Elisabet Arnó
Elisabet Arnó-Macià is associate professor of English for Specific Purposes at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain). Her research has focused on different topics: language awareness in language education (in her PhD thesis), English for Specific Purposes, technology in language learning/teaching, the use of languages at international universities, and English as a medium of instruction in higher education. This research is reflected in numerous publications and conference presentations. The combination of research with lecturing and teaching innovation has led her to co-author two university textbooks and to coordinate several funded projects on innovative teaching (between 2003 and 2012), which involved the development of an online environment for learning academic English. In addition, she is a participant (2012-) in the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project (led by North Dakota State University), a network of technical communication and translation lecturers and students from different countries, which consists of tele-collaboration activities within specialised professional communication. She has also been involved in AELFE (European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes) where she served as Secretary (2003-2009) and President (2009-2015) of the Association.
Her research interests include technical and academic communication, the use of technology in languages for specific purposes, and internationalization and multilingualism in higher education, in particular the implementation of English-Medium Instruction. Her publications include the co-edition of a book on Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes by Springer, book chapters in Springer and Peter Lang, journal articles in The Modern Language Journal, English for Specific Purposes, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Language Learning Journal, among others.
Edited books and special issues of journals (to 2025):
- Lafford, B.A.; Ferreira-Cabrera, A. & E. Arnó-Macià (eds.) (forthcoming, 2025) Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP). London and New York: Routledge.
- Borrás, J.; Gallego-Balsà, L. & Arnó-Macia, E. (2024) (eds.) Special Issue on Global Perspectives on Virtual Exchange for University Internationalisation. Journal of Virtual Exchange.
- Arnó, E.; Aguilar, M.; Borràs, J.; Mancho, G.; Moncada, B.; Tatzl, D. (Eds). Multilingual academic and professional communication in a networked world. Proceedings of AELFE-TAPP 2021 (19th AELFE Conference, 2nd TAPP Conference). Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona), 7-9 July 2021. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ISBN: 978-84-9880-943-5
- Mousten, B.; Vandepitte, S.; Arnó, E.; Maylath, B. (Eds.) (2018). Multilingual Writing and Pedagogical Cooperation in Virtual Learning Environments. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. (recipient of AELFE’s 7th Enrique Alcaraz research award)
Capítols de llibre/capítulos de libro/book chapters (2018-2025):
- Arnó-Macià, E. (forthcoming, 2025). Tecnología y enseñanza de español para fines específicos. In B.A. Lafford; A., Ferreira-Cabrera & E. Arnó-Macià (eds.) Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) / The Routledge Handbook of Spanish for Specific Purposes (SSP). London and New York: Routledge.
- Zong-Nebouet, P.; Arnó-Macià, E. & Mancho-Barés, G. (forthcoming, 2024). “I often use Google Translate to correct spelling mistakes”. English-medium instruction students’ use of technology to learn English. In Bobkina, J., Domínguez-Romero, E. (Eds.) Transformative Trends in Language Education. Peter Lang.
- Arnó-Macià, E., Aguilar-Pérez, M. (2022). Engineering Students’ Views on ESP Courses as a Pathway for the Development of Graduates’ International Mindsets. In Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B., Trojszczak, M. (Eds). Language Use, Education, and Professional Contexts (pp. 143-164). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-96095-7
- Barr, J.; Arnó, E.; Perat, J. (2022) Technical and professional communication in the European Project Semester. In Malheiro, B & Fuentes, P. (eds.) Handbook of research on improving engineering education with the European Project Semester (p. 108-128). Hershey (Pennsylvania): IGI Global, 2022. ISBN: 9781668423097
- Arnó, E., Schell, T. (2021) Preparing Future Professionals in and for a Global Context: A Case for Telecollaborative Educational Initiatives. In Klein, M. J. (ed.) Effective Teaching of Technical Communication: Theory, Practice, and Application (p. 231-252). Fort Collins, CO: WAC Clearinghouse. ISBN: 978-1-64215-112-1.(This collection was awarded a 2022 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award)
- Aguilar Pérez, Marta and Arnó Macià, Elisabet (2020). He’s a Good Lecturer in Any Language”: Shifting From L1 to English and Implications for EMI Training. M. M. Sánchez-Pérez (Ed.) Teacher Training for English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education. (Chapter 8). Hershey, PA: IGI.
Articles/artículos (revisats per parells/revisión por pares/peer-reviewed) (2018-2024):
- Aguilar-Pérez, M., & Arnó-Macià, E. (2024). Personal narratives of three EMI teachers: construction of their identities based on their experiential development. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2373254
- Arnó, E., McCall, M., Kenzie, D., Isohella, S., Maylath, B. (2021). Designing Telecollaborative Projects for Professional Communication and User Experience. Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 27, no. 5, 450-471.
- Arnó, E., Aguilar, M., Tatzl, D. (2020). Engineering students’ perceptions of the role of ESP courses in internationalized universities. English for Specific Purposes 58, 58-74.
- Arnó-Macià, E., Vandepitte, S., Minacori, P., Musacchio, M.T., Hanson, J., Maylath, B. (2019). A multilingual background for telecollaboration: Practices and policies in European higher education. European Journal of Language Policy 11(2), 235–255.
- Arnó-Macià, E., Aguilar-Pérez, M. (2019). Developing language and intercultural skills through an IaH programme at university. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Philologia 64 (2), 17-34.
- Arnó, E., Aguilar, M. (2018).ESP, EMI and interculturality: how internationalized are university curricula in Catalonia? ESP Today, 6 (2), 184-207.
Her teaching activity has developed at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) at the School of Engineering of Vilanova i la Geltrú, where she has designed and taught a wide range of courses on technical communication. In addition, she has taught online courses both at UPC and at UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and she has been a guest lecturer on master’s courses at Universitat de Lleida, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and University of Antwerp (Artesis University College). She has also been involved in the development and teaching of professional development courses for content lecturers involved in English-Medium Instruction.