Visual Analysis of Research Status and Trend of English Proficiency Measurement of Chinese English Learners —Take the China’s Standards of English Language Ability as an Example
Language proficiency measurement is an important means of evaluating the achievement of language teaching goals, and it is also the basis for reflecting the orientation of a country’s educational policy. The article uses the relevant literature of the China’s Standards of English Language Ability included in CIKN from 2012 to 2022 as the data source, uses the Cite Space information visualization technology. It locates the highly cited literature according to the central value, and mines each stage through keyword clustering. core hotspots, showing emerging research trends. The study found that English proficiency measurement research generally showed a positive trend of dynamic upward trend; its core research areas mainly cover the development of the China’s Standards of English Language Ability, its verification, its relation with English proficiency assessment, “China English Proficiency Scale” and English teaching. From the perspective of future research trends, the areas such as independent learning, foreign language teaching in colleges and universities, the connection between the China’s Standards of English Language Ability and school-based examinations, will become new research hotspots, which need further in-depth research. Finally, teaching enlightenment is provided.