Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Papers
(The median citation count of Studies in Second Language Acquisition is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
SLA volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Back matter144
Challenges in inflected word processing for L2 speakers60
Estimating reliability for response-time difference measures: Toward a standardized, model-based approach45
On the effects of task focus and processing level on the perception–production link in second-language speech learning42
Development of automaticity in processing L2 collocations: The roles of L1 collocational knowledge and practice condition42
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations42
Language proficiency modulates listeners’ selective attention to a talker’s mouth: A conceptual replication of Birulés et al. (2020)34
Comparing the longitudinal development of phraseological complexity across oral and written tasks34
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction33
SLA volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Front matter31
Validity evidence for an EIT as an assessment for Spanish heritage speakers and L2 learners31
Mind the gap: Psycholinguistic and individual factors affecting expressive and receptive vocabulary skills in English-Gaelic bilingual children29
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM25
Co-text, context, and listening proficiency as crucial variables in intelligibility among nonnative users of English – ERRATUM23
The effects of audiovisual input on second language learning: A meta-analysis – ERRATUM23
Pretesting effects on incidental L2 vocabulary learning through reading21
Cross-language interactions of phonetic and phonological processes21
The relationship between boredom and second language achievement: A multilevel meta-analysis20
Disentangling the causal role of motivation, enjoyment, and anxiety in second language speech learning: A final report19
Examining the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles for comprehension: An eye-tracking study19
SLA volume 46 issue 1 Cover and Back matter18
Understanding proficiency assessment practices in SLA research – ADDENDUM16
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction – CORRIGENDUM16
Associations of students’ linguistic distance to the language of instruction and classroom composition with English reading and listening skills15
Usage events and constructional knowledge: A study of two variants of the introductory-it construction15
The impact of L1 speaking style, task mode, and L2 proficiency on L2 fluency: A within-subject study of monologic and dialogic speech15
SLA volume 45 issue 3 Cover and Back matter15
Motivational dispositions predict qualitative differences in oral task performance15
Contextual learning and retention of phrasal verbs15
Proficiency, language of assessment, and attention to meaning and form during L2 comprehension: Methodological considerations in L2 replication research14
The role of first language skills, working memory, and anxiety in second language reading14
Comparing the effectiveness of Duolingo, Classroom instruction, and Classroom + Duolingo instruction conditions on beginner-level French language development14
The interplay of mindsets, aptitude, grit, and language achievement: What role does gender play?13
Univariate normality checking practices in L2 research: An AI-assisted systematic review13
Why you should stop using the ideal L2 self and the L2 motivational self-system to measure motivation (Reaction to Al-Hoorie, Hiver & In’nami, 2024)13
The effect of synchronous video-based communication on engagement in collaborative pre-task planning and L2 semantic content used in subsequent task performance13
Differential effects of identification and discrimination training tasks on L2 vowel identification and discrimination13
Study and instrument quality in perception-based L2 pronunciation research12
Variability as a functional marker of second language development in older adult learners12
A longitudinal investigation of the effects of language instruction versus immersion on cognitive functions in young adult Chinese speakers learning English12
Development of verb argument constructions in L2 English learners: A close replication of research question 3 in Römer and Berger (2019)12
Bayesian estimation in multiple comparisons12
Formal computational modelling in second language sentence processing research12
SLA volume 45 issue 2 Cover and Back matter11
Cognition and emotion in moral decision-making: The role of working memory, emotional intelligence, and language factors in bilinguals’ moral judgments and emotions11
The effects of distributed practice on second language fluency development11
Reevaluating trials to criterion as a measure in second language research11
Clarifying the role of inhibitory control in L2 phonological processing: A preregistered, close replication of Darcy et al. (2016)11
Task-generated processes in second language speech production: Exploring the neural correlates of task complexity during silent pauses10
Individual differences in self-regulated learning profiles of Chinese EFL readers: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study10
How well are primary and secondary meanings of L2 words acquired?10
How to present L2 Chinese words effectively for learning: Exploring learning outcomes and learner perceptions10
Sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion and their relationship to cohesion ratings of English language learners’ written production10
Disability and second language learning: Implications for interdisciplinary research in applied linguistics10
SLA volume 47 issue 4 Cover and Back matter9
Affect as a component of second language speech perception9
L2 learning outcomes of a research-based digital app for Japanese children – ADDENDUM9
Second language knowledge of academic collocations and its relationship with knowledge of academic words and general high-frequency words9
Unpacking L2 explicit linguistic knowledge and online processing of the English modals may and can: A comparison of acceptability judgments and self-paced reading9
Acceptance and engagement patterns of mobile-assisted language learning among non-conventional adult L2 learners: A survival analysis9
SLA volume 47 issue 1 Cover and Front matter9
Introduction to the special issue on working memory and L2 writing: Implications for SLA individual differences research9
Longitudinal development of second language utterance fluency, cognitive fluency, and their relationship9
Interpreting the semi-partial correlation as a multiple regression-bound (not a bivariate) metric: A methods-oriented response to Papi and Teimouri’s (2024) response to Al-Hoorie et al. (2024)9
SLA volume 46 issue 3 Cover and Front matter8
Do they like me?8
Sources and effects of foreign language enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom: A structural equation modeling approach8
The 2024 Albert Valdman Award8
Manufactured crisis7
Second language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts7
