Modern Language Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of Modern Language Journal is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Notes from the Editor133
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Issue Information ‐ TOC68
Erratum48
Triangulating learner corpus and online experimental data: Evidence from gender agreement and relative clauses in L2 Greek36
Toward Cognitive and Temporal Mobility: Language Considerations in Refugee Education35
Rethinking Mobility and Language: From the Global South30
Assessing lexical proficiency in Russian as a second language using indices of lexical sophistication, diversity, and fluency25
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Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 108, 222
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Comprehensible to Whom? Examining Rater, Speaker, and Interlocutor Perspectives on Comprehensibility in an Interactive Context20
Visualizing Emergent Turn Construction: Seeing Writing While Speaking20
In it Together: Teachers, Researchers, and Classroom SLA19
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Global geopolitics, migration, and language education in the United States18
Researcher‐Supported Professional Learning and Development for Instructors in Adult L2 Programs: Factors Leading to Ongoing Communities of Practice18
Teachers’ multimodal resources for delegated peer repair: Maximizing interactional space in whole‐class interaction in the foreign language classroom17
Give you some color: Chinese language teachers’ encounters of race and racialization in American K–12 schools17
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A small lens on timescales and multimodality in classroom language learning emotions15
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How Output Outweighs Input and Interlocutors Matter for Study‐Abroad SLA: Computational Social Network Analysis of Learner Interactions15
NFMLTA/MLJ Roundtable Conference Grants14
Forthcoming in Modern Language Journal, 105, 314
Relationality, interconnectedness, and identity: A process‐focused approach to second language acquisition and teaching (SLA/T)14
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The Effect of Auditory Input on Multimodal Reading Comprehension: An Examination of Adult Readers’ Eye Movements13
Beyond Language: Reframing the Foreign Teaching Assistant Instruction Through Materiality Perspective13
Developing advanced L2 German writing: A functionally oriented longitudinal study13
Brief but Mighty? Sustained L2 Learning and Perceived Psychobehavioral Benefits After Short‐Term Study Abroad13
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Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 108, (Supplement 2024)12
Forced (Im)Mobilities at the Nexus of Race and Language in Pandemic Times12
Index to Volume 107, 202312
NFMLTA/MLJ Roundtable Conference Grant11
Exploring Boundedness for Concept‐Based Instruction of Aspect: Evidence From Learning the Spanish Preterite and Imperfect11
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Exploring phonetic predictors of intelligibility, comprehensibility, and foreign accent in L2 Spanish speech11
Negotiating family language policy: Emotional experiences and playful language input in heritage language learning11
Task communicative function and oral fluency of L1 and L2 speakers10
Learning and Teaching Pragmatics in the Globalized World: Introduction to the Special Issue10
The role of individual learner differences in explicit language instruction10
The canary in coal country: Educational policy, politics, and the dissolution of a language department10
Digital Game‐Based Learning of Formulaic Expressions in Second Language Chinese10
From the Editor: In Recognition and With Appreciation10
Un strålande futuro needs mehr dan два langues—A bright future needs more than two languages110
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Yalla Nutbikh “Let's cook”: Negotiating emotions of belonging through food in heritage language classrooms10
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Learners’ Engagement in L2 Computer‐Mediated Interaction: Chat Mode, Interlocutor Familiarity, and Text Quality9
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Concept‐based language instruction and the teaching of citation in English academic writing8
Memory and motivation in language revitalization practice8
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Navigating the SLA/T conceptual landscape and investing in transdisciplinary practices8
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Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Teachers: A Curricular Perspective7
Decoding EFL learners’ internalization of English modal verbs in concept‐based language instruction: Integrating SCOBAs with languaging7
The Effects of Textually Enhanced Captions on Written Elicited Imitation in L2 Grammar7
Is evidence‐based L2 pedagogy achievable? The research–practice dialogue in grammar instruction7
The effects of distributed versus massed corrective feedback on the acquisition of Spanish differential object marking7
Sociocultural theory and classroom second language learning in the East Asian context: Introduction to the special issue6
