OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of ELT Journal is 1. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenging native speakerism in a Korean college English course	134
Leveraging transnational identities of refugee-background students	97
Children’s and teachers’ views on digital games in the EFL classroom	48
Digital multimodal composing pedagogy in a university writing course	44
Bridging extramural English and formal instruction	40
Digital whiteboards: engaging with active learning	38
Teaching English to Young Arabic Speakers: Assessing the Influence of Instructional Materials, Narratives and Cultural Norms	33
Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	26
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	25
Translanguaging and the shifting sands of language education	23
Trauma-sensitive English teaching and SEL amid war in Ukraine	22
Global English and Political Economy	21
Correction to: Using learning journals to promote learner autonomy	19
ELT teachers’ agency for wellbeing	18
Centring on students’ needs by engaging in translanguaging shifts	18
Raising awareness among the TESOL community about the professional identity tensions of women EFL teachers in Africa	17
Social-emotional learning in ESOL with ninth-grade newcomers	17
ChatGPT in ELT: disruptor? Or well-trained teaching assistant?	17
Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice	17
Language teacher wellbeing: an individual–institutional pact	16
CEFR and the ELT practitioner: empowerment or enforcement?	16
Mapping a way forward: toward a shared EMI and EAP research agenda	15
Screen capture technology in ELT	14
The challenges of EMI for art and design students in the UAE	14
Developing Intercultural Language Materials	13

Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching	12
Research methods in applied linguistics and language education: current considerations, recent innovations, and future directions	12
A Kazakhstani English Language teacher’s perspective on multilingual practices	11
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	11
Vocabulary and the Four Skills. Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary	10
Fluency revisited	10
A case for ELF feito no Brasil	10
Ways of implementing ELF in the classroom	10
How does generative AI promote autonomy and inclusivity in language teaching?	10
Writing conferences via an online meeting platform	9
A digital pedagogy for transculturing ELT through Global Englishes	9
Erratum to: Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education	9
‘I feel like a snake changing its skins’: a plurilingual project	9
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	9
Engaging students in dialogic interactions through questioning	9
Facilitating professional growth through materials-based assessments	9
“Feeling Closer to Nature” through Ecocritical ELT	8
Three stakeholders’ reflections on language assessment literacy	8
Primary EFL teachers’ perceptions of technology to support speaking	8
Tracking trends in coursebooks for young learners	8
Implementing rubric co-construction in ESL writing teaching	8
Children’s learning through digital technologies: an introduction	8
Code-switching and translanguaging: why they have a lot in common	8
Black Lives Matter in an EFL speaking class	8
Language Education in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities	8
Supporting part-time ELT faculty in a Japanese university	8
Can novice teachers detect AI-generated texts in EFL writing?	7
Digital literacy as ideological practice	7
The Art of Foreign Language Teaching: Improvisation and Drama in Teacher Development and Language Learning (second edition)	7
ESOL classes as trauma-sensitive physical spaces	6
Teacher strategies in implementing English medium instruction	6
Teacher input prompts and student listening strategies in EMI classes	6
Take-home tests as an assessment for learning strategy	6
Decolonizing classroom discourse: insights from interactional research	6
Moving beyond ‘infancy’: towards a cross-fertilization between EMI and EAP scholarship	6
Listening in interaction: reconceptualizing a core skill	6
International youth literature in the Chinese EFL classroom	6
Translanguaging: a paradigm shift for ELT theory and practice	6
Worked examples for peer interaction: a feedback and learning resource	6
Implementing a reading-to-learn programme in EFL bilingual teaching	6
Can my writing be polished further? When ChatGPT meets human touch	5
Engagement	5
Coping with COVID-19-related online English teaching challenges: teacher educators’ suggestions	5
Teacher agency and washback: insights from classrooms in rural Bangladesh	5
English writing with Disney animation: a critical perspective	5
Teachers’ digital technology use after a period of online teaching	5
Challenges in understanding children’s language learning in games	5
Praxis-oriented Pedagogy for Novice L2 Teachers: Developing Teacher Reasoning, Karen E. Johnson, Deryn P. Verity, and Sharon S. Childs	4
