Scott Thornbury

3.3k total citations
49 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Scott Thornbury is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Thornbury has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Language and Linguistics, 19 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Scott Thornbury's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (22 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (17 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (6 papers). Scott Thornbury is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (22 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (17 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (6 papers). Scott Thornbury collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and United States. Scott Thornbury's co-authors include Diana Slade, R. Thomas Tanner, John Corbett, Seth Lindstromberg, R. B. Smith and Alison Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as TESOL Quarterly, BioTechniques and ELT Journal.

In The Last Decade

Scott Thornbury

45 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Scott Thornbury
Comparison fields: 5 of 62
  • Language and Linguistics 1.0k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 705
  • Literature and Literary Theory 629
  • Education 431
  • Information Systems 325
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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Thornbury

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2 1
3 1
4
What do teachers need to know about language
0
5 36
6 1
7
Intercultural language activities
22
8
Wath good is second language acquisition theory
1
9
The CELTA course : certificate in English language teaching to adults
1
10 18
11
An A-Z of ELT: A dictionary of terms and concepts used in English Language Teaching
19
12 46
13
Beyond the sentence : introducing discourse analysis
42
14
How to Teach Speaking
212
15
English teaching essential: grammar
3
16
How to Teach Vocabulary
340
17 8
18
The Lexical Approach: a journey without maps
17
19
The standby book : activities for the language classroom
3
20 6

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