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French Language Learning Methods

French Language Learning Methods is a research topic within Linguistics and Language. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 10.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to multilingual language education, intercultural communication, migration, and integration. It explores pedagogical strategies, cultural diversity, learning technologies, and social justice in the context of language education. The papers also delve into the challenges and opportunities of multilingualism, as well as the impact of migration on language acquisition and educational practices.

  • Language Education
  • Multilingualism
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Migration and Integration
  • Didactics
  • Pedagogy
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Learning Strategies
  • Educational Technology
  • Social Justice
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
French Language Learning Methods

Which countries lead French Language Learning Methods research?

By volume, France and Canada publish the most (1.8k and 207 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 1.8k works
  2. 2 Canada 207 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 119 works
  4. 4 Belgium 116 works
  5. 5 ?? 107 works
  6. 6 Brazil 86 works
  7. 7 Algeria 82 works
  8. 8 Spain 69 works
  9. 9 United States 68 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 43 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

France: 66.9%Canada: 7.6%Switzerland: 4.4%Belgium: 4.3%6 others listed: 16.8%67%largest
France1,811 · 66.9%Canada207 · 7.6%Switzerland119 · 4.4%Belgium116 · 4.3%6 others listed456 · 16.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead French Language Learning Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most French Language Learning Methods research, followed by Université de Lyon and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 475 works
  2. 2 Université de LyonFrance 69 works
  3. 3 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance 62 works
  4. 4 Université de LorraineFrance 60 works
  5. 5 Nantes UniversitéFrance 57 works
  6. 6 CY Cergy Paris UniversitéFrance 54 works
  7. 7 Université Paul-Valéry MontpellierFrance 49 works
  8. 8 Université Paris CitéFrance 47 works
  9. 9 University of MonsBelgium 45 works
  10. 10 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in French Language Learning Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on French Language Learning Methods include Richard M. Ryan, Pierre Bourdıeu and Jean‐Louis Vincent.

  1. 1 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  3. 3 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in French Language Learning Methods?

The most cited paper in French Language Learning Methods is "Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together" (Merrill Swain, Sharon Lapkin, 1998), with 1,584 citations. Next come "Activity types and language" (1,111) and "Learning Mathematics in a CAS Environment: The Genesis of a Reflection about Instrumentation and the Dialectics between Technical and Conceptual Work" (827).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together Merrill Swain, Sharon Lapkin · Modern Language Journal Sep 1998 1,584
2 Activity types and language Stephen C. Levinson · Linguistics Open access 1979 1,111
3 Learning Mathematics in a CAS Environment: The Genesis of a Reflection about Instrumentation and the Dialectics between Technical and Conceptual Work Michèle Artigue · International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning Open access Oct 2002 827
4 Une base de données lexicales du français contemporain sur internet : LEXIQUE™//A lexical database for contemporary french : LEXIQUE™ Boris New, C. Pallier, Ludovic Ferrand et al. · L’Année psychologique 2001 806
5 The Output Hypothesis: Just Speaking and Writing Aren't Enough Merrill Swain · Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes Oct 1993 725
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Where is French Language Learning Methods research done?

The largest centres of French Language Learning Methods research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Toulouse (France), Montpellier (France) and Lyon (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cergy-Pontoise, Saint-Denis and Mons.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 382 works
  2. 2 ToulouseFrance 114 works
  3. 3 MontpellierFrance 105 works
  4. 4 LyonFrance 97 works
  5. 5 GrenobleFrance 91 works
  6. 6 NantesFrance 82 works
  7. 7 RennesFrance 72 works
  8. 8 MontrealCanada 71 works
  9. 9 NancyFrance 57 works
  10. 10 Cergy-PontoiseFrance 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Cergy-PontoiseFR · 54.8 works175×
  2. Saint-DenisFR · 28.0 works159×
  3. MonsBE · 46.7 works75×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in French Language Learning Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study French Language Learning Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Geneva, Université du Québec à Montréal and CY Cergy Paris Université score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 15.14%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université du Québec…University of GenevaCY Cergy Paris Unive…Université de Lyon
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of GenevaSwitzerland 76.818.0%21.3×25 +23.1%
2Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 75.332.0%51.4×34 -16.4%
3CY Cergy Paris UniversitéFrance 72.513.2%220.7×54 +140.9%
4Université de LyonFrance 71.411.2%37.5×69 +37.1%
5Université Paris CitéFrance 68.210.1%21.8×47 +38.6%
6Université de MontpellierFrance 66.37.9%41.4×40 +89.7%
7University of LausanneSwitzerland 66.015.7%21.4×28 +86.7%
8Université de LorraineFrance 65.67.8%55.1×60 +47.5%
9UCLouvainBelgium 65.127.6%13.2×13 -6.3%
10Nantes UniversitéFrance 63.57.9%84.0×57 +108.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in French Language Learning Methods, country by country

Is French Language Learning Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is French Language Learning Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%French Language Learning Methods0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of French Language Learning Methods over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%French Language Learning Methods9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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