How useful is it to teach affixes in intermediate classes?	4
Global Englishes-oriented teacher education: lasting shifts	4

Intensive English programme ecology: decolonizing ‘within the cracks’	4
Critical language pedagogues in Japan: enhancing student receptivity	4
Machine translation in English language teaching	4
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	4
Reimagining ITA training: promoting student-scholars’ agency	3
The impact of automated writing evaluation on writing gains	3
Exploratory action research: experiences of Nepalese EFL teachers	3
Positive Psychology in Second and Foreign Language Education	3
From learners to users—errors, innovations, and universals	3
Decolonization as pedagogy: a praxis of ‘becoming’ in ELT	3
Practising critical visual literacy through redesign in ELT classrooms	3
Reading to Learn, Reading the World: How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education	3
Let’s Discuss: Second-Language Learners Share Ideas—Teacher’s Edition	3
Ideologies and practices of the use of L1 in L2 vocabulary tasks	3
The potential of complaining as reflective practice in mentoring	3
Global Englishes teaching in secondary schools in Italy	3
The challenges of English medium instruction for subject lecturers: a shared viewpoint	3
Digital-Age Teaching for English Learners: A Guide for Equitable Learning for All Students	3
N.S. Prabhu 1933–2024	2
Lessons from Good Language Teachers	2
Promoting a World Englishes Perspective through Podcasts	2
Exploring teacher classroom behavior and wellbeing from the student perspective	2
Insights into emergency remote teaching in EFL	2
Compelling Stories for English Language Learners: Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy	2
Pulled both ways	2
Mentoring Teachers: Supporting Learning, Wellbeing and Retention	2
Developing Materials for Innovative Teaching and Sustainable Learning: ELT Practitioners’ Experiences From Diverse Global Contexts	2
Tertiary-level STEM and EMI: where EFL and content meet to potentiate each other	2
Communicative data-driven learning: a two-year pilot study	2
Making it happen: trauma-informed ESOL teaching in Scottish FE	2
Silence in English Language Pedagogy: From Research to Practice	2
Activity-induced boredom in online EFL classes	2
Anglophone Literature in Second-Language Teacher Education: Curriculum Innovation through Intercultural Communication	2
‘The effect is/isn’t significant!’: statistical evidence and ELT	2
Improving EFL students’ multimodal literacy through infographics	2
Freire’s problem-posing model: critical pedagogy and young learners	2
Training multilingual English language teachers: challenges for higher education	2
Correction to: Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	2
Linguistic landscapes tasks in Global Englishes teacher education	2
Affinity and the classroom: informal and formal L2 learning	2
Self-efficacy	2
AI-powered automated item generation for language testing	1
Self-assessment for primary English language teachers in Europe	1
Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations	1
(Dis)empowering native speakers? Teachers’ perceptions in Malta	1
Using Technology to Design ESL/EFL Microlearning Activities	1
Agency	1
Innovative practices in early English language education	1
A professional training to make English language instructors AI-ready	1
An autoethnographic approach to (not) teaching about the coronation	1
Teaching English to Pre-Primary Children: Educating Very Young Children	1
An online book club for ESOL learners	1
ELF awareness and learners’ realities: a response to Éva Illés	1
Ageism (un)covered in locally produced ELT materials	1
Digital game-based language learning in the young L2 learner classroom	1
Activities for Alternative Assessment: Monitoring Learning Accomplishments in the ELT ClassroomInnovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment	1
Do students’ oral corrective feedback beliefs matter to teachers?	1
Towards decolonizing L2 writing pedagogy: translingual and transmodal resources	1
Teaching positive psychology lessons in an intensive English program	1
Translanguaging options for note-taking in EAP and EMI	1
Virtual reality for language learning	1
Towards the new construct of academic English in the digital age	1
Rethinking AI: bias in speech-recognition chatbots for ELT	1
Expression of concern: Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	1
If we could just suggest: a response to Graham Burton	1
Academic Coloniality in ELT: the case of an Algerian University	1
Decolonizing ELT methods through critical thematic units	1
30 Trends in ELT	1
From notes to writing: three students in focus	1
Language Teachers Studying Abroad: Identities, Emotions and DisruptionsMultilingual Matters	1
Teaching and Learning English in Japanese Classrooms: Teachers’ Perspectives	1
Vocabulary, corpus and language teaching. A machine-generated literature overview	1