OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of ELT Journal is 6. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenging native speakerism in a Korean college English course	131
Translanguaging and the shifting sands of language education	95
Leveraging transnational identities of refugee-background students	46
Teaching English to Young Arabic Speakers: Assessing the Influence of Instructional Materials, Narratives and Cultural Norms	37
Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	37
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	36
Children’s and teachers’ views on digital games in the EFL classroom	32
Digital whiteboards: engaging with active learning	25
Bridging extramural English and formal instruction	24
Digital multimodal composing pedagogy in a university writing course	23
Global English and Political Economy	22
Social-emotional learning in ESOL with ninth-grade newcomers	19
Centring on students’ needs by engaging in translanguaging shifts	19
Correction to: Using learning journals to promote learner autonomy	17
ChatGPT in ELT: disruptor? Or well-trained teaching assistant?	17
Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice	17
ELT teachers’ agency for wellbeing	17
Raising awareness among the TESOL community about the professional identity tensions of women EFL teachers in Africa	17
The challenges of EMI for art and design students in the UAE	16
Language teacher wellbeing: an individual–institutional pact	16
Mapping a way forward: toward a shared EMI and EAP research agenda	16
CEFR and the ELT practitioner: empowerment or enforcement?	16
Screen capture technology in ELT	13
Developing Intercultural Language Materials	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	12
Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching	11
Fluency revisited	11
A case for ELF feito no Brasil	10
How does generative AI promote autonomy and inclusivity in language teaching?	10
Ways of implementing ELF in the classroom	10
Writing conferences via an online meeting platform	9
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	9
Erratum to: Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education	9
Supporting part-time ELT faculty in a Japanese university	9
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	9
A digital pedagogy for transculturing ELT through Global Englishes	9
Vocabulary and the Four Skills. Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary	9
‘I feel like a snake changing its skins’: a plurilingual project	9
Engaging students in dialogic interactions through questioning	9
Can novice teachers detect AI-generated texts in EFL writing?	8
Implementing rubric co-construction in ESL writing teaching	8
Black Lives Matter in an EFL speaking class	8
Three stakeholders’ reflections on language assessment literacy	8
Digital literacy as ideological practice	8
Language Education in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities	8
Code-switching and translanguaging: why they have a lot in common	8
Listening in interaction: reconceptualizing a core skill	7
“Feeling Closer to Nature” through Ecocritical ELT	7
Worked examples for peer interaction: a feedback and learning resource	7
Teacher input prompts and student listening strategies in EMI classes	7
The Art of Foreign Language Teaching: Improvisation and Drama in Teacher Development and Language Learning (second edition)	7
Moving beyond ‘infancy’: towards a cross-fertilization between EMI and EAP scholarship	7
Tracking trends in coursebooks for young learners	7
Implementing a reading-to-learn programme in EFL bilingual teaching	7
Engagement	6
International youth literature in the Chinese EFL classroom	6
ESOL classes as trauma-sensitive physical spaces	6
Teacher strategies in implementing English medium instruction	6
English writing with Disney animation: a critical perspective	6
Teachers’ digital technology use after a period of online teaching	6
Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching: Practice in Diverse Contexts	6
Translanguaging: a paradigm shift for ELT theory and practice	6
Teacher agency and washback: insights from classrooms in rural Bangladesh	6
Coping with COVID-19-related online English teaching challenges: teacher educators’ suggestions	6
Take-home tests as an assessment for learning strategy	6
Decolonizing classroom discourse: insights from interactional research	6