Stefania Maci received her PhD from the University of Lancaster, UK, and is Full Professor of English Language and pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education at the University of Bergamo, Italy. She is Director of the Research Centre on Specialized Languages, and a member of Associazione Italiana di Anglistica, the British Association of Applied Linguistics, and the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics. Her research is focused on the study of the English language in academic and professional contexts, with particular regard to the analysis of tourism and medical discourses. Michele Sala received his PhD from the University of Bergamo, Italy, and is currently an Associate Professor in English Language and Translation at the same institution. He is a member of Associazione Italiana di Anglistica, Centro di Ricerca sui Linguaggi Specialistici, and the Corpus and Language Variation in English Research Group. His research deals with language for specific purposes and, more specifically, the application of genre and discourse analytical methods to a corpus-based study of specialized texts in the domain of academic research, law, medicine and applied linguistics. Cinzia Spinzi received her PhD from the University of Napoli Federico II, Italy, and is an Associate Professor in English Language and Translation at the University of Bergamo, Italy. She is member of Associazione Italiana di Anglistica and Centro di Ricerca sui Linguaggi Specialistici. She is co-editor of Cultus: The Journal of Intercultural Mediation and Communication, and has published work on English for Specific Purposes, language mediation, and translation.