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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenging native speakerism in a Korean college English course	127
Children’s and teachers’ views on digital games in the EFL classroom	95
Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	46
Teaching English to Young Arabic Speakers: Assessing the Influence of Instructional Materials, Narratives and Cultural Norms	36
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	33
Translanguaging and the shifting sands of language education	32
Digital whiteboards: engaging with active learning	28
Leveraging transnational identities of refugee-background students	23
Bridging extramural English and formal instruction	22
Digital multimodal composing pedagogy in a university writing course	22
Global English and Political Economy	21
Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice	19
Centring on students’ needs by engaging in translanguaging shifts	17
ELT teachers’ agency for wellbeing	17
Social-emotional learning in ESOL with ninth-grade newcomers	17
Correction to: Using learning journals to promote learner autonomy	17
Mapping a way forward: toward a shared EMI and EAP research agenda	16
CEFR and the ELT practitioner: empowerment or enforcement?	16
Language teacher wellbeing: an individual–institutional pact	16
The challenges of EMI for art and design students in the UAE	15
ChatGPT in ELT: disruptor? Or well-trained teaching assistant?	15
Raising awareness among the TESOL community about the professional identity tensions of women EFL teachers in Africa	14
Screen capture technology in ELT	13
A Kazakhstani English Language teacher’s perspective on multilingual practices	12
A case for ELF feito no Brasil	12

Research methods in applied linguistics and language education: current considerations, recent innovations, and future directions	11
Developing Intercultural Language Materials	11
Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching	10
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	10
How does generative AI promote autonomy and inclusivity in language teaching?	9
Supporting part-time ELT faculty in a Japanese university	9
Fluency revisited	9
Vocabulary and the Four Skills. Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary	9
Ways of implementing ELF in the classroom	9
Writing conferences via an online meeting platform	9
Language Education in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities	8
A digital pedagogy for transculturing ELT through Global Englishes	8
‘I feel like a snake changing its skins’: a plurilingual project	8
Implementing rubric co-construction in ESL writing teaching	8
Code-switching and translanguaging: why they have a lot in common	8
Engaging students in dialogic interactions through questioning	8
Black Lives Matter in an EFL speaking class	8
Three stakeholders’ reflections on language assessment literacy	8
Erratum to: Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education	8
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	8
Can novice teachers detect AI-generated texts in EFL writing?	7
Teacher strategies in implementing English medium instruction	7
Tracking trends in coursebooks for young learners	7
“Feeling Closer to Nature” through Ecocritical ELT	7
Implementing a reading-to-learn programme in EFL bilingual teaching	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
Decolonizing classroom discourse: insights from interactional research	6
Listening in interaction: reconceptualizing a core skill	6
ESOL classes as trauma-sensitive physical spaces	6
Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching: Practice in Diverse Contexts	6
Moving beyond ‘infancy’: towards a cross-fertilization between EMI and EAP scholarship	6
Worked examples for peer interaction: a feedback and learning resource	6
International youth literature in the Chinese EFL classroom	6
Teacher input prompts and student listening strategies in EMI classes	6
Translanguaging: a paradigm shift for ELT theory and practice	6
Coping with COVID-19-related online English teaching challenges: teacher educators’ suggestions	6
Global Englishes-oriented teacher education: lasting shifts	5
Teacher agency and washback: insights from classrooms in rural Bangladesh	5
Engagement	5
Intensive English programme ecology: decolonizing ‘within the cracks’	5
Machine translation in English language teaching	5
Can my writing be polished further? When ChatGPT meets human touch	5
English writing with Disney animation: a critical perspective	5
How useful is it to teach affixes in intermediate classes?	5
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	5
Teachers’ digital technology use after a period of online teaching	5
Take-home tests as an assessment for learning strategy	5
The potential of complaining as reflective practice in mentoring	4
Critical language pedagogues in Japan: enhancing student receptivity	4

The challenges of English medium instruction for subject lecturers: a shared viewpoint	4
IATEFL during the Pandemic: Issues and Perspectives	4
Global Englishes teaching in secondary schools in Italy	4
The impact of automated writing evaluation on writing gains	4
Practising critical visual literacy through redesign in ELT classrooms	4
Exploratory action research: experiences of Nepalese EFL teachers	4
Reading to Learn, Reading the World: How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education	4
Correction to: Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	3
Freire’s problem-posing model: critical pedagogy and young learners	3
Let’s Discuss: Second-Language Learners Share Ideas—Teacher’s Edition	3
Reimagining ITA training: promoting student-scholars’ agency	3
Does planning before writing help? Options for pre-task planning in the teaching of writing	3
Exploring teacher classroom behavior and wellbeing from the student perspective	3
Positive Psychology in Second and Foreign Language Education	3
Tackling the content of a course for academic legal purposes	3
Digital-Age Teaching for English Learners: A Guide for Equitable Learning for All Students	3
Training multilingual English language teachers: challenges for higher education	3
Ideologies and practices of the use of L1 in L2 vocabulary tasks	3
Decolonization as pedagogy: a praxis of ‘becoming’ in ELT	3
From learners to users—errors, innovations, and universals	3
Developing Materials for Innovative Teaching and Sustainable Learning: ELT Practitioners’ Experiences From Diverse Global Contexts	2
Pulled both ways	2
Teachers’ pedagogical intentions while using motivational strategies	2
Focusing on ESOL teachers’ well-being during COVID-19 and beyond	2
Affinity and the classroom: informal and formal L2 learning	2
Anglophone Literature in Second-Language Teacher Education: Curriculum Innovation through Intercultural Communication	2
Linguistic landscapes tasks in Global Englishes teacher education	2
Communicative data-driven learning: a two-year pilot study	2
Promoting a World Englishes Perspective through Podcasts	2
Tertiary-level STEM and EMI: where EFL and content meet to potentiate each other	2
Language Teachers Studying Abroad: Identities, Emotions and DisruptionsMultilingual Matters	2
Activity-induced boredom in online EFL classes	2
N.S. Prabhu 1933–2024	2
‘The effect is/isn’t significant!’: statistical evidence and ELT	2
Silence in English Language Pedagogy: From Research to Practice	2
Improving EFL students’ multimodal literacy through infographics	2
Mentoring Teachers: Supporting Learning, Wellbeing and Retention	2
Compelling Stories for English Language Learners: Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy	2
Lessons from Good Language Teachers	2
Self-efficacy	2
Insights into emergency remote teaching in EFL	2
Making it happen: trauma-informed ESOL teaching in Scottish FE	2
Decolonizing ELT methods through critical thematic units	1
Teaching positive psychology lessons in an intensive English program	1
Do students’ oral corrective feedback beliefs matter to teachers?	1
If we could just suggest: a response to Graham Burton	1
Teachers’ voices on TBLT: insights from Chilean EFL classrooms	1
English Language Teaching Now and How It Could Be	1
The hobby course: towards a languaging curriculum	1
AI-powered automated item generation for language testing	1
(Dis)empowering native speakers? Teachers’ perceptions in Malta	1
Expression of concern: Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	1
30 Trends in ELT	1
A professional training to make English language instructors AI-ready	1
From notes to writing: three students in focus	1
Low attendance on a peer tutoring scheme for English language learners	1
Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations	1
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	1
Introduction to the special issue on positive psychology and wellbeing	1
Vocabulary, corpus and language teaching. A machine-generated literature overview	1
Rethinking AI: bias in speech-recognition chatbots for ELT	1
Academic Coloniality in ELT: the case of an Algerian University	1
Activities for Alternative Assessment: Monitoring Learning Accomplishments in the ELT ClassroomInnovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment	1
Teaching and Learning English in Japanese Classrooms: Teachers’ Perspectives	1
An online book club for ESOL learners	1
Innovative practices in early English language education	1
Towards decolonizing L2 writing pedagogy: translingual and transmodal resources	1
Translanguaging options for note-taking in EAP and EMI	1
Towards the new construct of academic English in the digital age	1
An autoethnographic approach to (not) teaching about the coronation	1
Motivational dynamics in learning English in Second Life	1
Generative AI-assisted, evidence-informed use of L1 in L2 classrooms	1
Ageism (un)covered in locally produced ELT materials	1
ELF awareness and learners’ realities: a response to Éva Illés	1
Using Technology to Design ESL/EFL Microlearning Activities	1
Self-assessment for primary English language teachers in Europe	1
Teaching English to Pre-Primary Children: Educating Very Young Children	1
Virtual reality for language learning	1