🔹 Begoña Bellés and Sergio Peñalver delivered a presentation on patients' identities and clinical communication models 🔹 Adrian Pla Angel presented his research on AI-enhanced collaborative and individual writing tasks

We would like to congratulate the organizing committee of Universidad de Granada for hosting this event.

ℹ️ spark.uji.es 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥-𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 #SPARKresearchgroup #SomUJI

SPARK research group is back to business!✨ Our director, Begoña Belles Fortuño (@BegonaBelles ), and group members Sergio Peñalver Férez (@sergiopferez.bsky.social) and Adrian Pla Angel (@adrianplaangel.bsky.social) attended the 43rd edition of the @aesla.bsky.social Conference.

¡Enhorabuena al comité organizador por el éxito de este magnífico encuentro científico! 👏✨ #IULMA #somuji #AESLA2026 #LingüísticaAplicada #Investigación

han participado activamente en el 43 Congreso Internacional de AESLA @aesla.bsky.social , celebrado en la Universidad de Granada @universidadgranada.bsky.social

🔶📢 Nuestra directora del IULMA- UJI @uji.es, la Dra. Patricia Salazar @patriciasalazarc.bsky.social, y la secretaria, la Dra. Begoña Bellés, junto con los investigadores Dr. Adrián Pla @adrianplaangel.bsky.social y Sergio Peñalver @sergiopferez.bsky.social

🌈 On Transgender Day of Visibility (#TDOV), we celebrate trans and non-binary lives while recognising ongoing inequalities. At SPARK, we promote inclusive, gender-aware research and equitable communication. ✊ Visibility matters—but so does action. #SPARKresearchgroup #SomUJI

Esta iniciativa, impulsada por la Fundación PortCastelló, junto con @iulma.bsky.social, @sparkgroup.bsky.social y la Cátedra Smart Ports, ha permitido a los participantes dar un paso más hacia un modelo de puerto más conectado y competitivo #smartports #PortCastelló #PuertodeCastellón

⚓ El inglés marítimo digital se consolida como una nueva capa de interoperabilidad en los #puertosinteligentes 🟦 Así ha quedado patente tras la celebración del curso 'Maritime English in the Digital Age' impartido en la Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón Balance del curso ➡️ bit.ly/4teyVKr #SomUJI

What does happiness have to do with research? This International Day of Happiness, we highlight how inclusive communication, accessible knowledge, and equitable practices—key to SPARK—help build healthier societies. 💛 #HappinessDay #Wellbeing #Equity

Today, on March 19, the SPARK research group celebrates #FathersDay in all its forms—care, support, guidance, and presence From experienced to 'first time', adoptive, or 'no longer with us', thank you for contributing actively to shape lives with wisdom, kindness, and dedication

Maritime English in the Digital Age has come to an end at the Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón 🚢 Organised with Fundación PortCastelló, SPARK Research Group, @iulma.bsky.social and the @catedrasmartports.bsky.social 🤝

⚓ Tener un buen dominio del inglés marítimo es esencial en el ámbito de los #puertosinteligentes 🟦 Por eso, nos llena de satisfacción haber contribuido a la organización del curso 'Maritime English in the Digital Age', celebrado en el puerto de Castellón durante los cuatro jueves de febrero

🧵Today is #ZeroDiscriminationDay — a reminder of the urgent need to address global inequalities related to income, gender, age, health, occupation, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, class, ethnicity, and religion.

⚓ La comunidad portuaria de Castellón participó activamente en la tercera sesión del curso 'Maritime English in the Digital Age', que está siendo impartido por las profesoras Begoña Bellés Fortuño, Lucía Bellés-Calvera y Alba Mingarro Medina en la Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón #PortCastelló

👩‍🔬✨ Science is also made with words. SPARK director Begoña Bellés Fortuño and group member Lucía Bellés Calvera gave an outreach talk for the #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience at IES Llombai in Burriana. Bringing inclusive linguistic research to the classroom. 💜🔬

This year, celebrate your #ValentinesDay. We love friends, we love partners, we love colleagues, we love languages but upmost we love YOU! 🩷 🧡 💛 💚 💙 🩵 💜 🤎 🖤 🩶 🤍

Ayer celebramos en la Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón la segunda sesión del curso Maritime English in the digital age, organizado junto a la Fundación PortCastelló, @sparkgroup.bsky.social de la @uji.es y el @iulma.bsky.social.

🎓✨ In addition to our core members, our research group is actively engaging with students to harness their knowledge and launch their future careers. In this post, we are delighted to present the following members:

Desde SPARK reivindicamos el papel fundamental de la mujer en las ciencias, también desde las humanidades, el lenguaje y la comunicación como herramienta clave para visibilizar, nombrar y transformar realidades 🗣️✨

🎓✨ We would like to introduce you to one of the collaborators of the SPARK Research Group: Paula Villalba, who is a part-time lecturer in English Studies at the UJI (Castelló) and a PhD candidate at the UV (València)

El grupo de investigación SPARK participa en la formación de Espaitec (UJI) sobre creación de spin-offs y transferencia. Analizamos el potencial de mercado de nuestros resultados, modelos de negocio y vías de impacto real. Seguimos avanzando hacia investigación que transforma. 🚀

⚓ Prof. Ana Bocanegra-Valle opened our “Maritime English in the Digital Area” course with a session on safety, multiculturalism, digitalization, and regulatory challenges in the maritime-port sector. She also shared valuable resources for advancing Maritime English learning.

