Analyzing Research Tendencies of ELT Researchers and Trajectory of English Language Teaching and Learning in the last Five Years
Journal Title: International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Owing to new advances in language teaching methodologies and integration of high technology tools as well as web applications, much scientific research has been recently published on English language teaching (ELT) and learning (ELL). Yet it is still a significant question to investigate exactly what types of research topics are mostly studied among the researchers from different countries. The current research aimed at finding out the most frequent research contexts and topics in the last five years through analyzing research papers published in leading academic journals in the field, and compare tendencies of the researchers from different institutions and countries in terms of selecting their research context and topics, and to figure out the trajectory for future studies. In this study researchers used a corpus-based detection methodology composed of storing variable data in .txt files and analyzing variables over the concordancer. The corpus-based data from the variables were analyzed by means of a statistical software, known as JASP in order to clear out potential differences among the researchers. A short analysis of the data indicated that the researchers still focus on the key words such as explicit learning and knowledge, implicit learning and knowledge as well as age and bilingualism. It was also observed that meta-analysis is an important topic in the studies conducted lately. Further results of the study could be beneficial for all followers including researchers and learners inside and outside ELT and help people focus on less frequently studied contexts and topics.
Authors and Affiliations
Erdal Ayan, Elif Demirel
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