Sarah Thurrell

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Sarah Thurrell is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Thurrell has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 6 papers in Language and Linguistics and 2 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Sarah Thurrell's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (5 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 papers). Sarah Thurrell is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (5 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 papers). Sarah Thurrell collaborates with scholars based in Hungary and United States. Sarah Thurrell's co-authors include Zoltán Dörnyei, Marianne Celce‐Murcia and A. I. Morales and has published in prestigious journals such as TESOL Quarterly, ELT Journal and Issues in Applied Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Thurrell

7 papers receiving 529 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Communicative Competence: A Pedagogically Motivated Model with Content Specifications

1995 429 citations Marianne Celce‐Murcia, Zoltán Dörnyei et al. Issues in Applied Linguistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah Thurrell Hungary	6	636	471	203	134	126	8	774
Norman F. Davies Sweden	7	554 0.9×	430 0.9×	242 1.2×	135 1.0×	202 1.6×	19	872
Judy Winn-Bell Olsen United States	2	485 0.8×	376 0.8×	198 1.0×	131 1.0×	192 1.5×	5	667
Mary‐Ann Reiss United States	6	675 1.1×	480 1.0×	383 1.9×	151 1.1×	177 1.4×	10	849
Elsa Tragant Spain	16	454 0.7×	311 0.7×	236 1.2×	125 0.9×	138 1.1×	35	640
Michael D. Finnemann United States	9	546 0.9×	334 0.7×	293 1.4×	116 0.9×	141 1.1×	13	648
Stephen J. Gaies United States	10	383 0.6×	313 0.7×	181 0.9×	146 1.1×	127 1.0×	19	559
Sunny Hyon United States	9	345 0.5×	534 1.1×	197 1.0×	78 0.6×	216 1.7×	19	712
Eva Bernat Australia	9	393 0.6×	313 0.7×	197 1.0×	116 0.9×	174 1.4×	13	549
Takako Nishino Japan	10	426 0.7×	294 0.6×	192 0.9×	118 0.9×	138 1.1×	13	570
Joel Walz United States	13	409 0.6×	264 0.6×	181 0.9×	196 1.5×	121 1.0×	35	603

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Thurrell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Thurrell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah Thurrell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah Thurrell 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 Sarah Thurrell. Sarah Thurrell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Celce‐Murcia, Marianne, Zoltán Dörnyei, Sarah Thurrell, & A. I. Morales. (1998). Gaitasun komunikatiboa: asmo pedagogikoek sortutako eredu bat, osagaien edukiak zehaztuta. 16(41). 59–87. 1 indexed citations

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Celce‐Murcia, Marianne, Zoltán Dörnyei, & Sarah Thurrell. (1998). On Directness in Communicative Language Teaching. TESOL Quarterly. 32(1). 116–116. 6 indexed citations

3.

Celce‐Murcia, Marianne, Zoltán Dörnyei, & Sarah Thurrell. (1997). Direct Approaches in L2 Instruction: A Turning Point in Communicative Language Teaching?. TESOL Quarterly. 31(1). 141–141. 100 indexed citations

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Celce‐Murcia, Marianne, Zoltán Dörnyei, & Sarah Thurrell. (1995). Communicative Competence: A Pedagogically Motivated Model with Content Specifications. Issues in Applied Linguistics. 6(2). 429 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dörnyei, Zoltán & Sarah Thurrell. (1994). Teaching conversational skills intensively: course content and rationale. ELT Journal. 48(1). 40–49. 78 indexed citations

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Celce‐Murcia, Marianne, et al.. (1993). A Pedagogical Framework for Communicative Competence: Content Specifications and Guidelines for Communicative Language Teaching. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 19(1). 3. 4 indexed citations

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Dörnyei, Zoltán & Sarah Thurrell. (1992). Conversation and Dialogues in Action. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 33 indexed citations

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Dörnyei, Zoltán & Sarah Thurrell. (1991). Strategic competence and how to teach it. ELT Journal. 45(1). 16–23. 123 indexed citations

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