Neurodidactics and vocabulary acquisition in Cuban teacher trainees: Emerging trends

Abstract

This study deals with the emerging field of neurodidactics and its implications for vocabulary acquisition. More precisely, the article presents a bibliometric analysis of a dataset comprising 32 papers from 24 sources, spanning the period from 2011 to 2023. The data were acquired from Web of Science and analyzed using the R-Bibliometrix package. The study identifies research trends, emerging and interdisciplinary areas, as well as citation factors, providing also a brief overview of the current state of vocabulary acquisition in Cuban language teaching in general, and in teacher training in particular. It aims to offer a global perspective on neurodidactics and an overview of its impact on vocabulary learning in the Cuban higher education system. Additionally, it identifies research gaps and suggests avenues for future studies and educational innovations.