1 Introduction

Since the 1970s, English has become the dominant language in the global scientific and academic fields, posing challenges to non English speaking countries. Chinese universities offer academic English courses to cultivate graduate students' English thesis writing and academic communication skills. Academic Anglicization involves complex factors such as scientific research actions, knowledge production and dissemination, and academic power, reflecting inequality in knowledge innovation and dissemination. Chinese scholars need to raise awareness of protecting the academic status of the Chinese language. Researchers from non English speaking countries tend to publish their results in English rather than their native language, for reasons such as expanding the international readership, increasing academic exchange opportunities, and enhancing international recognition. Academic Anglicization also brings negative consequences, such as excluding researchers from peripheral countries, hindering academic development, and declining local language functions. Scholars from non English speaking countries face challenges in international publications, including English proficiency, academic traditions, research topics and paradigms, cross-cultural cultural differences, and communication with editors and reviewers. Chinese researchers have paid insufficient attention to international publication issues, and existing research mainly targets university teachers, humanities and social science scholars, science scholars, doctors, and journal editors. Graduate students are the future force of scientific research, and their language choices, attitudes, and ideologies are of great significance to the academic development and status of the Chinese language in China. This study conducted a questionnaire survey on the views of Chinese science and engineering graduate students on language selection in academic publications, providing reference for the curriculum design, teaching design, language policy formulation, and ideological guidance of academic English in China.

2 Research Design

Introduced the research design aimed at exploring the language attitudes and ideologies of Chinese science and engineering graduate students in international publications. The study considered various factors that affect language choice, such as daily language use, teaching language, and English proficiency. The questionnaire survey is divided into three parts: self-assessment of academic English proficiency and learning methods, opinions on English publication and academic communication, and language ideology in academic publication. The survey targets graduate students from a well-known science and engineering university in China, most of whom have already started studying and attempting to publish internationally. There were a total of 455 valid questionnaires, involving graduate students with different educational backgrounds and professional backgrounds, most of whom started learning English in elementary school.

3 Results and Discussion

Graduate students in science and engineering are generally dissatisfied with their academic English proficiency, especially in speaking and listening, while their reading ability is relatively good. They mainly learn academic English writing through the English courses provided by the school, while also improving through reading English literature and international exchanges. Graduate students believe that the benefits of publishing in English include authority, international communication, and high citation rates, but there are also drawbacks such as excluding researchers from non English speaking countries. The main difficulties they face in English publishing and academic communication are insufficient English proficiency and unfamiliarity with English writing norms. Most graduate students hold a neutral attitude towards the dominant position of English in the field of science, while also hoping to enhance the international status of Chinese and strengthen the diversity of scientific languages. When choosing the language of publication, they tend to prefer using their native Chinese, but there is also a certain proportion of graduate students who are willing to publish in English, especially doctoral students.

4 Conclusion and Suggestions

Chinese graduate students in science and engineering lack confidence in their academic English proficiency and mainly learn through school English courses. They value the international recognition and dissemination of English journals, have a critical awareness of academic Anglicization, but attribute publishing difficulties to their own English proficiency. In terms of linguistic ideology, they recognize the scientific lingua franca status of English, while holding a critical attitude towards English hegemony, hoping to enhance the academic status of Chinese. Students hold a positive attitude towards the academic English courses and resources provided by the school. Suggest that universities optimize academic English teaching, increase relevant course content, and improve graduate students' English communication skills. Libraries and training departments should also provide support, such as English literature and opportunities for international exchange. English teaching should encourage students to express themselves confidently and enhance their critical understanding. At the policy level, English publications should be encouraged, while supporting Chinese academic papers to enhance the international academic status of the Chinese language. Graduate students have a strong desire to publish papers in their native language, indicating the prosperous development of the Chinese academic community.