🎓✨ Getting ready for the course “Maritime English in the Digital Age” this Thursday. The initial session will be opened by the renowned invited speaker: Ana Bocanegra-Valle

📅 Entretextos 2026 | Important Dates 🗓️ Abstract submission deadline: April 7, 2026 📣 Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2026 🐦 Last day for early bird registration: June 30, 2026 📝 Last day for general registration: October 15, 2026 🗂️ Conference date: October 22-23, 2026 @uji.es

ℹ️ spark.uji.es 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥-𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 #SPARKresearchgroup #SomUJI #CallForPapers #AcademicConference #AppliedLinguistics #GenderPerspective #DiscourseAnalysis #DigitalEra

We invite researchers to submit abstracts for #Entretextos2026 🔗 Submit via Google Forms: forms.gle/eiprRWA9ncBS...

📅 Entretextos 2026 | Important Dates 🗓️ Abstract submission deadline: April 7, 2026 📣 Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2026 🐦 Last day for early bird registration: June 30, 2026 📝 Last day for general registration: October 15, 2026 🗂️ Conference dates: October 22-23, 2026

🎓✨ Now it's time to introduce you to a new member of our team: Merche Romero Morón. Here's more info about her:

Today, on #JournalistsDay, we honor journalists whose commitment to verification and context sustains informed public debate. As misinformation spreads faster than facts, media literacy and source-checking are more crucial than ever 📰🕵🏻‍♀️

🧵Today, on #InternationalEducationDay, we also want to highlight the power of youth in co-creating education. In our research group, we value young people not only as learners, but as active contributors to educational and professional knowledge (+)

⚓ Cátedra Smart Ports @uji.es, Fundación PortCastelló, @iulma.bsky.social y @sparkgroup.bsky.social presentamos un curso de inglés marítimo especialmente diseñado para los miembros de la comunidad portuaria de Castellón ℹ️ [email protected] | 964 19 90 20 🔗 bit.ly/4bLFpuP #SomUJI

🎓✨ It's a great pleasure for us to participate in the organisation of the course 'Maritime English in the Digital Area', organised by Fundación PortCastelló, in collaboration with @catedrasmartports.bsky.social , @iulma.bsky.social and the research group @sparkgroup.bsky.social . More details:

✅ She has a Master’s degree in Teaching Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching ℹ️ spark.uji.es 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥-𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 #SPARKresearchgroup #SomUJI

✅ A dedicated educator, having spent more than 25 years teaching English in Spain and currently working as a coordinator and English teacher in a school in Castellón ✅ Her dissertation investigates the effectiveness of teachers’ attitudes in improving students’ motivation in learning English

🎓✨ Today we would like to introduce you to another member of the SPARK Research Group: Christine Lim, who is a doctoral student at Universitat Jaume I, focusing on the attitude and motivation of students of English as a foreign language in the current AI era. Check more info about her:

👉 Book Review on New Perspectives on Virtual Reality and AR. 🔗You can have a look at ➡️ www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/la... Thank you to all the contributors‼️

🆕📕📝 Language Value has published issue 18.12 December 30th 2025. 👉 Articles on: -English Films and Series through Subtitles. -Adverbials and interpersonal meaning in earlier women’s instructive writing.

SPARK Research Group and CLHIOS Innovation teaching team joined to celebrate. A joyful Xmas gathering around a multidisciplinary fellowship table. A truthful team spirit! Cheers to 2026! 🥂🤝😁 @uji.es @clhios.bsky.social @sergiopferez.bsky.social @adrianplaangel.bsky.social

Wishing you a joyful Christmas holidays and a happy New Year 2026 ✨🎊🎄 @uji.es @sparkgroup.bsky.social

🎓✨ It’s Christmas time and it’s time to celebrate 🎄 That’s why the entire SPARK Research Group team wishes you a joyful holiday season and a new year 2026 filled with inspiration, collaboration, and meaningful progress in research and innovation  Merry Christmas and a happy new year! 🥂

🎓 Meet Alba Mingarro Medina, a valued member of our team. • Part-time lecturer in English Studies at Universitat Jaume I (Spain) @uji.es • MA in Intercultural Studies and current PhD candidate in Applied Languages, Literature & Translation • Member of CLHIOS and IULMA research groups

🎓✨ Today we’re delighted to introduce Adrián Pla Ángel, another valued member of the SPARK Research Group. He is a part-time lecturer in English Studies and a PhD student in Applied Linguistics, Literature and Translation at @uji.es , where he also completed both his BA and MA.

🎓✨ Meet another member of the SPARK Research Group — Lucía Bellés-Calvera! ✅ PhD in Applied Linguistics (Universitat Jaume I) and Assistant Professor at Universitat de València, teaching English for Specific Purposes.

📢 📘 Desde la Dirección de la colección científica IULMA Monografías nos complace informar de la reciente publicación de la 11ª Monografía IULMA, que lleva por título: “Multilingual Emotions: the Perception of Affective Information in Spanish and English”, firmada por Elisa Pérez-García.

👥📚💻🔁 Spark research group working meeting! Welcoming new members, planning projects and generating future synergies. More about us here! ⬇️ spark.uji.es

☀️ Wishing you a joyful summer full of sunshine, rest, and good company! 📚✈️🍹 Thanks for being part of the CLHIOS community — your dedication means the world. 💛 #HappySummer #CLHIOS #RelaxRechargeReconnect @uji.es @adrianplaangel.bsky.social @sergiopferez.bsky.social

☀️ Wishing you a joyful summer full of sunshine, rest, and good company! 📚✈️🍹 Thanks for being part of the SPARK ⚡️ community — your dedication means the world. 💛 @adrianplaangel.bsky.social @sergiopferez.bsky.social @uji.es #HappySummer #SPARK #RelaxRechargeReconnect