你在说科学吗?你在说科学吗? 方言及其在研究培训中的作用
Jordan Trachtenberg1, Hwa Young Lee1, Cheryl Anderson1
1Cancer Prevention Research Training Program, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
UI journal
|December 23, 2024
概括
使用非标准英语方言的学员在研究环境中比同龄人报告的不适更多. 导师认为这些学员面临的导师挑战更大,这表明语言多样性会影响学术经验.
科学领域:
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 科学沟通科学沟通
背景情况:
- 沟通技巧对于研究人员职业生涯的成功至关重要.
- 非标准的英语变种 (方言/社会学) 对学术研究培训的影响还未得到充分研究.
- 现有的干预措施很少将语言多样性视为障碍.
研究的目的:
- 调查非标准英语种类对学术研究中的科学沟通 (SciComm) 的影响.
- 检查实习生和导师对研究环境中的语言多样性的看法.
- 确定语言的多样性是否是培训员舒适度和感知障碍的重要因素.
主要方法:
- 在4个时间点调查了124个导师/实习生双节.
- 分析了139名英语发言者和16名双语学员的数据,报告了家庭语言的多样性.
- 评估实习生自我报告的舒适度和导师在SciComm.中的感知障碍.
主要成果:
- 与讲标准学术英语 (SAE) 的人相比,来自非标准英语背景的学员在研究环境中感到更大的不适.
- 导师认为,在指导讲非标准语种的学员时,障碍更大,而不论学员的种族或阶级.
- 非标准品种说话者报告的不适程度超过了那些与少数民族或第一代身份认同的人.
结论:
- 语言的多样性显著影响导师与导师的互动和学术研究中的实习生经验.
- 非标准的英语变种可能是一个比种族,种族或第一代身份更敏感的指标.
- 研究结果表明,需要在科学培训中采取应对语言多样性的干预措施,以提高包容性和支持.
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