Abstract

REYES RINCON, Javier; GOMEZ MEDINA, Juliana  and  MEJIA LAGUNA, Jorge Andrés. State of research in ELE during the last two decades (2002-2023). Leng. [online]. 2024, vol.52, n.2, suppl.1, e30013566.  Epub Oct 31, 2024. ISSN 0120-3479.  https://doi.org/10.25100/lenguaje.v52i2s.13566.

The field of Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL) has experienced significant growth in the last two decades. Although this growth has been reflected in research products such as articles published in academic journals, there are no comprehensive studies that account for the state of the art in this discipline. In the present study, 1110 articles published in academic journals between 2000 and 2023 were organized in a Knowledge Organization System and then analyzed through the Vantage Point software tool in order to map the state of research in SFL. Its chronological development, thematic axes, and its places of production of knowledge were analyzed. The results show that the development of SFL has been mainly due to studies and publications in Spain, with a strong preference for reporting classroom experiences and case studies. This research is presented as a framework to not only understand the evolution and dynamics of the academic production in SFL but, perhaps more importantly, to reflect on and consider future areas of research that meet local and international research needs and interests of this field.

Keywords : foreign language teaching; knowledge organization systems; research in foreign languages; Spanish as a foreign language (SFL); state of the art.

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