Multilingual Scholars and the Imperative to Publish in English: Negotiating Interests, Demands, and Rewards

Authors: Curry, Mary Jane1; Lillis, Theresa2

Source: TESOL Quarterly, Volume 38, Number 4, 1 December 2004 , pp. 663-688(26)

Publisher: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

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Abstract:

This article examines how multilingual scholars who work outside English-speaking countries negotiate the demand to publish in English alongside their broader academic and publishing interests. Based on our ethnographic study of the academic writing and publishing practices of 16 psychology scholars in Hungary, Slovakia, and Spain, we characterize the range of communities for whom the scholars are writing, drawing on notions of discourse community, community of practice, and speech community. We discuss the differential value attached to publications for different communities and how such value is sustained through the rewards systems in which scholars work. We offer brief profiles of three scholars from the study to illustrate how they negotiate academic and professional interests. We explain implications of the findings to TESOL, particularly for curriculum and pedagogy in English for academic purposes.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: University of Rochester Rochester, New York, United States 2: The Open University Milton Keynes, England

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