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Language Teaching Research

Language Teaching Research is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Language Teaching Research rather than just read about it. In short: Language Teaching Research is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research within the area of second or foreign language teaching. Although articles are written in English, the journal welcomes studies dealing with the teaching of languages other than English as well.

Key takeaways

Language Teaching Research belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Language Teaching Research to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Language Teaching Research from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Language Teaching Research is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research within the area of second or foreign language teaching. Although articles are written in English, the journal welcomes studies dealing with the teaching of languages other than English as well. The journal's editors-in-Chief are Hossein Nassaji (University of Victoria) and María del Pilar García Mayo (University of the Basque Country). The journal was established in 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications. The journal is a venue for studies that demonstrate sound research methods and which report findings that have clear pedagogical implications. A wide range of topics in the area of language teaching is covered, including:Programme Syllabus Materials design Methodology The teaching of specific skills and language for specific purposes

Abstracting and indexing Language Teaching Research is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2022 impact factor is 3.401, ranking it 21 out of 194 journals in the category "Linguistics", its 5-year impact is 4.815, ranking it 12 out of 194 in the category "Linguistics" and 73 out of 267 journals in the category "Education & Educational Research". The journal is abstracted and indexed by:

Academic Search Premier Contents Pages in Education Current Index to Journals in Education Educational Research Abstracts Online - e-Psyche IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences Language Teaching Linguistics Abstracts Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts MLA Abstracts of Articles in Scholarly Journals MLA International Bibliography Social Science Abstracts Sociological Abstracts

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Language Teaching Research

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Language Teaching Research claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Language Teaching Research before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Language Teaching Research ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Language Teaching Research

In research: Language Teaching Research appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Language Teaching Research in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Language Teaching Research is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1997, Education journal stubs, English-language journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Language Teaching Research outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Language Teaching Research in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Language Teaching Research means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Language Teaching Research out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Language Teaching Research in simple terms?

Why does Language Teaching Research matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Language Teaching Research?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Language Teaching Research.