Dr Maria Teresa Amat Vidal
Dr Maria Teresa Amat Vidal holds degrees in Catalan Philology and Hispanic Philology from the University of Valencia, as well as a Master’s Degree in Literary Culture and Language Consultancy from the same institution. She was awarded a PhD cum laude in Catalan Philology by the University of Valencia in 2020 for her doctoral thesis Comparative Analysis of Literary Culture in Secondary School Textbooks, supervised by Professor Gemma Lluch Crespo.
With regard to publications and academic work, the following may be highlighted: Amat, M. (2014). Analysis of Literary Texts in Year 1 Compulsory Secondary Education Textbooks for the Teaching of Literature [Master’s Final Project]. University of Valencia – Department of Catalan Philology; Amat, M. & Lluch, G. (2018). Literary Education in Secondary School Textbooks. Journal of Language and Literature Didactics, 77, 60–66.
She has been teaching Compulsory Secondary Education and Upper Secondary Education at Vilavella School (Fomento Centros de Enseñanza) from 1994 to the present. Since 2009, she has also been teaching at UCV on Valencian language certification programmes, the Primary Education degree and preparatory courses for C1 and C2 Valencian language levels.
She has also taught at the Universitat Politècnica de València (from 2009 to 2017), the Valencian Council of Culture (2010–2011), the Directorate-General for Traffic (2010), and SERVEF (2010). She has served as a member of the University Entrance Examination boards (Selectividad) from 2000 to 2025, and as an examiner and marker in C1 and C2 examinations for the Official School of Languages (EOI), JQCV and CIEACOVA, as well as an auditor in CIEACOVA examinations.
Ms Núria Baixauli Bermell
Ms Núria Baixauli Bermell holds a degree in Catalan Philology from the University of Valencia (2019) and completed the Master’s Degree in Teacher Training for Secondary Education, Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching at UCV in 2020. She subseque Children and Young People (2021) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Catalan Language Proofreading (2021).
Since 2019, she has developed her professional career in the field of language and education, with experience in language consultancy, proofreading, materials design and teaching in a variety of centres, popular universities and local councils. She was awarded a scholarship by the Valencian Academy of the Language, where she completed a traineeship as a language specialist.
She is currently a Secondary Education teacher and a course tutor for civil servants of the Regional Ministry, and continues to teach adult learners through the Valencian Language Promotion Agencies, while also collaborating with the UCV Language Institute.
She is an accredited examiner for CIEACOVA, JQCV and the Official School of Languages (EOI). Her distinctions include the Sambori Prize (2014) and the award for Best Master’s Final Project in Language and Literature for A Journey through Catalan Poetry via the Nova Cançó (UCV, 2020). She is the author of Un pentagrama de versos (2021) and the B2 Valencian preparation manual Centre Carles Salvador (2024), as well as several publications in the journal Saó.
Blas Fuentes Benito
Blas Fuentes Benito studied Catalan Philology at the University of Valencia, graduating in 2004. Immediately after, he began teaching Valencian to adults under the DGPLGM and subsequently worked as a language technician, proofreader and translator for Sollana Town Hall, private companies, and the Regional Ministry of Education. In 2011, he received an EVA scholarship for a project on Translation into Valencian and Spanish on the Internet via Portals. In 2023, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Spanish–Catalan Translation. He has combined teaching Valencian with Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE) at UCV.
Between 2005 and 2010, he directed a local publication, El Sequer. Recently, he has carried out three projects as part of a Linguistic Normalisation Plan at Sollana Town Hall and has collaborated with the newspaper La Veu.
He is also active in creative writing, having received awards such as First Prize in the I Vila de Sollana Literary Competition, the VI Poe-Silla Prize, and, more recently, awards in Short Story and Poetry Competitions for the Centenary of Pou Pudent de Sollana, as well as the I Haiku and Short Poetry Competition in Ávila. In 2021, his poetry collection Taula d’absència was published. He also participates in various collaborative projects, such as Els darrers catorze.
