Iranian Doctoral Students' Shared Experience of English-Medium Publication: The Case of Humanities and Social Sciences

Autor/inn/en	Mansouri Nejad, Ali; Qaracholloo, Mahmoud; Rezaei, Saeed
Titel	Iranian Doctoral Students' Shared Experience of English-Medium Publication: The Case of Humanities and Social Sciences
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 80 (2020) 2, S.255-271 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-019-00478-1
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Students; Doctoral Programs; Student Attitudes; Educational Experience; Foreign Countries; Humanities; Social Sciences; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language of Instruction; Writing for Publication; Periodicals; Student Motivation; Barriers; Grounded Theory; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Schülerverhalten; Bildungserfahrung; Ausland; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Schulische Motivation; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	The present study was an attempt to explore international English-medium publication in humanities and social sciences in Iran. In so doing, 50 PhD students from 8 humanities and social sciences disciplines, who had already published or attempted to publish in English-medium journals, were requested to write reflection guide accounts and to take part in follow-up semi-structured interviews. The reflection guide and interview data were analyzed based on the principles of grounded theory research yielding the four major themes of "motivations, hurdles, strategies," and "call for support." The results indicated that the Iranian PhD students in the fields of humanities and social sciences are strongly motivated to publish in English-medium journals though they face considerable discursive and non-discursive challenges too. Moreover, although they pursue some strategies to rise to these challenges, they could not fight them off on their own and claim support by other more competent academics and officials. The authors also call for a firm action plan to improve the status of English-medium publication in humanities and social sciences. The action plan could count on support from more experienced doctoral students, professors and other university level officials, editors, reviewers, and high-level national policymakers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01