sections: A Spanish-English comparative approach. English for Specific Purposes, 75, 86-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2024.04.004

Supporting Documents

Moreno, A. I. (2020). Appendix 1: Bibliographical details of the comparable RAs drawn from the social science (SSC) component of the EXEMPRAES Corpus. Bulería. Universidad de León. https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/14681

Moreno, A. I. (2024). Appendix B: Extension of the coding scheme for communicative functions in empirical research article discussion (and/or other closing) sections. In A. I. Moreno, Making room for research promotion in RA discussion/closing sections: A Spanish-English comparative approach. English for Specific Purposes, 75, 86-101. Bulería. Universidad de León. https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/15195

Anthony, L., & Moreno, A. I. (2024). EXEMPRAES Corpus [User guide]. ENEIDA: Spanish Team for Intercultural Studies of Academic Discourse, Universidad de León. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1phGQOo4mw8vStsCOgTa7miDLerSAy3y_/edit

Refereed Book Chapters

Moreno, A. I. (2021). Direct research promotion in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: Teaching implications for Spanish social scientists. In E. Arnó, M. Aguilar, J. Borràs, G. Mancho, B. Moncada, & D. Tatzl (Eds.), Multilingual academic and professional communication in a networked world (pp. 1-8). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/348443

Moreno, A. I., & Burgess, S. (in press). From contrastive to intercultural rhetoric: Exploring research genres in Spanish and English. In C. Neculai, J. Corcoran, & B. Petric (Eds.), Global academic research publication and dissemination in fast-changing times (pp. xx-xx). WAC Clearinghouse.

Invited Talks, Seminars, and Plenary Talks

Moreno, A. I. (2018, February 1). The Discussion (and/or Closing) section of empirical research articles: What needs to be said and how, to get published in English-medium international journals [School Seminar]. School Seminar Series, School of Languages, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Moreno, A. I. (2018, February 5-25). Online seminar via email: Critically exploring the state of our knowledge about academic publication practices. Responses to comments on Moreno et al.`s (2012). Spanish researchers’ perceived difficulty writing research articles for English-medium journals: The impact of proficiency in English versus publication experience. IBERICA, 24: 157-184 [Online seminar]. aila-pub-ren@googlegroups.com

Moreno, A. I. (2023, August 31-September 2). From contrast to interculturality: Exploring research genres in Spanish and English // Desde el enfoque contrastivo a lo intercultural: Explorando géneros de investigación en español e inglés [Invited research conversation]. PRISEALV: Global Academic Research Publication and Dissemination in Fast-Changing Times, School of Maritime Studies, University of La Laguna, Santa Cruz, Spain.

Moreno, A. I. (2023, October 5-7). The art of delivering bad news: Insights from a cross-cultural study on the ‘local’ rhetoric of limitations in research articles [Plenary talk]. 9th Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse Conference, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, USA.

Conference and Video Presentations

Moreno, A. I. (2015, October 30-November 1). The effect of national/international audience on the rhetorical structure of research article Discussion sections. PRISEAL Conference [Conference presentation], University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Moreno, A. I. (2015, October 30-November 1). Appendix: ‘The Discussion Section in Essence’ Poem. In The effect of national/international audience on the rhetorical structure of research article Discussion sections. PRISEAL Conference, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. http://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/4868

Moreno, A. I. (2016, December 2-3). Variation in research article rhetoric across English and Spanish: Using contrastive results to create pedagogical resources [Conference presentation]. ULLC-Symposium: Academic writing across languages: Multilingual and contrastive approaches in higher education, Luxembourg.

Moreno, A. I. (2016, June 22-25). Towards greater comparability in intercultural research: A model for annotating empirical research articles for communicative functions across languages reliably [Conference presentation]. The 15th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP) & the 5th Language in the Realm of Social Dynamics (LIROD), University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand.

Moreno, A. I. (2017, June 1-3). Using results from cross-cultural move analysis to create pedagogic resources [Conference presentation]. CAES International Conference, Faces of English 2: Teaching and Researching Academic and Professional English, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Moreno, A. I. (2018, September 14-16). Stating limitations in RA Discussion sections in the social sciences: An English/Spanish cross-cultural-linguistic analysis [Conference presentation]. PRISEAL 4 Conference, The University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Moreno, A. I. (2021, July 7-9). Direct research promotion in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: Teaching implications for Spanish social scientists [Conference presentation]. AELFE-TAPP 2021 (19th AELFE Conference, 2nd TAPP Conference), Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona). Bulería. Universidad de León. https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/13319

Moreno, A. I. (2022, April 27-29). “To be or not to be” self-critical in social science research article discussion and/or closing sections: A Spanish-English intercultural approach [Conference presentation]. AESLA 2022, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, ULPGC. Bulería. Universidad de León. https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/15054

Moreno, A. I., & Swales, J. (2015, August 19–22). Writing research articles: A cross-cultural/linguistic comparison of the Discussion section [Conference presentation]. The International Association of Language and Social Psychology Symposium at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Psychological Association of the Philippines in collaboration with Asian Association of Social Psychology, Cebu City, Philippines.

Training courses for doctoral students and ULE staff

Moreno, A. I. (2019, May 30–31). Writing empirical research articles for an international audience: How best to position yourself. Module 1: Methods and results sections (Course organized and coordinated by A. I. Moreno; taught by I. Sachdev; 8-hour course, 0.8 credit). Escuela de Formación, Universidad de León, León, Spain.

Moreno, A. I. (2019, September 13–20). Writing empirical research articles for an international audience: How best to position yourself. Module 2: Introductions + literature reviews and discussion/conclusion sections (8-hour course, 0.8 credit, taught by A. I. Moreno). Escuela de Formación, Universidad de León, León, Spain.

Additional ENEIDA Results Dissemination Initiatives

1. Collaborates with the University of León to publish the news “A ULE research published in the journal English for Specific Purposes”. News section, ULE, León, 08/02/2018. https://www.unileon.es/noticias/publicada-una-investigacion-de-la-ule-en-la-revista-english-specific-purposes

2. Collaborates with the Spanish Association for the Advancement of Science (https://aeac.science) to disseminate her didactic poem on writing the discussion and/or conclusions section of a research article, inspired by the results of her Spanish-English comparative research. (28/03/2019) https://aeac.science/anterior/the-discussion-section-in-essence-poem/

3. Collaborates with the ULE press office to disseminate the news from the Spanish Association for the Advancement of Science (https://aeac.science) for the dissemination of her didactic poem, published on the website of the Spanish Association for the Advancement of Science.

4. Receives a permission request from the authors of a Japanese textbook on scientific writing to disseminate her didactic poem and translate it into Japanese:

  • Moreno, A. I. (2020). Translation into Japanese of ‘The Discussion in Essence’ Poem, in Noguchi, J., Miyama, A., Murao, J., & Asano, M. (2020). Scientific writing in English. ALC [published in Japanese].

5. Collaborates with the Spanish Association for the Advancement of Science (https://aeac.science) with the article titled “Do you want to promote your scientific research in English?” to disseminate the results of her research published in the highest impact journal in her field: ESP.

6. Collaborates with The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/hay-que-reconocer-las-limitaciones-de-los-estudios-en-las-revistas-cientificas-187218) to disseminate the results of her research on research limitation statements in the culture section.

7. Collaborates with the University of León to publish the news “A study from ULE reveals to Spanish researchers keys to publishing in English” about her study published in the journal English for Specific Purposes in the Research News Section. ULE, León, 10/06/2024. https://www.unileon.es/noticias-de-investigacion/un-estudio-de-la-ule-revela-a-los-investigadores-espanoles-las-claves