A Review and Prospect of Research on English Vocabulary Teaching in China-Based on Statistical Analysis of Three Categories of High-Quality Journals Over 31 Years

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2023 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 10 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2023

Authors : Chen Huangjin, Cai Lingling

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I3P105

How to Cite?

Chen Huangjin, Cai Lingling, "A Review and Prospect of Research on English Vocabulary Teaching in China-Based on Statistical Analysis of Three Categories of High-Quality Journals Over 31 Years," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 10,  no. 3, pp. 27-34, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V10I3P105

Abstract:

The study is based on the statistical analysis of research articles on English vocabulary teaching in three highquality journal categories that include Chinese core journals, CSSCI, and CSCD from 1992 to 2023. The research tools include Citespace 6.2. R2 and visual analysis function provided by CNKI. The overall situation and trends of this field are presented by analyzing the number of publications, journal authors, research institutions, keywords, and research methods. The results show that: 1. Domestic research on English vocabulary teaching can be roughly divided into three stages: a slowgrowth stage, a rapid-growth stage, and a steady-growth stage. 2. There exists cooperation among the main authors, but the cooperation among most authors is not close enough. 3. Higher education institutions are the main force in the research, especially non-foreign language colleges and universities, with a small number of secondary schools participating. 4. "English vocabulary learning strategies" is a core research hotspot. 5. It is a major trend to integrate modern informationbased technologies(like corpora) with foreign language vocabulary in the future.

Keywords:

Citespace, CNKI, English vocabularies, Teaching, Visualization analysis.

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