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<p class="MsoNormal">As I wrote to Francis, I happened to download this article yesterday for an article Theresa Lillis and I are working on about multilingualism in academic publishing—the opening, unsubstantiated claim is actually incorrect … but represents
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<i>An A-W of academic literacy: Key concepts and practices for graduate students</i>. University of Michigan Press, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Edling <edling-bounces@lists.mail.umbc.edu> on behalf of Margaret van Naerssen via Edling <edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Educational Linguistics List <edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 1:47 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Educational Linguistics List <edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Margaret van Naerssen <margaret.vannaerssen@gmail.com>, "Francis M. Hult" <fmhult@umbc.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXT] Re: [Edling] English is the language of science — but precision is tough as a non-native speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The importance of scientists being able to express themselves effectively in English<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">is not a new concern. The field of English for Specific Purposes began with the need<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">for scientists and science students who needed to access scientific journal written in<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and for them to be able to contribute to such journals--and eventually attend conferences<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">in their fields. I have worked in this area for many years and published articles in this area.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, I wasn't able to access the Nature article that was posted on Edling as the journal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">required cookies for access--and I was not willing to open up my computer to having cookies attached<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">just to see the article--Especially since the article sounds like it is introducing new ideas about <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">the long-known importance of English in science and technology. But perhaps I'm wrong--I would<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">be interested in the article.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A number of applied linguists have written in this area. Here is information about one online Overview.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the Professional Communities in TESOL International is the English for Specific Purposes <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interest Section. Its home page is under <b>MyTESOL</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__my.tesol.org_communities_community-2Dhome-3FCommunityKey-3D4be1f546-2D1b6a-2D46f0-2D8070-2D74576e6704cb&d=DwMFaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=_rMj7-Pgoc9IWqUnTVAZ6aLZ1r8V9PaRLjSW-DQVx4E&m=NaurDYEXoeTTBs5exVjUxuon7viisMPciBgmf-58w-s&s=qOBvij2X5Hy1bftzyKzSUmD-UeIuN7nfU1pmpvOFedA&e=">https://my.tesol.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=4be1f546-1b6a-46f0-8070-74576e6704cb</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Under the Statement of Purpose is a link to a Power Point developed by some ESP IS members.<span style="font-size:13.5pt">: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">English for Specific Purposes: An Overview for Practitioners and Clie</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">nts<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kevin Knight, Anne E. Lomperis, Margaret van Naerssen, and Kay Westerfield). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Margaret van Naerssen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">from 12 - 14 April. During that period MyTESOL will not be accessible. But i hope you will check</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 6:37 AM Francis M. Hult via Edling <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" target="_blank">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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English is the language of science — but precision is tough as a non-native speaker<br>
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English is the international language of science, for better or for worse, but most of the world’s scientists speak it as a second language. We shoulder an extra career challenge: not only must we gain command of our science, but we must also be able to write
to professional standards in a foreign language to communicate that science.<br>
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Full story:<br>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nature.com_articles_d41586-2D021-2D00899-2Dy&d=DwMFaQ&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=_rMj7-Pgoc9IWqUnTVAZ6aLZ1r8V9PaRLjSW-DQVx4E&m=NaurDYEXoeTTBs5exVjUxuon7viisMPciBgmf-58w-s&s=7clWJoVTFMwSS37W_e44G2uNDB84K2KzSHspgDbrJLk&e=" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00899-y</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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