Reading Process as First Stage of the Publication Industry: Have Tunisian Novice Researchers Acquired the Appropriate Reading Skills to do a Good Literature Review

Chokri Smaoui; Elhoucine Essefi

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Reading Process as First Stage of the Publication Industry: Have Tunisian Novice Researchers Acquired the Appropriate Reading Skills to do a Good Literature Review

Chokri Smaoui, Elhoucine Essefi

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 23 September 2014 Accepted: 23 October 2014 Published: 27 January 2015

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This works predicted, by studying the deep rooted reasons behind difficulties of Tunisian novice researchers with efficient reading of the scientific genre, that difficulties are rooted in their educational system. It simulates the line of thinking of the strong version of the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH). The common point between the method of this work and the strong version of the CAH lies in using a predictive approach. By confusing its social and scientific status, this system neglected the importance of English in scientific communication. Furthermore, the weak programs and unskilled teachers in terms of scientific genre deepened these difficulties. Consequently, this study based on Contrastive Linguistics foresaw that Tunisian novice researchers are more than likely to fail doing the first and vital stage of the publication industry: the literature review.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20150301.14
Page(s)	22-26
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Publication Industry, Language Acquisition (LA), Contrastive Linguistics, Scientific Discourse, Scientific Status, Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH), Scientific Genre, Educational System, Social Status

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Chokri Smaoui

RU: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. Faculty of Letters and Humanities of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Elhoucine Essefi

National Engineering School of Sfax, Road of Soukra, km 4 Zipcode3038, Sfax, Tunisia

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