Statistical Analysis and Introspection on Research Situation of Foreign Language Teaching in China under CALL Environment

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the development of CALL research in the past 11 years (2007-2018). Based on the previous studies published in the most influential eight foreign language teaching journals in China, a statistical analysis is made on the collected research and features and tendencies of CALL research are explored and summarized based on the comparison results of Na Min's research(which also gives a statistical analysis on CALL research published in 1995-2006 with the same collected range).The paper concludes that the past seven years sees a sharp drop of research in CALL. With respect to research areas, the following five are identified: the theoretical discussions relevant to CALL, the classroom practice of CALL, the positioning of teachers and students in CALL, the computer-assisted language testing and the development of computer technologies and software. Finally, the conclusions along with some suggestions for further improvements are raised.