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Chen, Ruihua; Gong, Yafu; Liu, Yanghe; Cheng, Wen – SAGE Open, 2023
This systematic review aims to identify the research trend and gap of strategy-based instruction research in second or foreign language domain from 2000 to 2021. The study involves both bibliometric and content analysis. To gain an overall understanding of the research on strategy-based instruction, this study employs keywords co-occurrence…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content Analysis
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Hengwen Yang; Xiufeng Zhang – SAGE Open, 2024
This paper explores the understanding and application of epicene pronouns in English among Chinese EFL learners. Thirty-three Chinese college students took part in a questionnaire to gauge their perceptions and usage of English epicene pronouns. A content analysis of 10 English grammar textbooks was also undertaken to discover current vernacular…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
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Hanbing Xue; Weishan Liu – SAGE Open, 2025
The application of natural language processing (NLP) technology in the field of education has attracted considerable attention. This study takes 716 articles from the Web of Science database from 1998 to 2023 as its research sample. Using bibliometrics as the theoretical foundation, and employing methods such as literature review and knowledge…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Natural Language Processing, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Trends
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Reynolds, Barry Lee; Liu, Sylvia; Milosavljevic, Maja; Ding, Chen; McDonald, Jennifer – SAGE Open, 2021
Research on the beliefs of pre-service and in-service English teachers at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels has provided useful knowledge to teacher education curriculum designers. However, the beliefs of pre-service pre-primary English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers have not been addressed. Thus, a case study was conducted in one…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wang, Xiaoli; Jiang, Lianjiang; Fang, Fan; Elyas, Tariq – SAGE Open, 2021
The concept of intercultural communication has become a focus in English language teaching (ELT) against the backdrop of globalization, as English is now used as a lingua franca (ELF) among people with different first languages (L1s). However, the current linguistic landscape of ELF does not reflect well in ELT practices in which native speakerism…
Descriptors: Language Role, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Meihami, Hussein; Khanlarzadeh, Mobin – SAGE Open, 2015
This study is an attempt to explore the frequency of pragmatic content occurrence represented as three speech acts of requesting, refusing, and apologizing in global and local English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks. Three global elementary ELT textbooks, namely "Interchange, Top Notch," and "American English File" along with…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction