Chinese English Teaching Research From the Perspective of Multimodal Discourse Analysis

Based on 15 kinds of domestic CSSCI journals published about multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) in English teaching, this research discussed the current research status of multimodal discourse analysis in English teaching in China from the aspects of the number and distribution of research results, research topics, research methods, and development trends, and further discussed the reasons for this situation. It pointed out that there are three main problems in the research of multimodal discourse in China: The research framework needs further testing. The multimodal resources are relatively insufficient. The subjects of the research are not balanced. At the same time, this paper summarized the future development trend and provided new points of view for future multimodal English teaching.

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