Visualizing the ICT-Assisted Flipped Pedagogical Approach in EFL Education

Abstract

It is necessary to systematically review the literature since the information and communication technology (ICT) assisted flipped pedagogical approach in English education has been increasingly popular. By way of visualization through CiteSpace and other qualitative research methods, we arrived at the conclusion that most of the studies support the ICT-assisted flipped pedagogical approach in EFL education although there are still some different findings. The flipped classroom pedagogy in EFL education may bring many advantages to students, teachers, and researchers. Disadvantages of the ICT-assisted flipped pedagogical approach include difficulty in supervising students’ learning activities, organization of in-class academic activities, cautious attitudes, and some negative learning outcomes. We also explored the number of recent publications and citations, co-citation clusters of the cited literature, citation counts, and rankings by bursts, centrality, and sigma. Future research may focus on the interdisciplinary research into the ICT-assisted flipped pedagogical approach.