Abstract
Indonesian lecturers are now encouraged to publish papers in international journals so that they can better disseminate research findings and innovations globally. However, many of them have the problems with English language mastery. This study was aimed at identifying and analyzing language problems of the Indonesian university lecturers in writing English academic papers for international publications. The subjects of the study were 66 randomly selected lecturers of various disciplines other than English Education and English Literature. The data were collected by questionnaire and English writing tasks on phrases, sentences, and paragraphs which were then analyzed descriptively. The results show that language errors and mistakes in grammar, syntax, vocabulary, spelling and word forms were all found in the subjects’ writings. In writing academic papers for international publications, university lecturers faced language problems as constructing phrases and sentences, choosing and using appropriate vocabulary and terms relevant to their topic of study as well as translating their Indonesian sentences into English.
Highlights
Indonesian lecturers are encouraged to be able to write and publish academic and research papers in international journals so that they can disseminate their research findings and innovations globally and be involved in intellectual discourses with lecturers and researchers from other different countries
The first set of data was about the respondents’ perceived language problems of writing scientific papers for international publications which were collected by the questionnaire
Statements of 2 to 5 were meant to investigate the language problems; statements 2 and 5 were about vocabulary problems, statement 3 was about syntax, and statement 4 was about paragraph writing
Summary
Indonesian lecturers are encouraged to be able to write and publish academic and research papers in international journals so that they can disseminate their research findings and innovations globally and be involved in intellectual discourses with lecturers and researchers from other different countries. These global networks, together with strong academic reputation, will collectively increase the nation competitiveness. The government, through the Ministry is very committed to increase the quantity and improve the quality of publications
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