Linguistic and Artistic Representations of Trauma: The Contribution of Pedagogies of Discomfort in Language Education6
THE ISSUE6
From the Editor: In recognition and with appreciation6
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: Understanding and Integrating Social Justice in Chinese Language Class6
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Exploring the lexical profile of advanced L2 writers: Longitudinal data from the Russian Overseas Flagship program6
Intentional and Incidental Vocabulary Learning: The Role of Historical Linguistics in the Second Language Classroom6
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 107, (Supplement 2023)6
Pedagogical processes and standard dialect use: Implications for creative multilingual interaction from a Yorùbá‐language classroom in southwestern Nigeria6
L2 Classroom Input and L2 Positionally Sensitive Grammars: The Role of Information‐Seeking Question Sequences6
Functional Diversification and Progressive Routinization of a Multiword Expression in and for Social Interaction: A Longitudinal L2 Study6
Out‐of‐classroom L2 vocabulary acquisition: The effects of digital activities and school vocabulary5
Measuring Writing Development and Proficiency Gains Using Indices of Lexical and Syntactic Complexity: Evidence From Longitudinal Russian Learner Corpus Data5
Diverse perspectives on second language learning and teaching (SLA/T) research in dialogue, co‐constructing common ground: A response5
Effects of written languaging on second language learning: Mediating roles of aptitude5
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 106, 25
NFMLTA grant programs5
Twenty‐first century technologies and language education: Charting a path forward5
Some considerations on the emotions of heritage language learners, teachers, and users5
Congratulations to the NFMLTA/MLJ Award and Grant Recipients in 20215
Realities of comfort and discomfort in the heritage language classroom: Looking to transformative positive psychology for juggling a double‐edged sword4
Is English the Culprit? Longitudinal Associations Between Students’ Value Beliefs in English, German, and French in Multilingual Switzerland4
An Interview With Suresh Canagarajah4
Erratum4
Long‐term language use by US‐based study‐abroad alumni: Activity types and program effects4
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Multilingualism and persistence in multiple language learning4
Emotion labor, investment, and volunteer teachers in heritage language education4
Empowering preservice English teachers with language assessment literacy concepts and practices: Application of Vygotskian concept‐based language instruction4
Fairness, Justice, and the Certification of Teaching Competence for International Teaching Assistants4
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Gender‐justice beyond inclusion: How trans knowledges and linguistic practices can and should be re‐shaping language education3
At the Intersection of SLA and Sociolinguistics: The Predictive Power of Social Networks During Study Abroad3
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 109, 23
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A Meta‐Analysis of Hybrid Language Instruction and Call for Future Research3
Literature and second language vocabulary learning: The role of text type and teaching approach3
Explanations for language choice in the social context of the L2 classroom3
Japanese Students’ Emotional Lived Experiences in English Language Learning, Learner Identities, and Their Transformation3
Academic Perseverance in Foreign Language Learning: An Investigation of Language‐Specific Grit and Its Conceptual Correlates2
Resumes and job postings as cognitive tools for narrating Anglophone language learners’ multilingual–professional identities and trajectories in career advising appointments2
Cultivating a new ecosystem in English language teaching: A focus on researchers in a textbook development project2
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Task complexity and L2 writing performance of young learners: Contributions of cognitive and affective factors2
Bilingual heritage language learning in China: Applying the Douglas Fir Group's transdisciplinary framework2
Localized Globalization: Directives in Augmented Reality Game Interaction2
The Mobility of Ideologies in Language Teacher Education2
Index to Volume 106, 20222
Between teacher candidates’ reflection and teacher educators’ evaluation: Fluctuations in epistemic (a)symmetry in feedback conversations2
Intergenerational autoethnography of heritage language maintenance: Focusing on emotion, identity, and power2
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Emotions and the language‐ness of experience in heritage language lives2
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The Hare and the Tortoise: The Race on the Course of L2 Learning1
Primary school children's conflicted emotions about using their heritage languages in multilingual classroom tasks1
The Research–Practice Dialogue in Second Language Learning and Teaching: Past, Present, and Future1
Learning Grammar for Social Action: Implications for Research and Language Teaching1
