ESP研究国际动态及其可视化分析——基于科学知识图谱可视化软件Citespace的实证分析

Analysis of Visualization in the International Research Trend of English for Specific Purposes——An Empirical analysis based on visualization software Citespace

国际ESP研究(1992-2016)呈现出多领域、多视角、跨学科、多理论和多主体性等特点,其研究重心也经历了由ESP词汇、语法、修辞向ESP体裁、语用研究方向的变迁。近年研究热点主要集中在学术写作研究、基于语料库的ESP研究、基于科学需求分析的教学法研究、多语种研究、语言政策研究和机构语言研究等领域。ESP研究国际动态及其可视化分析旨在有效推进专门用途英语教学及研究,为国际化专业人才培训提供参考借鉴。

From the visualization analysis on international research of English for Specific Purposes which ranged from 1992 to 2016,we can find that the feature of international research of English for Specific Purposes are multi-field,multi-perspective,interdisciplinary,multi-theory and multi-subjects.Its research focus has undergone the shift from the study of ESP word,grammar,rhetoric to its genre and pragmatics.In recent years,ESP research hotspots mainly stay on the area of academic writing,corpus-based ESP,science demands based pedagogy,multilingualism,language policies and institution language study.This research aims at providing useful references for ESP teaching and Research home and abroad and brings great benefits on training of talented international professionals.