Alan Waters

2.5k citations
25 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 9
Topics
Second Language Learning and Teaching (14 papers)EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers)Multilingual Education and Policy (4 papers)

In The Last Decade

Alan Waters

24 papers receiving 897 citations

Hit Papers

English for Specific Purposes19872026200020131987200400600

Peers

Alan Waters
Comparison fields: 5 of 67
  • Literature and Literary Theory 607
  • Language and Linguistics 589
  • Education 390
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 207
  • Information Systems 169
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Waters

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Waters

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All Works

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ELT Journal/IATEFL Debate: Tweeting is for the birds - not for language learning
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‘Tanggap, tiklop, tago’ (receive, fold, keep): Perceptions of best practice in ELT INSET
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Managing innovation in English language education, state of the art review.
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Forty Years of Language Teaching : the Nineteen-Nineties.
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Managing Innovation in Language Education.
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ESP--Things Fall Apart?.
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English for Specific Purposesbreakdown →
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Interface : English for technical communication
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Issues in ESP
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About Alan Waters

Alan Waters is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language, having authored 25 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (14 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Language and Linguistics (589 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (607 citations) and Linguistics and Language (143 citations). Alan Waters has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom and Philippines. Frequent co-authors include Tom A. Hutchinson, Betty Wallace Robinett, Michael Breen, Christopher N. Candlin, Mary C. Waters, Terry Bray and Jane Sunderland. Their work appears in journals such as Modern Language Journal, System and ELT Journal.

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