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Whether non-native English speaking students (NNES) are fundamentally disadvantaged by their NNES status is a major concern in English for Specific Purposes, English for Academic Purposes, and English for Research Publication Purposes. To investigate this question, we present a comparative study of six early career scholars—three “native” and three “non-native”—who are actively publishing in international peer-reviewed journals. Findings indicate that these scholars shared the same basic experiences in writing for publication, and that the “non-native” scholars did not feel significantly disadvantaged due to their NES status. These results question the usefulness of binary NES–NNES distinctions in explaining the complex activity of publishing for academic purposes.This is the abstract we would like to use for the printed version of the chapter.
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The NES-NNES distinction, increasingly questioned in applied linguistics generally, appears alive and well in ESP/EAP/ERPP. We therefore use it as a “live” category here without committing ourselves to it ontologically.
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We have enumerated Flowerdew’s (2013) list.
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We use the “extrinsic–intrinsic” dichotomy advisedly, due to its reductionism (thanks to “Hai” for pointing this out).
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Appendix: Interview Questions
Appendix: Interview Questions
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Tell us about your experience becoming a publishing academic (open-ended question).
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What are your main goals as a publishing scholar?
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What are publication requirements at your current institution? How are you addressing them?
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What are your main reasons/motivations for writing for publication?
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Who is your target audience when writing for publication?
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Our research focuses on the transition from being a graduate student to becoming a publishing author. Did you make such transition? If so, how would you describe it?
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Do you feel disadvantaged or negatively positioned as an NNES in the publishing game?
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Shvidko, E., Atkinson, D. (2019). From Student to Scholar: Making the Leap to Writing for Publication. In: Habibie, P., Hyland, K. (eds) Novice Writers and Scholarly Publication. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95333-5_9
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