Unpacking L2 explicit linguistic knowledge and online processing of the English modals may and can: A comparison of acceptability judgments and self-paced reading – ERRATUM7
With “crisis” comes opportunity: Using invariance testing to understand and improve measurement models (A response to Al-Hoorie et al., 2024)7
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM – RETRACTION7
Kimberly Geeslin, In Memoriam7
Saving the reliability of inhibitory control measures? An extension of Huensch (2024) and Hui and Wu (2024)7
Meta-analysis of second language research with complex research designs6
Predicting L2-Spanish fluency from L1-English fluency and L2 proficiency: A conceptual replication6
The 2022 Albert Valdman Award6
Do verbal and nonverbal declarative memory tasks in second language research measure the same abilities?6
Multilingualism and native speakerism in academic journals’ language policies: Exploring a potential power of applied linguistics journals in promoting equitable publishing practices6
Individual differences in L2 listening proficiency revisited: Roles of form, meaning, and use aspects of phonological vocabulary knowledge6
“Bread and butter” or “butter and bread”? Nonnatives’ processing of novel lexical patterns in context6
SLA volume 44 issue 2 Cover and Front matter6
The interpretation of verbal moods in Spanish: A close replication of Kanwit and Geeslin (2014)6
SLA volume 44 issue 3 Cover and Front matter6
Is “the L2 learning experience” simply intrinsic motivation by another name? A content validity analysis6
SLA volume 45 issue 1 Cover and Back matter6
Learning without awareness revisited and reconsidered5
Anxiety, enjoyment, and boredom in language learning amongst junior secondary students in rural China: How do they contribute to L2 achievement? – CORRIGENDUM5
Foreign language learning boredom: Refining its measurement and determining its role in language learning5
The effects of interleaved and blocked corpus-based practice on L2 pragmatic development5
Measuring the development of lexical richness of L2 Spanish: A longitudinal learner corpus study5
Mentoring ethically reflexive quantitative researchers in applied linguistics5
Network analysis for modeling complex systems in SLA research5
Clarifying the role of inhibitory control in L2 phonological processing: A preregistered, close replication of Darcy et al. (2016) – ERRATUM5
Can personality predict foreign language classroom emotions? The devil’s in the detail5
SLA volume 46 issue 4 Cover and Back matter5
SLA volume 44 issue 5 Cover and Back matter5
Spanish heritage language learners’ motivational profile in the postsecondary classroom: Insights from psychological network modeling5
Cognitive individual differences in the process and product of L2 writing5
SLA volume 47 issue 1 Cover and Back matter4
The impact of collocational proficiency features on expert ratings of L2 English learners’ writing4
Modeling relationships between learning conditions, processes, and outcomes: An introduction to mediation analysis in SLA research – CORRIGENDUM4
SLA volume 46 issue 5 Cover and Front matter4
Usage events and constructional knowledge: A study of two variants of the introductory-it construction – CORRIGENDUM4
Inhibitory and facilitative effects of lexical neighbors in spoken word recognition: The role of language experience4
Usage-based analysis of L2 oral proficiency: Characteristics of argument structure construction use4
Quantifying proper nouns’ influence on L2 English learners’ reading fluency4
Metacognition of frequency, directional association strength, and dispersion of MWEs in first and second language speakers4
Does phonetic training benefit word learning?4
L2 learning outcomes of a research-based digital app for Japanese children4
SLA volume 47 issue 3 Cover and Front matter4
First language effects on incidental vocabulary learning through bimodal input4
SLA volume 45 issue 4 Cover and Back matter4
Meta-analysis of second language research with complex research designs – ADDENDUM4
Timing matters for interactive task-based learning3
SLA volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Back matter3
Second language anxiety in conversation and its relationship with speakers’ perceptions of the interaction and their social networks3
Optimizing distributed practice online: A conceptual replication of Cepeda et al. (2009) – ADDENDUM3
Task design, L1 literacy, and second language oracy3
SLA volume 44 issue 2 Cover and Back matter3
SLA volume 47 issue 5 Cover and Front matter3
Announcing the 2024 Susan Gass Award for Impact in SLA3
Aligning linguistic complexity with the difficulty of English texts for L2 learners based on CEFR levels3
The relationship between poststimulus pause, learner proficiency, and working memory in an Elicited Imitation Task3
Processing to learn noncanonical word orders: Exploring linguistic and cognitive predictors of reanalysis in early L2 sentence comprehension3
Reexamining the role of regulatory focus in second language achievement3
SLA volume 46 issue 5 Cover and Back matter3
Optimizing the input for learning of L2-specific constructions: The roles of Zipfian and balanced input, explicit rules and working memory3
Modulating motion event categorization through brief training: Meaning-focused versus form-focused instructional conditions3
Revisiting the moderating effect of speaker proficiency on the relationships among intelligibility, comprehensibility, and accentedness in L2 Spanish3
Wh-Dependency Processing in a Naturalistic Exposure Context: Sensitivity to Abstract Syntactic Structure in High-Working-Memory L2 Speakers3
Understanding L2-derived words in context: Is complete receptive morphological knowledge necessary?2
Perceptual integrality of foreign segmental and tonal information: Dimensional transfer hypothesis2
Does timing matter?2
The love factor in variationist SLA2
Exploring the relationship of working memory to the temporal distribution of pausing and revision behaviors during L2 writing2
Second language productive knowledge of collocations: Does knowledge of individual words matter?2
Structural priming facilitates L2 learning of the dative alternation in Mandarin2
SLA volume 45 issue 3 Cover and Front matter2
Optimizing L2 phonetic learning2
Language proficiency modulates L2 orthographic learning mechanism: Evidence from event-related brain potentials in overt naming2
The relationship between social network typology, L2 proficiency growth, and curriculum design in university study abroad2
Research methods for IDs and TBLT: A substantive and methodological review2
Different variables hold varying significance from childhood to adolescence2
The validation crisis in the L2 motivational self system tradition2
SLA volume 46 issue 2 Cover and Front matter2
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – RETRACTED2
The role of processing goals in second language predictive processing2
Coherence and comprehensibility in second language speakers’ academic speaking performance2
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