CALL research: Where are we now?
CALL research: Where are we now?
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CALL 研究：我们现在在哪里？
DOI：
10.1017/s0958344020000051
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
J. Gillespie
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作者：
J. Gillespie
本文考虑了计算机辅助语言学习（CALL）研究的现状，通过对三种领先的国际CALL期刊：ReCALL（出版31年），CALICO期刊（出版36年）和计算机辅助语言学习期刊（出版32年）在最近一段时间（2006-2016年）上发表的所有文章进行综合综述。它们被认为具有足够的代表性，从而能够发现广泛的趋势，并确定该部门的优势和劣势。重点是CALL研究的国际影响力、研究主题的范围和研究本身的性质。研究结果表明，国际上参与的国家和研究人员的数量正在增加。研究的主题范围很广，但发表的论文集中在一些热门领域。因此，在大量的CALL主题上发表的文章较少，或者在某些情况下很少进行研究。研究方法严谨，写作严谨，结构严谨，理论严谨，文献意识严谨，结果讨论与呈现严谨，但仍有不足之处。大多数实证研究都是小规模的：基于一个机构，一小群学生，在很短的时间内，很少跟进。在此基础上，提出了扩大和加强CALL研究的建议，包括针对被忽视的战略领域，举办专题期刊和会议，提高研究项目的质量。提出了今后研究的重点领域。
Abstract This article considers the current position of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) research by producing an integrative synthetic overview of all the articles published in three leading international CALL journals: ReCALL (in its 31st year of publication), the CALICO Journal (its 36th) and Computer Assisted Language Learning journal (its 32nd) over a sustained recent period: 2006–2016. They are judged sufficiently representative to enable broad trends to be detected and the sector’s strengths and weaknesses to be identified. The focus is on CALL research’s international reach, the range of topics researched and the nature of the studies themselves. The findings suggest that CALL research is growing internationally in the number of countries and researchers involved. A wide range of topics is researched, but there is a concentration of papers published on a cluster of popular areas. Consequently, fewer articles are published on a large number of CALL topics or, in some cases, rarely studied. The research methods employed are rigorous: in writing, structure, theory, literature awareness, and discussion and presentation of results, yet there are still weaknesses. Most empirical studies are small scale: based on one institution, a small cohort of students, over a short period of time and seldom followed up. Based on these findings, suggestions are made with a view to broadening and strengthening CALL research through targeting neglected strategic areas with special journal issues and conferences, and improving the quality of research projects. Key areas for future research are proposed.