Review and Prospect of English Activity-based Approach in China (2018-2022)

Abstract

Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, this paper collects the literature on English activity-based approach published in 15 Chinese educational journals from 2018-2022, and has a review from four dimensions: development trend, research object, research content and research methods. The results show that: the number of studies is generally on an upward trend; the research objects are concentrated at the high school level, followed by middle school and the least at elementary school; the main contents of studies include conceptual research and design philosophy at the macro level, lesson design research, teaching strategies and literacy development at the micro level; the research methods are mainly non-empirical studies, and the empirical studies are mainly qualitative studies. This paper then analyzes the problems of the existing research and presents an outlook on the future development of English learning activity perspective research.