Visualization analysis of research of english for specific purposes in china based on citespace (2000-2017)

Abstract

Based on the data from CNKI database, this study used CiteSpace to analyze the research hotspots and development trends of studies on English for Specific Purposes in China from 2000 to 2017. The results show that research hotspots mainly include college English ESP teaching reform, ESP teaching methods and models, needs analysis and ESP, ESP curriculum provision and curriculum design. The domestic studies on ESP experienced slow development in controversy, rapid development in practice and deep development with modern educational technology. Domestic ESP research has yielded fruitful results, but in the future, research on ESP evaluation system, ESP teachers, ESP corpora development, and ESP textbook construction should be deeply explored.