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: Received: 28 November 2019 / Approved: 30 November 2019 / Online: 30 November 2019 (04:41:57 CET)
How to cite:
Albiladi, W. Research in TESOL: An Investigation of Trends and Types of Research over the Last Ten Years. Preprints2019, 2019110380. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0380.v1.
Albiladi, W. Research in TESOL: An Investigation of Trends and Types of Research over the Last Ten Years. Preprints 2019, 2019110380. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0380.v1.
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Albiladi, W. Research in TESOL: An Investigation of Trends and Types of Research over the Last Ten Years. Preprints2019, 2019110380. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0380.v1.
Albiladi, W. Research in TESOL: An Investigation of Trends and Types of Research over the Last Ten Years. Preprints 2019, 2019110380. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0380.v1.
Abstract
This paper provides a systematic review of the research around teaching English as a second or foreign language over the last ten years. The review aims to help second and foreign language researchers to recognize the trends that have impacted English teaching and learning research. More than 400 articles from four leading journals (TESOL Journal, TESOL Quarterly, ELT Journal, and Second Language Research) were reviewed to examine the trends and method that were used. The findings suggested that the research interests in the TESOL field have changed as many topics and trends have risen based on students’ academic and social needs. Topics such as teaching methodology, digital literacy, and using technology to teach English have dominated the research during the last decade.
Keywords
TESOL; English teaching; ESL; EFL; teaching methodology research interests
Subject
ARTS & HUMANITIES, Linguistics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
