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An Investigation Into Writing For Scholarly Publication By Novice Scholars: Practices Of Canadian Anglophone Doctoral Students, Pejman Habibie
An Investigation Into Writing For Scholarly Publication By Novice Scholars: Practices Of Canadian Anglophone Doctoral Students, Pejman Habibie
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Given global competitiveness for quality research articulated through scholarly publication, minimal research addresses the practices of Anglophone doctoral students in writing for scholarly publication. This study examines (1) the challenges faced by Canadian Anglophone doctoral students in writing for scholarly publication in international English-medium academic journals; and (2) the ways in which these novice scholars are supported by faculty supervisors and expert members of their academic community in communicating their work through scholarly publication.
The theoretical framework for this study draws on the social constructivist notions of Discourse Community (Swales, 1990) and Legitimate Peripheral Participation (Lave & Wenger, 1991). A …