Francesc Xavier Guijarro Mas
Francesc Xavier Guijarro Mas holds a degree in French Philology from the University of Valencia and a degree in Translation and Interpreting (Catalan–French–Italian–Portuguese) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He initially completed a Master’s in Audiovisual Translation at the University of Cádiz. Passionate about languages and cultural exchange, he spent time in the Caribbean as a language assistant on the small island of Marie-Galante.
After further stays in Trieste (Italy) and Tampere (Finland), he returned to Valencia and worked as an interpreter at the Immigrant Support Centre. It was there, when asked to teach literacy and Valencian classes, that he discovered his passion for teaching, particularly for sharing his native language. After completing a Master’s in Teacher Training at VIU, he joined the Official School of Languages through competitive examination and also worked as an associate lecturer at the University of Valencia, teaching various subjects in the Faculties of Education, Economics, and Philology.
He currently works at the Quatre Carreres Official School of Languages and at UCV, teaching Valencian preparation courses for certification. In addition to his teaching, he serves as an assessor for CIEACOVA and the Valencian Language Qualification Board (JQCV).
Mr. Ximo Martínez Ortiz
Ximo Martínez Ortiz holds a degree in Hispanic Philology, specialising in Valencian Philology (Faculty of Philology, University of Valencia). He also holds a Diploma in Teaching Valencian, a Diploma in Teaching for Basic General Education in Spanish Language and Modern English, and a Diploma in Teaching for Basic General Education in Human Sciences.
He works as an Adult Education teacher in the municipal adult education programme of Alcúdia Town Hall (Centre Enric Valor) and as a Technician at the Office for the Promotion of Valencian Language Use at the Town Hall of Alcúdia.
He teaches online Valencian courses at levels A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, and Administrative Language at UCV Language Institute, Valencia Provincial Council, Melchor Botella Trade Union School, FVMP, and the Universitat Politècnica de València.
He is the creator and teacher of the programme Biodiversity in Alcúdia Schools and serves as Administrator of the Aula Mentor online courses at Alcúdia Town Hall under the Ministry of Education.
He is an examiner and proofreader for the Valencian language exams of CIEACOVA and JQCV and serves as President of the JQCV at the Alzira branch.
He is also a published author of eleven books, a proofreader for the journal Quaderns d’Educació Contínua, and a proofreader and translator for the electronic journal Rizoma Freireano, as well as for numerous works by Paulo Freire and other authors.
Albert Perpinyà i Puig
Albert Perpinyà i Puig holds a degree in Catalan Philology from the University of Valencia. He completed the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education Teaching and a Master’s in Language Consultancy and Literary Culture at the University of Valencia in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
Since 2015, he has taught Valencian in both public and private institutions as part of preparation courses for CIEACOVA, EOI, and JQCV certification exams. He also taught at the Open University of Catalonia during 2015–2016. From 2016, he began teaching in public secondary schools and, in 2023, joined the UCV Language Institute.
He is currently a Valencian teacher at a public adult education centre and at the UCV Language Institute.
Laura Rubio Heras
Laura Rubio Heras holds a degree in Hispanic Philology from the University of Valencia, specialising in Spanish Language and Valencian Philology. Her professional career has been closely linked to teaching Valencian to adults (over 18 years old), primarily for certification exam preparation for various institutions, as well as translation and text proofreading in Valencian, and the management and organisation of campaigns promoting Valencian use in municipalities such as Alboraia, Museros, Foios, Vallada, l’Alcúdia de Crespins, and El Puig de Santa Maria.
In the 2012–2013 academic year, she began teaching at the Municipal Adult Education Centre of La Pobla de Vallbona (Valencia), and she has been its director since 2023. She combines this role with her work at the Catholic University of Valencia – Saint Vincent Ferrer, where since November 2021 she has served as Secretary of the CIEACOVA Commission and represents the university on the Interuniversity Evaluation Commission (CAI). In January 2022, she assumed the role of coordinator of this commission and President of the Central Board of CIEACOVA.
