EL1 and EL2 doctoral students’ experience in writing the discussion section: A needs analysis

This article reports on a micro-level needs analysis of thesis discussion writing. An anonymised digital survey collected information from 295 doctoral candidates about their self-defined learning needs for thesis discussion writing. Participant variables include English language background (English First Language (EL1) speakers and English as an Additional or Second Language (EL2) speakers), discipline (Hard pure & Soft pure, Engineering, and...