Demystifying Problems and Opportunities of the Persianophone Physical Education Ph.D. Academic Writers in Writing English Research Article Abstracts for International Journal Publication

Hosseingholipour, Behnaz; Saeedi, Zari; Salimi, Esmaeel Ali; Keshkar, Sara

doi:10.22034/elt.2021.46264.2399

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Department of English Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

² Department of Sports Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/elt.2021.46264.2399

Abstract

Writing effective and persuasive manuscripts for submission to the high-indexed Iranian and international English-medium journals for the purpose of publication deserves having to-the-point knowledge and proficiency, which the Non-Native English writers of the non-English speaking countries seem to be lacking. Therefore, researchers need to identify problems and challenges that the group of writers encounter in the field of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP). Therefore, this study aims to identify the ERPP needs of the Physical Education Ph.D. students and writers. Hence, interviews were conducted with a group of Physical Education content experts and Ph.D. students to identify the writers’ problems and challenges. The interviews were tape recorded as the participants had already been informed of the recordings and research aim. The tape recordings were then transcribed and analyzed in the thematic analysis and the grounded theory methods. The data analysis came up with four major themes (gained in the selective coding stage), 20 sub-themes (gained in the axial coding stage) and 83 themes (gained in the initial/open coding stage). The four major themes were `problem with language,’ `problem with content,’ `problem with journals,’ and `the demotivating factors.’ The fourth major theme, i.e., `the demotivating factors’, consisted of the sub-heading the technological illiteracy problem, which should be regarded as the novelty feature of this paper. The research is useful for material designers and instructors of the English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) and others to offer tailor-made education to the tertiary level Physical Education students.

Keywords

20.1001.1.22517995.2021.13.28.9.6

Main Subjects

English language learning

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Demystifying Problems and Opportunities of the Persianophone Physical Education Ph.D. Academic Writers in Writing English Research Article Abstracts for International Journal Publication

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Volume 13, Issue 28 - Serial Number 28
December 2021
Pages 147-171

Demystifying Problems and Opportunities of the Persianophone Physical Education Ph.D. Academic Writers in Writing English Research Article Abstracts for International Journal Publication

References

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Volume 13, Issue 28 - Serial Number 28December 2021Pages 147-171

Volume 13, Issue 28 - Serial Number 28
December 2021
Pages 147-171