OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Modern Language Journal is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
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Concept‐based language instruction and the teaching of citation in English academic writing	91
Toward Cognitive and Temporal Mobility: Language Considerations in Refugee Education	63
Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Teachers: A Curricular Perspective	56
Gender‐justice beyond inclusion: How trans knowledges and linguistic practices can and should be re‐shaping language education	45
Index to Volume 105, 2021	32
Erratum	28
Triangulating learner corpus and online experimental data: Evidence from gender agreement and relative clauses in L2 Greek	26
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Nurturing Teachers’ Research Mindset in an Inquiry‐Based Language Teacher Education Course	23
An evaluation of a multidimensional identity measurement instrument: The heritage language speaker identity tool (HLS‐IT)	20
Combinations and Connections: Reaching Across Disciplinary Boundaries	20
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Localized Globalization: Directives in Augmented Reality Game Interaction	15
“Pero yo también estoy aprendiendo”: Negotiating expert and novice positions in heritage–second language learner interaction	15
Notes from the Editor	14
Intentional and Incidental Vocabulary Learning: The Role of Historical Linguistics in the Second Language Classroom	13
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Between teacher candidates’ reflection and teacher educators’ evaluation: Fluctuations in epistemic (a)symmetry in feedback conversations	13
A Q Methodology Study Into Vision of Italian L2 University Students: An Australian Perspective	12
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The Effects of Textually Enhanced Captions on Written Elicited Imitation in L2 Grammar	12
Scaffolding comprehension with reading while listening and the role of reading speed and text complexity	12
Is evidence‐based L2 pedagogy achievable? The research–practice dialogue in grammar instruction	12
Rethinking Mobility and Language: From the Global South	11
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NFMLTA/MLJ Roundtable Conference Grant	11
Notes from the Editor	10
Navigating competing goals for language in curricularized school settings: Lessons from teachers of multilingual students	10
The effects of distributed versus massed corrective feedback on the acquisition of Spanish differential object marking	10
A psycholinguistic perspective on SLA/T	10
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Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement	10
Sign language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program	9
Navigating the SLA/T conceptual landscape and investing in transdisciplinary practices	9
Equitable language allocation and program models in dual language bilingual education: From oversimplification to decision‐making processes at all scales	9
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 109, 2	9
Congratulations to the NFMLTA/MLJ Award and Grant Recipients	9
Sociocultural theory and classroom second language learning in the East Asian context: Introduction to the special issue	9
Assessing spoken lexical and lexicogrammatical proficiency using features of word, bigram, and dependency bigram use	8
Bilingual heritage language learning in China: Applying the Douglas Fir Group's transdisciplinary framework	8
Cultivating a new ecosystem in English language teaching: A focus on researchers in a textbook development project	8
Decoding EFL learners’ internalization of English modal verbs in concept‐based language instruction: Integrating SCOBAs with languaging	8
Resumes and job postings as cognitive tools for narrating Anglophone language learners’ multilingual–professional identities and trajectories in career advising appointments	8
The future of language learning teaching in a technology‐mediated 21st century	8
Intergenerational autoethnography of heritage language maintenance: Focusing on emotion, identity, and power	7
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Cooperative Accomplishment of Multilingual Language Tutorial: An Intercultural Pragmatics Study	7
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The impact of explicit instruction in intercultural competence in the world language classroom	7
Improving self‐regulated learning of speaking skills in foreign languages	7
Memory and motivation in language revitalization practice	6
Pedagogies of discomfort in the world language classroom: Ethical tensions and considerations for educators	6
Academic Perseverance in Foreign Language Learning: An Investigation of Language‐Specific Grit and Its Conceptual Correlates	6
Task complexity and L2 writing performance of young learners: Contributions of cognitive and affective factors	6
Explanations for language choice in the social context of the L2 classroom	6
Unfolding language awareness in a plurilingual context: A study of metalinguistic, practical, and critical language awareness	6
Modeling mediation in the dynamic assessment of listening ability from the cognitive diagnostic perspective	6
“I Preferred to Take Another Activity From the Textbook”: An Activity–Theoretical Study of Learning to Design Language Teaching Materials	6
Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 109 (Supplement 2025)	6
Bridging the Researcher–Practitioner Divide Through Community‐Engaged Action Research: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Exploration	6
Can Japanese learners of English comprehend inflectional and derivational forms in listening? Testing the validity of the word family counting unit	6
Use of word lists in a high‐stakes, low‐exposure context: Topic‐driven or frequency‐informed	5
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Helping learners develop autonomy in acquiring multiword expressions	5
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Forthcoming in The Modern Language Journal, 108, 2	5
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Generative artificial intelligence, co‐evolution, and language education	5

Pedagogical processes and standard dialect use: Implications for creative multilingual interaction from a Yorùbá‐language classroom in southwestern Nigeria