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D-Index
72
Citations
42133
World Ranking
660
National Ranking
38

Overview

Merrill Swain is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily within Arts and Humanities, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. This multidisciplinary engagement reflects a breadth of research interests and expertise.

Their research contributions have appeared in the Modern Language Journal, a frequent venue for their work. One of their recent papers includes "Timothy F. McNamara (1949-2023), in memoriam," published in 2024 in the Modern Language Journal.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

In terms of subfields, their work covers:

  • Language and Linguistics
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Linguistics and Language

The topics predominantly explored in their publications reflect intersections between education, health, and linguistics:

  • Educational Research and Science Teaching
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
  • Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology

Merrill Swain has collaborated with several coauthors across their works, including:

  • Narendra Kumar Kamila
  • Lambodar Jena
  • Nilamadhab Mishra
  • Patsy Duff

Their academic output does not indicate any book publications but demonstrates active involvement in both scientific and linguistic domains. Their approach integrates linguistic analysis with educational and health-related impacts, suggesting a focus on applied and interdisciplinary research.

Best Publications

  • THEORETICAL BASES OF COMMUNICATIVE APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TESTING

    Michael Canale;Merrill Swain

  • Communicative competence : Some roles of comprehensible input and comprehensible output in its development

    M. Swain

  • Bilingualism in Education: Aspects of theory, research and practice

    Jim Cummins;Merrill Swain

  • Three functions of output in second language learning

    M. Swain

  • Interaction and Second Language Learning: Two Adolescent French Immersion Students Working Together

    Merrill Swain;Sharon Lapkin

  • Problems in Output and the Cognitive Processes They Generate: A Step Towards Second Language Learning

    Merrill Swain;Sharon Lapkin

  • Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing

    Martin Bygate;Peter Skehan;Merrill Swain

  • A Transdisciplinary Framework for SLA in a Multilingual World

    D. Atkinson;H. Byrnes;M. Doran;P. Duff

  • The Output Hypothesis: Theory and Research

    Merrill Swain

  • The output hypothesis : Just speaking and writing aren't enough

    Merrill Swain

  • TASK-BASED SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING: THE USES OF THE FIRST LANGUAGE

    Merrill Swain;Sharon Lapkin

  • Explicit and Implicit Negative Feedback: An Empirical Study of the Learning of Linguistic Generalizations

    Susanne Carroll;Merrill Swain

  • Effects of proficiency differences and patterns of pair interaction on second language learning: collaborative dialogue between adult ESL learners:

    Yuko Watanabe;Merrill Swain

  • Talking It through: Two French Immersion Learners' Response to Reformulation.

    Merrill Swain;Sharon Lapkin

  • Immersion education : international perspectives

    Robert Keith Johnson;Merrill Swain

  • A Vygotskian Perspective on Corrective Feedback in L2: The Effect of Random Versus Negotiated Help on the Learning of English Articles

    Hossein Nassaji;Merrill Swain

  • Bilingualism in Education

    Jim Cummins;Merrill Swain

  • Focus on form through collaborative dialogue: Exploring task effects

    Merrill Swain;Sharon Lapkin

  • The inseparability of cognition and emotion in second language learning

    Merrill Swain

  • Languaging: University Students Learn the Grammatical Concept of Voice in French

    Merrill Swain;Sharon Lapkin;Ibtissem Knouzi;Wataru Suzuki

  • Researching Pedagogic Tasks: Second Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing. Applied Linguistics and Language Study.

    Martin Bygate;Peter Skehan;Merrill Swain

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Cummins
Jim Cummins University of Toronto
James P. Lantolf
James P. Lantolf Pennsylvania State University
Elaine Tarone
Elaine Tarone University of Minnesota
Peter Skehan
Peter Skehan Birkbeck, University of London
Lourdes Ortega
Lourdes Ortega Georgetown University
Bonny Norton
Bonny Norton University of British Columbia
Andy Kirkpatrick
Andy Kirkpatrick Griffith University
Patricia A. Duff
Patricia A. Duff University of British Columbia
Andrew D. Cohen
Andrew D. Cohen University of Minnesota
Ellen Bialystok
Ellen Bialystok York University

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