Visual Analysis of Online English Learning Engagement

Abstract

Learning engagement refers to learners’ active participation in classroom learning activities or involvement in learning (Guo Jidong, 2018), which has been a research hotspot in the field of education. With the development and application of the new classroom model, the research on online English learning engagement has attracted more and more attention in recent years. By using bibliometric analysis software CiteSpace and UCINET, this study visualized 553 papers related to online English learning engagement included in the core collection of Web of Science from 2017 to 2021 and drew keyword co-occurrence maps and thematic/keyword clustering maps of highly cited literature. To summarize the status quo of relevant international research. The results show that international online English learning engagement research focuses on the comparative analysis of the influence of online teaching mode and traditional teaching on learning engagement, the choice of teacher’s strategy and assessment, and the changes in learners’ emotional and cognitive levels in online learning. The study suggests that educators should adjust their teaching strategies in time, and pay attention to the positive changes in learners’ emotions and the improvement of their cognitive ability, to improve learners’ online English learning engagement and promote English learning.