Dave Willis

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Dave Willis is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dave Willis has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 5 papers in Language and Linguistics and 2 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Dave Willis's work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (2 papers). Dave Willis is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (2 papers). Dave Willis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Dave Willis's co-authors include Jane Willis and Andrew H. Plaks and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and System.

In The Last Decade

Dave Willis

13 papers receiving 827 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Doing task-based teaching

2007 542 citations Dave Willis, Jane Willis Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dave Willis United Kingdom	8	866	655	574	196	103	14	1.1k
Renée Jourdenais United States	3	1.0k 1.2×	549 0.8×	835 1.5×	134 0.7×	136 1.3×	7	1.2k
Janet Swaffar United States	16	577 0.7×	417 0.6×	471 0.8×	195 1.0×	74 0.7×	47	933
M. Rafael Salaberry United States	16	740 0.9×	334 0.5×	482 0.8×	205 1.0×	93 0.9×	28	1.0k
Mary‐Ann Reiss United States	6	675 0.8×	480 0.7×	383 0.7×	177 0.9×	44 0.4×	10	849
ZhaoHong Han United States	19	1.0k 1.2×	620 0.9×	736 1.3×	261 1.3×	120 1.2×	50	1.3k
Alice C. Omaggio United States	10	854 1.0×	506 0.8×	479 0.8×	320 1.6×	74 0.7×	30	1.2k
Greta Gorsuch United States	14	494 0.6×	290 0.4×	379 0.7×	201 1.0×	54 0.5×	36	791
Charlene Polio United States	13	649 0.7×	498 0.8×	337 0.6×	215 1.1×	59 0.6×	23	849
Norman F. Davies Sweden	7	554 0.6×	430 0.7×	242 0.4×	202 1.0×	54 0.5×	19	872
Mark A. Clarke United States	11	496 0.6×	318 0.5×	553 1.0×	193 1.0×	66 0.6×	28	881

Countries citing papers authored by Dave Willis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dave Willis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dave Willis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dave Willis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dave Willis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dave Willis. Dave Willis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

1.

Willis, Dave. (2013). Caught in the act: using the rank scale to address problems of delicacy. 117–128. 7 indexed citations

2.

Willis, Dave & Jane Willis. (2007). Doing task-based teaching. Oxford University Press eBooks. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willis, Dave. (2004). Collins COBUILD intermediate English grammar. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

4.

Willis, Dave. (2003). Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations

5.

Willis, Dave. (2003). Rules, Patterns and Words: Grammar and Lexis in English Language Teaching. 57 indexed citations

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Willis, Dave & Jane Willis. (2002). Pattern Grammar: A Corpus-driven Approach to the Lexical Grammar of English.. System. 30(3). 409–412. 8 indexed citations

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Willis, Jane & Dave Willis. (2001). Applying linguistics to task-based learning: six propositions in search of a methodology. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 161–168. 1 indexed citations

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Willis, Jane & Dave Willis. (1996). Challenge and Change in Language Teaching. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 314 indexed citations

9.

Willis, Dave. (1995). Reviews. ELT Journal. 49(1). 87–90. 3 indexed citations

10.

Willis, Dave. (1993). Comments on Michael H. Long and Graham Crookes's "Three Approaches to Task-Based Syllabus Design". A Reader Reacts. TESOL Quarterly. 27(4). 726–726. 2 indexed citations

11.

Willis, Dave. (1991). Collins Cobuild Student's Grammar. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

12.

Willis, Dave. (1990). The Lexical Syllabus: A New Approach to Language Teaching. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 81 indexed citations

13.

Willis, Jane, et al.. (1988). Collins cobuild English course. University of Debrecen Electronic Archive (University of Debrecen). 27 indexed citations

14.

Willis, Dave & Andrew H. Plaks. (1979). Chinese Narrative: Critical and Theoretical Essays. Modern Language Journal. 63(4). 230–230. 2 indexed citations

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