
ALT Tatsuya in front of a slide showing a runners race track titled “Language barriers to the generation of evidence by non-native speakers” Text reads :50% of non-native English speakers often decide not to give an oral presentation; 30% of non-native English speakers often decide not to attend a conference; Presentation Need 94% more time to prepare and practice; Paper revision Frequency of language related revision is 12.5 times higher; Non-native Ask someone to edit their English for 75% or more of their papers; Values are for those with one publication Reading Need 91% more time to read a paper; Writing Need 51% more time to write a paper; Paper rejection Frequency of language related rejection is 2.6 times higher Amano et al (2023) PLOS Biology





