Isidre Sánchez Martínez
Isidre Sánchez Martínez holds a degree in Geography and History, specialising in Medieval History, with studies in Palaeography, Diplomatics and Archival Science from the University of Valencia. He has completed doctoral courses in this field and has collaborated with the Department of Palaeography and Diplomatics at the University of Valencia. He also holds CAP and C2 Valencian certifications, as well as a Master’s in Valencian Teaching. He has completed training courses with CIEACOVA and has published the indexes of the journal Cavanilles Musicology.
Since 1996, he has taught Valencian at secondary and upper secondary levels. Since 2022, he has served as a CIEACOVA examiner and teaches at the UCV Language Institute. He is currently a teacher at Col·legi Puresa de Maria-Cid in Valencia, a CIEACOVA examiner, and a lecturer at the UCV Language Institute.
Ofèlia Sanmartín Bono
Ofèlia Sanmartín Bono holds a degree in Hispanic Philology, specialising in Valencian Philology, from the University of Valencia. She completed a Master’s in Language Consultancy at the University of Valencia between 1993 and 1995. As a researcher, she won the XXXII Senyera Prize for her study Some Considerations for the Stylistic Analysis of Tirant lo Blanc.
She has contributed to several lexicographical works, including: Dictionary of Linguistics (AVL–Termcat), Practical Dictionary of Valencian Usage (Edicions Bromera), Basic Dictionary of Valencian Usage (Edicions Bromera), Valencian Pronunciation Dictionary (Edicions Bromera), School Dictionary Spanish–Valencian / Valencian–Spanish (Edicions Bromera), Classroom Dictionary Spanish–Valencian / Valencian–Spanish (Edicions Bromera), Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Ideas (Edicions Bromera), Multipurpose Dictionary (Edicions Bromera), and Els verbs valencians (Edicions Bromera).
She teaches Valencian preparation courses for accreditation exams and language proficiency courses at UCV; courses for Valencian accreditation exams with the Generalitat Valenciana, at the Valencia Chamber of Commerce, and at Valencia Town Hall; text correction courses at IVAP; administrative language courses at GVA; the Master’s in Language Consultancy and Literary Culture at the University of Valencia; and dubbing courses at the Universitat Cardenal Herrera. She coordinates the Generalitat Valenciana’s online Valencian courses for IVAP, EVES, INAP and the Judicial School.
She is a member of the Programmes and Examinations Commission of the Interuniversity Commission for the Standardisation of Valencian Language Accreditation, representing UCV.
Miquel Sanz
Miquel Sanz holds degrees in Catalan Philology and Italian Philology from the University of Valencia. He has spent academic years at the Università degli Studi di Bologna (Italy) and the University of Granada. He also completed a Master’s in Language Consultancy and Literary Culture at the University of Valencia.
He was awarded a lecturing scholarship from the Valencian Language Academy (Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua) and the Jaume I University of Castellón de la Plana, serving as a Catalan lecturer and teaching coordinator at the Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy), as well as working as a Spanish language assistant.
His experience teaching Valencian includes roles at the University of Valencia, the Ministry of Social Welfare, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance. At UCV, he began teaching in the summer of 2017, delivering Valencian Certification courses, the Valencian Teacher (Mestre) programme, and advanced language courses (C1 and C2 levels).
He currently teaches Valencian Language and Literature at secondary level (ESO) at CCEIP Lope Castellón (Castelló de la Plana), while also conducting language courses and certification preparation at the University of Valencia Language Centre and the UCV Language Institute. Additionally, he serves on the oral examination panels for C1–C2 level exams of CIEACOVA at UCV, participates in JQCV examinations in Castelló de la Plana, and has been a member of the oral panels for the PUC Valencian C1–C2 exams at the EOI of Castelló de la Plana.
His commitment to the promotion, study, and dissemination of Valencian has led him to collaborate on translation, text proofreading, and other related projects.