Two types of strategies used by Japanese scientists, when writing research articles in English

• Published in: System (Linköping) Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 68 - 79
• Main Author: Okamura, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Academic Language; English; English as a Second Language Learning; English for Special Purposes; Interviews; Japan; Japanese; Japanese researchers; Learning Strategies; Limited English Proficiency; Non English Speaking; Nonnative Speakers; Questionnaires; Researchers; Scientific research articles; Scientists; Writing and learning strategies; Writing Processes; Writing Research; Writing Strategies; Scientific research articles; Writing and learning strategies; Japanese researchers

In investigations of the second-language writing process the aim of interviews and questionnaires has often been to find shared difficulties among them. However, in practice some writers are more successful than others. The aim of this study is to examine how some writers succeed in mastering scient...