Guzman Mancho-Barés
His professional career started at University of Alcala in 1994, where he read his Phd in 2002. His doctoral research dealt with the discourse analysis of the Ormulum homilies written in ca. 1200. He also took the Master’s programme in E-learning: ICT application in education and instruction at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (in 2005). Since 2009, he holds an associate professor position at the University of Lleida, and he joined the CLA in 2010.
Before he joined the CLA, his post-doctoral research embraced topics from historical dicourse analysis (Middle English) to ICT-driven research that is computerized error analysis, and the use of wikis for teaching purposes (he co-edited an issue of Revista de Educación a Distancia on the use of wikis in a variety of university disciplines in 2008). After he joined the CLA, the topics of his research have widened to include the study of plurilingualism at University. In particular, his research examines the beliefs and teaching practices in degrees and subjects taught through English in Catalonia (EMI). His lastest studies delves into the instruction and assessment of academic genres in EMI as well as the internationalization processes through languages at Univesity.
Capítols de llibre/capítulos de libro/book chapters (2018-2024):
- Cots, J. M., & Mancho-Barés, G. (2024). English-medium instruction in higher education in Spain. In K. Bolton, W. Botha & B. Lin (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education (pp. 17-34). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315728222
- Llurda, E. & Mancho-Barés, G. (2021). The Impact of World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca in Tertiary Education in the Expanding Circle. In Y. Bayyurt & M. Saraceni (Eds.), Bloomsbury World Englishes Volume 3: Pedagogies (pp. 225-240). Bloomsbury Academic. 10.5040/9781350065918.0025
- Block, D. & Mancho-Barés. G. (2021). NOT English teacher, except when they are: The curious case of oral presentation evaluation rubrics in an EMI-in-HE context. In D. Block & S. Khan (Eds.), The Secret Life of English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education (pp. 96-119). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003005667
Articles/artículos (revisats per parells/revisión por pares/peer-reviewed) (2018-2024):
- Mancho-Barés, G., Khan, S., & Aguilar-Pérez, M. (2022). An EMI lecturer’s assessment pracices with engineering laboratory reports. Journal of English-Medium Instruction, 1(2), 232-254. https://doi.org/10.1075/jemi.21008.man
- Mancho-Barés, G., & Aguilar-Pérez, M. (2020). EMI lecturers’ practices in correcting English: Resources for language teaching? Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, 8(2), 257-284. https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.19011.man
He has been teaching three types of subjects: (1) English for Specific Purposes, ranging from Business English to English for Science and Medical English; (2) subjects on digital genre analysis and linguistic consulting on digital communication in the Master’s program in Language and Digital Communication; and (3) History of the English Language, taught in the BA undergraduate degree of English Studies.