Linguistic skills in the academic field Profiles of acquisition, assessment and use of English by scientific researchers in Argentina<sup/>

Gallardo, Osvaldo

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Article • Tempo soc. 34 (03) • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2022.200076 copy

Linguistic skills in the academic field Profiles of acquisition, assessment and use of English by scientific researchers in Argentina¹ 1 This article is based on results of author’s phd thesis (“Una mirada relacional sobre el Conicet. Internacionalización, capital idiomático y cultura evaluativa en el campo científico-universitario argentino, 2003-2015”), approved in September 2019 in the Latin American Social Studies Program of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. For this article, funding was provided by Conicet doctoral grant and additional research projects: Neies-Mercosur Educativo 03/15; “Gender asymmetries in academic publishing and its impact in career-building (Argentina-Brazil)”, The Women and Science Chair, a Paris Dauphine-psl University Chair and its Foundation, en asociación con Fondation l’Oréal, La Poste, Generali France, Safran y Talan.

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss the process of acquisition and use of English by scientific researchers whose mother language is Spanish. The data has been generated by both a survey (N = 2.390) and analysis of curriculum vitae (N = 4.638) of researchers at Conicet (Argentina). Different English learning profiles have been identified indicating there is a connection between the acquisition trajectory and the social origin of researchers. However, the academic use of the language is highly determined by the field in which it is applied. Researchers of all scientific areas have advanced capacities in English. But these capacities are mostly applied by stem researchers, particularly the writing skill.

Keywords:
Linguistic skills; English learning; Conicet researchers (Argentina).

Scientific Field	Survey	Conicet Researchers
Biological and Health Sciences	29	30
Social and Humanities Sciences	25	22
Agricultural and Engineering Sciences	21	25
Exact and Natural Sciences	25	23
Total	100	100

Gender	Survey	Conicet Researchers
Female	55	53
Male	45	47
Total	100	100

Language	Cases	%
English	4573	98,6%
French	1761	38%
Portuguese	1121	24%
Italian	1017	22%
German	713	15%
Other	235	5%
Dead languages	91	2%

Languages	BHS	EAS	NES	SSH
1	48%	44%	36%	19%
2	34%	34%	38%	29%
Subtotal 1+2	82%	78%	74%	48%
3	13%	15%	17,5%	29%
4	4.4%	5%	6.5%	15%
5	0.5%	1.5%	1.6%	6%
6 to 9	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%	2%
Total	100%	100%	100%	10%

Indicator	Language	EAS	BHS	NES	SSH
States skills in the language	English	99.5%	99.3%	99.5%	97.7%
	French	31%	30%	35%	60%
	Portuguese	21%	17%	18%	45%
	German	12%	11%	21%	19%
	Italian	21%	15%	23%	30%
At least passing one international exam	English	15%	18%	12%	16%
	French	4.2%	4,3%	2.6%	3.5%
	Portuguese	1.3%	1,6%	-	1.1%
	German	15%	17%	10%	13%
	Italian	1.7%	1,3%	0.4%	0.3%

Language	Cases	Reading Comprehension	Listening Skills	Speaking Skills	Writing Skills
Portuguese	1350	92%	76%	37%	18%
French	1175	94%	60%	45%	67%
Italian	571	94%	88%	66%	35%
German	490	81%	60%	52%	33%

Reason	Post-Graduate	Higher	Secondary	Primary
Family demand	46%	40%	29%	22%
Primary school education	16%	11%	11%	5%
Secondary school education	29%	22%	21%	17%
Graduate studies	20%	21%	27%	29%
Post-graduate studies	26%	29%	33%	38%
Contact with peers	29%	31%	28%	36%
Bibliography reading	38%	45%	49%	56%
Writing of publications	34%	39%	43%	47%
Mobility goals	28%	28%	28%	34%
Personal reasons	54%	53%	53%	51%

Dimensions of the Academic Tasks	Individual Trajectory csh	Individual Trajectory stem	Discipline of Performance csh	Discipline of Performance stem
Bibliography and background reading	83%	94%	66%	91%
Communication with peers abroad	56%	80%	57%	87%
Publishing in Argentina	12%	21%	9%	19%
Publishing abroad	61%	96%	55%	89%

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This article is based on results of author’s phd thesis (“Una mirada relacional sobre el Conicet. Internacionalización, capital idiomático y cultura evaluativa en el campo científico-universitario argentino, 2003-2015”), approved in September 2019 in the Latin American Social Studies Program of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. For this article, funding was provided by Conicet doctoral grant and additional research projects: Neies-Mercosur Educativo 03/15; “Gender asymmetries in academic publishing and its impact in career-building (Argentina-Brazil)”, The Women and Science Chair, a Paris Dauphine-psl University Chair and its Foundation, en asociación con Fondation l’Oréal, La Poste, Generali France, Safran y Talan.