The strategic use of translingual resources in Inner Circle academic settings

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2293934
AutoresLupe Rincon‐mendoza (Department of Applied Linguistics The Pennsylvania State University USA), Lupe Rincon-Mendoza (0000-0002-4137-5234, Center for Applied Linguistics, autor de correspondencia), Suresh Canagarajah (0000-0002-1292-2366, Departments of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies The Pennsylvania State University USA)
Año2020
Volumen39
Número2
Páginas286-299
Fecha de publicación2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/weng.12461
OpenAlexW3011146721
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas49

Standardized American English is treated as normative for US academic interactions. However, international scholars use translingual practices effectively to negotiate academic relationships and practices. In a sequential analysis of research group meetings (RGMs), we show the importance of spatial repertoires in stance negotiations to understand how normative English is renegotiated in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) mentoring interactions. The strategic use of spatial repertoires by an international scholar demonstrates the competence he brings for effective stancetaking in academic communication, belying his classification as lacking proficiency in academic English. Our findings highlight the deft negotiations of power through the scholar's orientations towards verbal and semiotic resources in interpersonal stances. We show that regardless of institutional hierarchies, positions taken by senior and novice scholars reflect the fluidity in knowledge and expertise in STEM. The use of spatial repertoires mediates the negotiation of these relationships and language norms

Competence (human resources · Interpersonal communication · Negotiation · Normative · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology