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T1 Identifying Spanish researchers’ needs for training in English for Research Publication Purposes: Methodological aspects of a large-scale online survey
A1 Moreno Fernández, Ana Isabel
A1 Rey-Rocha, Jesús
A1 Burgess, Sally
A1 López-Navarro, Irene
A1 Sachdev, Itesh
A2 Filologia Inglesa
K1 Educación
K1 Lengua inglesa
K1 Needs analysis in ELT
K1 Academic Writing
K1 Motivations
K1 Attitudes
K1 Feelings
K1 Writing difficulties
K1 Writing strategies
K1 Learning modes and preferences
K1 Previous writing experiences
K1 Proficiency level writing in GE
K1 Proficiency Level Writing in EAP
K1 Training needs vis-à-vis ERPP
AB This paper mainly aims to report on the survey method employed in Phase 1 of the ENEIDA project to fulfil the following aims: a) locating thoseresearchers at the five institutions participating in the project who mightbe interested in receiving ERPP training and in collaborating in subsequentphases of the project; b) identifying their specific needs vis-à-vis ERPP;and c) providing a context for future studies of Spanish-Englishintercultural rhetoric for research publication purposes. The paper also offers an overall characterisation of the informants to our survey, discusses some of the results to assess the relevance and viability of further phases of the project, and evaluates the database thus created. 24 researchers were first interviewed in-depth from one research-only institution and two universities. Interview responses were then used to design a structured questionnaire comprising thirty-seven questions related to both English and Spanish for research publication purposes. The questionnaire was piloted with 200 researchers selected from the total population of staff with doctorates (8,794) at the three institutions mentioned above, plus another two universities. The questionnaire was then sent out to the total population, yielding responses from 1717 researchers, which are kept in the ENEIDA Database. The findings suggest high levels of interest in ERPP amongst participants in that not only were 64% of respondents interested in future ERPP training, but also in that 96% of them were willing to receive information about how to participate in subsequent phases of the project. It is hoped that the information contained in the ENEIDA Database will allow us to: a) carry out precise needs analyses of specific groups of informants (e.g. according to specific disciplines); b) carry out in-depth studies of how relevant factors affect writing for research publication purposes of Spanish researchers, and c) design multiple case studies of their difficulties writing for research publication purposes grounded in sound research
YR 2012
FD 2012-07-25
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/1823
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/1823
NO 2nd International PRISEAL Conference: Publishing and Presenting Research Internationally: Issues for Speakers of English as an Additional Language. The University of Silesia, Sosnowiec/Katowice, Poland, 9-11 June 2011.
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 27-abr-2024