Language classrooms as communicative settings for learners’ development of sociolinguistic competence during study abroad1
Bringing the body into play: The corporeal aspect in second language acquisition1
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Helping learners develop autonomy in acquiring multiword expressions1
Can Japanese learners of English comprehend inflectional and derivational forms in listening? Testing the validity of the word family counting unit1
From the Editor: In recognition and with appreciation1
An asymmetrical partnership: The shifting onus of Hmong heritage language teaching from families to dual‐language programs1
From the Editor: In Recognition and With Appreciation1
Effectiveness of Yoruba proverbs in acquiring Yoruba language and culture1
Exploring avenues of implementation for gender justice in French language teaching1
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The importance of seeking feedback for benefiting from feedback: A case of second language writing1
Heritage identity and Indigenous language learning motivation: A case of Indigenous Taiwanese high school students1
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Teacher Beliefs About Second Language Research and Researchers: Different Roles at Research‐Oriented Universities1
Spoken word choreographies in additional language learning practices in upper secondary school: Entanglements between languaging‐and‐dancing1
Channeling Voices to Improve L2 English Intelligibility1
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Implementation of an Uncontrolled, Real‐World Task: Vocabulary Learning Opportunities and Students’ Perceptions1
Stories of struggle and resilience: Examining the experiences of two Spanish teachers through history in person1
Undoing cislingualism1
A translanguager's take on a synergy‐driven SLA/T1
The correlates of flow in the L2 classroom: Linking basic L2 task features to learner flow experiences1
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Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 106 (Supplement 2022)1
Modeling mediation in the dynamic assessment of listening ability from the cognitive diagnostic perspective1
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Withdrawal0
Navigating complexity: A critical perspective on language assessment in SLA/T0
May I See Your Credentials, Please? Displays of Pedagogical Expertise by Language Teaching Researchers0
Domestic immersion in postsecondary language education: Review and research agenda0
Discursive Enactment of Agency in Study‐Abroad Interviews0
Nurturing Teachers’ Research Mindset in an Inquiry‐Based Language Teacher Education Course0
Withdrawn: Exploring the associations among task complexity, task motivation, task engagement, and linguistic complexity in L2 writing0
Schrödinger's turn: An interactional examination of willingness to communicate and talk in codependent and competitive group talk0
“I Preferred to Take Another Activity From the Textbook”: An Activity–Theoretical Study of Learning to Design Language Teaching Materials0
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Unfolding language awareness in a plurilingual context: A study of metalinguistic, practical, and critical language awareness0
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Has artificial intelligence rendered language teaching obsolete?0
Reconsidering languages learning: The interface of ideology, policy, and curricular and pedagogical practice0
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 107, 20
Noun‐Phrase Complexity Measures in Chinese and Their Relationship to L2 Chinese Writing Quality: A Comparison with Topic–Comment‐Unit‐Based Measures0
Accumulating Semiotic Resources for Social Actions: A Case Study of L2 Icelandic in the Wild0
(Re)constructing and (re)negotiating identities: A case study of postsecondary language teachers and social justice education0
Open generative AI changes a lot, but not everything0
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A Q Methodology Study Into Vision of Italian L2 University Students: An Australian Perspective0
The pursuit of a gender‐just language classroom0
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Learning and Teaching Pragmatics in the Globalized World: Commentary0
Translingual caring and translingual aggression: (Re)centering criticality in the research and practice of translanguaging pedagogy0
An appraisal‐based examination of language teacher emotions in anxiety‐provoking classroom situations using vignette methodology0
Using multimodal language learning histories to understand learning experiences and beliefs of second language learners in Japan0
Use of word lists in a high‐stakes, low‐exposure context: Topic‐driven or frequency‐informed0
Conceptualizing identity construction in language teacher education0
Social virtual reality for L2 Spanish development: Learning how to interact with others in a high‐immersion virtual space0
Sign language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program0
Sociolinguistic competence and varietal repertoires in a second language: A study on addressee‐dependent varietal behavior using virtual reality0
