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Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes - Volume 1, Issue 2, 2020
Volume 1, Issue 2, 2020
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Discipline and methodological paradigm
Author(s): Irina Shchemelevapp.: 92–119 (28)More LessAbstractIn contemporary academia, multilingual scholars using English as an additional language (EAL) are actively engaged in knowledge construction producing more research texts in English than native speakers (Hyland, 2016). Having a more general purpose to gain insights into the factors that influence multilingual scholars’ research writing practices in English, this case study seeks to explore how EAL users perceive disciplinary norms of epistemic stance expression in political science. It is based on interviews with 5 Russian political scientists and on the analysis of their research texts. The findings suggest that the participants do not seem to have a shared understanding of disciplinary norms regarding epistemic stance expression; however, their narratives highlight the importance of the methodological paradigm the texts belong to for their writing practices. The study is a contribution to the discussion of the role of the discipline in EAL scholars’ research writing practices and linguistic and rhetorical variability of research texts within one discipline. The results of this study have pedagogical implications for ERPP course designers and practitioners.
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‘We cannot abandon the two worlds, we have to be in both’
Author(s): Elena Sheldonpp.: 120–142 (23)More LessAbstractThis study investigates how the importance of English in academia has impacted the academic life of fourteen researchers in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) at one university in Chile and uses semi-structured interviews focussing on scholarly publication. The study intends to discover, firstly, what the national and the university policies are regarding publishing in Spanish and English in Chile; secondly, how important it is to publish in English and Spanish, with respect to the researchers’ disciplines; and, thirdly, whether researchers with expertise in English are better off in terms of publication than those who lack this expertise. Findings suggest that these researchers write more publications in Spanish than in English, but favour publishing in both languages, counterbalancing the spread of English as the dominant language of publication in academia because Spanish and English can co-exist without threatening the scholarly cultural traditions of Spanish scholars. These scholars also recognise that publishing in English assists them to attain a wider readership, and to gain greater monetary rewards for publication in high impact journals, usually in English, as a result of increased grants and promotions. Finally, the paper suggests considering practices for teaching English for Research Publication Purposes.
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ERPP provision in the UK
Author(s): Milada Walkovápp.: 143–169 (27)More LessAbstractThis paper attempts to map the territory of ERPP, both in terms of pedagogical theory and its practical application, in the United Kingdom. The aim of the paper is threefold. First, the paper reviews specific challenges of researchers writing in English as their additional language and working in ‘periphery’ countries. Second, based on the review and working within the framework of critical pragmatic EAP (Harwood & Hadley, 2004), the paper proposes five ingredients of a comprehensive ERPP curriculum, namely (a) publication process, (b) language and rhetorical conventions of ERPP genres, (c) writing for an international audience, (d) collaboration, and (e) sharing research outcomes. Taken together, these develop not only Kwan’s (2010) four competences for research publication, but also three additional competences for ERPP proposed here – collaborative competence, outreach competence and competence in building resilience. Finally, the paper discusses ERPP provision available at the Russell Group universities in the UK and evaluates it against the proposed curriculum, highlighting examples of good teaching practice and areas for further pedagogical development.
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Gray areas of academic publishing
Author(s): Ismaeil Fazel and Joel Heng Hartsepp.: 184–194 (11)More Less
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Review of Englander & Corcoran (2019): English for Research Publication Purposes: Critial plurilingual pedagogies
Author(s): Pilar Mur-Dueñaspp.: 195–199 (5)More LessThis article reviews English for Research Publication Purposes: Critial plurilingual pedagogies
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Review of Mur-Dueñas & Šinkūniené (2018): Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing
Author(s): Elena Sheldonpp.: 200–203 (4)More LessThis article reviews Intercultural Perspectives on Research Writing
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