Scientific writing assistance for non-native speakers of English: shifting right on the interactivity spectrum

espanolEn el presente articulo se analizan los mecanismos que permiten a los cientificos cuya lengua madre no es el ingles publicar sus trabajos de investigacion a pesar de las dificultades linguisticas y de procedimiento con las que suelen enfrentarse. En particular, se revisan los recursos y herramientas disponibles para lograr dicho objetivo y se senalan ciertas condiciones que deberian cumplirse para facilitar el acceso de estos investigadores al restringido mundo de las publicaciones en ingles. Por ultimo, se ofrece una descripcion de como el grado de interactividad en relacion con el uso de las herramientas existentes ha ido aumentando progresivamente. EnglishThis paper investigates the issue of how non-native speaking (NNS) scientists manage to get their work published despite the linguistic and procedural difficulties that they face, and in particular, looks at the means and tools available to do this. The authors pinpoint certain conditions that could be met in order to allow NNS scientists easier access to the “gate-kept” world of publishing in English. Finally, they describe how available tools to help such authors have progressively shifted right on the interactivity spectrum

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