Merrill Swain
Merrill Swain publishes mostly in Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language, on topics such as Second Language Learning and Teaching, Multilingual Education and Policy and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning.
- World rank
- #14,967 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in Canada
- #395 of 38,960
- Works
- 45
- Citations
- 627
- Citations per work
- 13.9
What does Merrill Swain research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Literature and Literary Theory25% of their works
- 2Language and Linguistics25% of their works
- 3Linguistics and Language22% of their works
- 4Education8% of their works
- 5Developmental and Educational Psychology8% of their works
- 6Cultural Studies5% of their works
Research topics
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
Which keywords describe Merrill Swain's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Language Policy, Multilingualism, CLIL, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Sociolinguistics, Language Teaching, Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy and Translanguaging.
- Self-Regulation
- Educational Psychology
- Discourse Analysis
- Saussure
- Linguistic Borrowing
- Second Language Acquisition
- Translanguaging
- Language Teaching
- Content and Language Integrated Learning
- Multilingualism
- Language Policy
- CLIL
- Sociolinguistics
- Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy
- Corrective Feedback
- Language Contact
- Linguistic Historiography
- Academic Writing
- Dynamic Assessment
- Metacognition
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 20 words, with their numbers
- Language Policy162 topics
- Multilingualism162 topics
- CLIL91 topic
- Content and Language Integrated Learning91 topic
- Sociolinguistics92 topics
- Language Teaching82 topics
- Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy71 topic
- Translanguaging71 topic
- Corrective Feedback61 topic
- Second Language Acquisition61 topic
- Language Contact21 topic
- Linguistic Borrowing21 topic
- Linguistic Historiography21 topic
- Saussure21 topic
- Academic Writing11 topic
- Discourse Analysis11 topic
- Dynamic Assessment11 topic
- Educational Psychology11 topic
- Metacognition11 topic
- Self-Regulation11 topic
Where does Merrill Swain work?
Merrill Swain's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for Christian Studies, Canada.
How many publications and citations does Merrill Swain have?
Science Explorer counts 45 works and 627 citations for Merrill Swain, ranking #14,967 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
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