English for Specific Purposes Research and Practice in the Past 20 Years (2001-2020) in China: A Literature Review

Autor/inn/en	Xue, Mei; Saffari, Narges; Motevalli, Saeid
Titel	English for Specific Purposes Research and Practice in the Past 20 Years (2001-2020) in China: A Literature Review
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 15 (2022) 8, S.13-22 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Masters Theses; Higher Education; Graduate Students; Foreign Countries; Periodicals; Databases; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Computational Linguistics; Teaching Methods; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Datenbank; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This paper reviews the literature on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research in 15 CSSCI foreign language journals in China's CNKI database over the last two decades. The data have been quantified and visualized with Citespace. This paper analyzes research advances and themes, and then puts forward suggestions based on the current situation of college English teaching in China. The findings reveal that: 1) ESP publications have shown a rising trend during the past 20 years; 2) The study of ESP in academic dissertations is mainly at the MA level; 3) ESP research focuses on such issues as relationships between ESP and college English, academic English, corpus and teaching modes; 4) The dominant method of ESP research in China is non-empirical while more and more empirical studies have emerged since 2011. This study also critically analyzes the research limitations and recommendations of the ESP study. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01