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Controversial Issues in ERPP Studies

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This chapter reviews studies in the field of ERPP since the 1980s, focusing on the challenges EAL (English as an Additional Language) writers face, strategies for international publishing, and ERPP pedagogy. The literature reveals that academic publishing, specifically the fierce competition felt by scholars, has become a global issue. The controversial issues identified in ERPP research are: (1) whether multilingual scholars are at a disadvantage while writing and publishing in English; (2) whether international journal editors/ reviewers have a bias against multilingual scholars; (3) whether to publish in international journals for internationalization or in local journals for localization; (4) whether production by multilingual scholars has been constrained by language selection.

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Mu, C. (2020). Controversial Issues in ERPP Studies. 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_3

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