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Exploring Taiwanese EFL Graduate Students Learning Academic Writing Hsieh, Ming-Hung; Chuang, Hsueh-Hua
IJET (Indonesian Journal of English Teaching) Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022): July
Publisher : Department of English Language Education, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/ijet2.2022.11.1.69-80

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Much has been done to explore the successful tips for scholarly publication in higher education, and has revealed the challenges facing periphery scholars; few studies, however, discussed the enculturation of learning how to write their theses in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts from graduate students’ standpoints. This study aims to bridge the gaps in the extant literature on academic writing and yield insights into how research space is created by graduate students from the perspective of community of practice (CoP). In particular, this paper addressed what graduate students might encounter in terms of graduate students’ beliefs and attitudes toward academic writing and their multidimensional engagement in the academic community. Four graduate students were involved in the study via homogeneous sampling from four universities in Taiwan. To obtain rich data, semi-structured interviews were adopted, audio-recorded, transcribed, and re-constructed. The results highlighted graduate students’ needs for systematic training of research paper writing. The participants believe that they may benefit more from thorough academic training, whereas they found their academic writing training and writing proficiency insufficient. This study concludes with pedagogical implications for rigorous course design and training for English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing professionals to improve the quality of EFL academic writing.
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF NATIONAL POLICIES ON INDONESIAN AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES’ RESEARCH PERFORMANCE Rodliyah, Iis Nur; Chuang, Hsueh-Hua
Erudio Journal of Educational Innovation Vol 10, No 2 (2023): Erudio Journal of Educational Innovation
Publisher : Faculty of Administrative Science, Universitas Brawijaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10464868

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This qualitative study aimed to examine the potential impact of policies granting Indonesian top universities with special autonomy status called as Legal Entity State University, or Perguruan Tinggi Negeri Badan Hukum (PTN-BH), on their research performance. This study involved an analysis of eight national policy documents related to PTN-BH or autonomous universities, which were retrieved from a trusted government regulation database webpage. All the data were collected from existing documents, making this research a document study, with data interpretation conducted through content analysis. The findings reveal that the regulations on the requirements and procedures for PTN-BH status, as well as the policy on the funding types and schemes, have contributed to the research performance disparities between universities that were granted PTN-BH status at different points in time. The updated regulations have lowered and simplified the requirements and procedures for obtaining PTN-BH status, allowing universities with lower initial performance to apply.  Universities’ ability to comply with the funding policy of self-generating income, matching-fund, and performance-based funding system also influence the universities’ budgeting allocation, including for research activity. Lastly, the regulation on giving autonomy to universities in deciding their top managerial structure leading to various designations in assigning   a vice-rector to manage the research affairs is also a significant factor in the university’s research performance.