A systematic review of research on flipped language classrooms: theoretical foundations, learning activities, tools, research topics and findings

The trends and outcomes of flipped learning research between 2012 and 2018: A descriptive content analysis

“…However, those studies examined flipped learning research in English only (Turan and Akdag-Cimen 2020) and in English or Chinese etc. (Zou et al 2020). Unlike the current study, Zou et al selected the trends in flipped learning as popular journals flipped learning published, theoretical frameworks and instructional approaches used in the reviewed studies, and video-watching tools and evaluation methods in language classrooms.…”

“…However, further studies need to investigate the attitudes (Birgili et al 2019) and the psychomotor characteristics of subjects. Some of these findings were pursuant to Bond (2020), Turan andAkdag-Cimen (2020), andZou et al's (2020) systematic review studies. Turan and Akdag-Cimen justify that flipped learning in EFL classrooms help learners to improve overall learning achievement, in particular speaking skills and peer interaction.…”

“…Some systematic review studies (Akçayır and Akçayır 2018 ; Bond 2020 ; Låg and Sæle 2019 ; Lo and Hew 2017 ; O’Flaherty and Phillips 2015 ; Turan and Akdag-Cimen 2020 ; Zainuddin et al 2019a , b ; Zou et al 2020 ) collate and highlight the results of primary studies on the effectiveness of flipped learning on academic performance, student or staff satisfaction, level of engagement, active instructional strategies, and possible challenges. However, some of these reviews include studies with relatively short publication date coverage.…”

“…As reported in other systematic review studies in the related literature, flipped learning was systematically reviewed in five publications of Web of Science Core Collection database in the last 5 years (Bond 2020 ; Gianoni-Capenakas et al 2019 ; Karabulut-Ilgu et al 2018 ; Turan and Akdag-Cimen 2020 ; Voronina et al 2017 ; Zou et al 2020 ). Two of five publications were analyzed particularly in engineering education: 62 articles were included between 2000 and May 2015 in Karabulut-Ilgu et al’s ( 2018 ) study, whereas 87 articles were included until 2017 in Voronina et al’s ( 2017 ) study.…”

“…One publication, Gianoni-Capenakas et al ( 2019 ), conducted a systematic review of the eight qualitative studies on the effectiveness of flipped learning on dentistry students’ learning and perceptions. The other two publications, very recent studies, were conducted in English Language Teaching by Turan and Akdag-Cimen ( 2020 ) and flipped language classrooms by Zou et al ( 2020 ). Turan and Akdag-Cimen ( 2020 ) studied 43 articles taken from 5 databases between 2010 and 2018.…”