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This chapter concludes the book by summarizing the major findings of the study and discussing the pedagogical implications of the research results for ERPP and EAP. The non-discursive or research content-related problems and the discursive or language problems that Chinese multilingual scholars encountered are reiterated, a taxonomy of writing and publishing strategies is proposed, and the implications for academic writing teaching and ERPP writing are discussed. There is an appeal to integrate genre analysis into ERPP teaching practice, identifying students’ needs for English writing training and coping with students’ difficulties in finding a new idea and expressing themselves while having insufficient language proficiency. Multilingual scholars should be provided with necessary language support and training to help them to succeed in the target discourse community.

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Mu, C. (2020). Conclusion. In: Understanding Chinese Multilingual Scholars’ Experiences of Writing and Publishing in English. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33938-8_10

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