Some thoughts on English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) and related issues

Flowerdew, John

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“…Previous studies investigating Turkish academia pinpoint the need for international publishing (Alptekin & Tatar, 2011) and the pressure of scholarly publishing (Uysal, 2014a) among novice and veteran researchers. The present study is in accord with those national findings and certain international studies (Flowerdew, 2015;Truth, 2012). Deduced from the analysis of the data and the discussions among the researchers, the following 12 points are viewed as important problems to be addressed for the future directions of doctoral research on ELT in Turkey.…”

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Trends in Doctoral Research on English Language Teaching in Turkey

2016

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This review examines the doctoral research in Turkey completed between 2010 and 2014 in the area of English language teaching and learning. All of the dissertations (N = 137) indexed in the National Theses Database have been included in order to analyze dissertations' subject areas, research paradigms/ techniques, and research contexts as well as scopes, validity/reliability concerns, and piloting. The subject area categorization is based on a cyclical reading process resulting in three major categories: Teaching English as a foreign language, foreign language teacher education, and second language acquisition. Grant/ funding opportunities, the rate of international students, and certain demographic characteristics of PhD students are also addressed in order to clarify the contextual factors. In addition, detailed sub-subject areas were identified so as to be able to categorize all of the dissertations, and 57 dissertations representing the major subject areas are reviewed briefly to offer a closer look. The examination of the doctoral research reveals, in general, 12 potential problems, divided into two levels -6 macro levels (systemic) and 6 micro (departmental). Macro level problems include the heavy pressure of rapid graduation and international publishing. The present study is expected to provide a holistic portrait of the doctoral dissertations for the programs, supervisors, and students concerned. Trends in Doctoral Research on English LanguageTeaching in Turkey 1738 EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES: THEORY & PRACTICEThis review examines the doctoral research on English language teaching (ELT) between the years 2010 and 2014 in Turkey. The analysis focused on 137 PhD dissertations covering various aspects of English language learning and teaching, such as teaching English as a foreign language, foreign language teacher education, and second language acquisition (SLA). Of particular importance were the subject areas, research design, sampling methodology, and contexts with a special regard to adopted research paradigms of the dissertations analyzed. Including all of the dissertations completed in the last five years, the review also categorizes the dissertations in terms of those three major subject areas and sub-areas identified in a data-driven process.A comprehensive overview of research on applied linguistics and foreign language education in Turkey was published by Alptekin and Tatar (2011), surveying approximately 130 published articles, conference presentations and PhD dissertations from 2005 to 2009. Alptekin and Tatar (2011) also discuss in detail the history and sociopolitical dynamics of foreign language education in Turkey. Hence, the present review does not repeat those recollections, which are still valid under today's conditions. Instead, the focus is on research trends and concerns of the doctoral research written between 2010 and 2014.Over the last two decades, ELT PhD programs and scholars in Turkey have undergone a radical transformation process, during which the field has moved from a prac...

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Trends in Doctoral Research on English Language Teaching in Turkey

2016

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“…These difficulties have been extensively documented in the literature and are mainly language/discourse-related, such as a low level of basic academic writing skills, including rhetorical and argumentative skills (see, for example, Curry & Lillis, 2004;Ferguson, Pérez Llantada, & Plo, 2011;Flowerdew, 2013;Lillis & Curry, 2010). But in the specific case of non-native English speakers from developing countries, non-linguistic/discursive difficulties (e.g.…”

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Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Salager‐Meyer

2014

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

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“…Construction of applied university, through the education idea, the category levels and departments set up, teachers, professional type, training mode and curriculum model of innovation, coordinate the relationship between the university and the emerging industries and industry, determine the university the orientation and position in the local economic and social development, seek breakthrough of connotation and promoted can effectively reflect the education and the coordinated development of economic and social relations. The type of applied university boundaries could then be summarized as the follows [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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Research on College English Teaching Mode based on Task-based Teaching Method and Flip the Classroom Mode

Qian¹

2016

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In this paper, we conduct research on college English teaching mode based on task-based teaching method and flip the classroom mode. In recent years, "flip the classroom" has become the most fashionable and the most hot spots in current education reform words, it is paid close attention to by education both at home and abroad, because it serves as a kind of advanced education ideas and teaching mode, the traditional classroom teaching mode are potentially disruptive effects. Flip the classroom study and pilot also in full swing in our country, the current hot micro course, micro video has been accepted by many first-line teachers and try, all kinds of micro course lectures and that competition also have mushroomed miraculously development. Under this basis, in this paper we propose the novel idea on the corresponding issues that will be meaningful.

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Some thoughts on English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) and related issues

Cited by 101 publications

References 22 publications

Trends in Doctoral Research on English Language Teaching in Turkey

Trends in Doctoral Research on English Language Teaching in Turkey

Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Research on College English Teaching Mode based on Task-based Teaching Method and Flip the Classroom Mode

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