Call for applications for the editorship of The Modern Language Journal0
Syntactic and phraseological complexity in Chinese as a second language adapted teaching materials0
By the Old Gods and the New: The Effect of the Congruence and Incongruence of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Enjoyment on Self‐Perceived Proficiency0
Emotions and emotion regulation in L2 classroom speaking tasks: A mixed‐methods study combining the idiodynamic and quantitative perspectives0
Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement0
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The future of language learning teaching in a technology‐mediated 21st century0
Notes From the Editor0
Emergent L2 Grammars in and for Social Interaction: Introduction to the Special Issue0
Combinations and Connections: Reaching Across Disciplinary Boundaries0
Bridging the Gap Between Willingness to Communicate and Learner Talk0
First and second language use in an early total one‐way Chinese immersion classroom0
A psycholinguistic perspective on SLA/T0
Introduction to the guest‐edited issue: Synergies in second language acquisition and teaching (SLA/T)0
Research engagement among K–12 world language teachers: The role of continuing professional development0
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Second Language Speech Intelligibility Revisited: Differential Roles of Phonological Accuracy, Visual Speech, and Iconic Gesture0
Global perspectives on heritage language education and emotion: Introduction to the special issue0
Index to Volume 108, 20240
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Ideology, Policy, and Potentials for Dialogue0
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The processing of multiword expressions in L1 and L2 Chinese: Evidence from reaction times and eye movements0
Understanding teacher professional commitment from a positive psychology perspective: A case from Myanmar's Chinese language teachers0
What should we demand of socially responsible language education policy?0
NFMLTA/MLJ Roundtable Conference Grant0
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Proficiency and Preference Organization in Second Language Mandarin Chinese Refusals0
Promoting young EFL learners’ listening potential: A model of mediation in the framework of dynamic assessment0
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Stance‐Taking in Heritage Language Writing0
Building a community‐centered archive for Cherokee language description, documentation, and reclamation0
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The Negotiation of Meaning in Aviation English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus‐Informed Discursive Approach0
Understanding the factors supporting language teachers’ sustained motivation until retirement0
Navigating competing goals for language in curricularized school settings: Lessons from teachers of multilingual students0
Reframing “the Foreign TA Problem” as “the American Listener Problem”0
Improving self‐regulated learning of speaking skills in foreign languages0
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Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 109 (Supplement 2025)0
Charting the development of second language proficiency and intercultural competence in postsecondary education0
The Development and Validation of the Short Form of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale0
Scaffolding comprehension with reading while listening and the role of reading speed and text complexity0
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 109, 30
L2 grammar‐for‐interaction: Functions of “and”‐prefaced turns in L2 students’ collaborative talk0
English learners’ beliefs about L2 speaking fluency: Insights from elicited metaphor analysis0
Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices: The Ethics of Quantitative Data Handling and Reporting in Applied Linguistics0
#Reloading language programs0
Increasing meta‐analytic quality: A multivariate multilevel meta‐analysis of note‐taking through exposure to L2 input0
Diversity within unity0
The effectiveness of cognitive linguistics‐inspired language pedagogies: A systematic review0
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 106, 30
Language, people, classrooms, world: Blending disparate theories for united language education practices0
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Why “Real men don't speak French”: Deconstructing cultural attitudes to a language by historicizing their discursive formations0
International Teaching Assistants Offer More Than Their English Accents: A Response to “The ‘Foreign TA Problem’ Forty Years On”0
Generative artificial intelligence, co‐evolution, and language education0
The Relative Contribution of Language Complexity to Second Language Video Lectures Difficulty Assessment0
The Relationship Between Lexical Coverage and Type of Reading Comprehension in Beginning L2 Spanish Learners0
Conversations abroad: The effect of interlocutor type, relationship quality, and L2 proficiency on interaction in naturalistic settings0
Retention and Attrition in Early‐Career Foreign Language Teachers in Austria and the United Kingdom0
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