OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 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
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	233
Audiovisual input and second language learning	84
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	44
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	38
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	31
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	28
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	25
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	22
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	20
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	18
Collocations, corpora and language learning	18
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	17
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	16
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	16
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	16
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	16
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	15
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	15
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	14
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	14
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	13
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	13
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	12
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	12
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	12

L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	12
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	11
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	11
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	11
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	11
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	10
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	10
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	10
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	10
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	10
Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Translation, Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven Learning Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Transl	9
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	9
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	9
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	8
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	8
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	8
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	8
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	8
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Higher order thinking skills in the language classroom: A concise guide Higher order thinking skills in the language classroom: A concise guide , by Afsaneh Ghanizadeh,	8
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	7
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	7
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	6
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	6
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	6
Foreign language learner autonomy in online learning environments: the teachers’ perspectives	5
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	5
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	5
Pre-service English teachers’ beliefs and practices in the use of digital technology: the case of a technology-enhanced teacher preparation course in South Korea	5
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	5
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	5
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	5
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	4
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	4
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	4
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching Foundational principles of task-based language teaching , by Martin East, New York and Oxford, Routledge, 2021, 1	4
Reimagining crisis teaching through autoethnography: a case of an online Japanese course	4
How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	4
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	4
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	4

Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	4
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	4
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	4
The language of submission: a four-way duoethnography exploring translanguaging pedagogy with carceral students’ funds of knowledge and funds of identity	3
Are enjoyment and anxiety specific to culture? An investigation into the sources of Turkish EFL learners’ foreign language enjoyment and anxiety	3
The emotional profiles of self-perceived ‘good’ foreign language learners	3
Mindsets in language learning and teaching: an introduction to the special issue	3
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	3
Informal digital learning of English: research to practice	3
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and SpeakingThe Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking, edited by Tracey M. Derwing, Murray J. Munro, and Ron I. Th	3
Improving pre-service English teachers’ native cultural knowledge and English language knowledge of native culture in a PBL classroom	3
Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in the Neo-Nationalist Era	3
Mobile assisted learning in Arabic language education: the impact of Duolingo and Memrise on phonology, morphology, and syntax competencies	3
Motivation for learning EFL in Tunisia: an eclectic theoretical approach and a structural equation modeling approach	3
Getting viral on social media: exploring Chinese language EduTubers’ perceptions and practices	3
Utilising gamified formative assessment to support English language learning in schools: a scoping review	3
Personality as a factor affecting the use of language learning strategies	3
Using digital differentiation to improve EFL achievement and self-regulation of tertiary learners: the Turkish context	3
Exploring Turkish EFL teachers’ negative emotions and professional detachment in episodic narratives: a Ricoeurian analysis of the critical incidents	3
Professional intercultural communicative competence in action	3
E-learning in English Medium Instruction (EMI): Academic language for university students	3
The coming of age of LMOOC research. A systematic review (2019-21)	3
Combining study abroad and the on-campus experience to enhance language and cultural learning	3
The impact of strategy-based instruction on grammar learning strategies: a second-order multiple-group latent curve modeling approach	3
Affordances of innovative professional development and learning resources through language teacher associations: insights from educators of English as an additional language	3
Nature journaling in English language teaching: an introduction for practitioners	2
The mediating role of self-disclosure in the relationship between masculine gender role stress and foreign language classroom anxiety	2
Exploring the use of ChatGPT-generated model texts as a feedback instrument: EFL students’ text quality and perceptions	2
The mysteries of bilingualism: unresolved issues	2
Automatic pronunciation evaluation feedback and peer correction for shaping English pronunciation accuracy and interpersonal communication	2
Agency in conflict with contextual idiosyncrasies: implications for second language teacher identity construction	2
‘When I see them - I think it’s me:’ multilingual teaching staff’s agency enactment in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom	2
Prof-teaching: an English-medium instruction professional development program with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach	2
Learning a language with peers: elevating classroom voices	2
How does teacher support contribute to learners’ grit? The role of learning enjoyment	2
An idiodynamic study on students’ negative emotions in relation to instructor clarity and non-verbal immediacy in a CLIL classroom	2
Tracking the evolving impact of AI-driven learning platforms on EFL students’ burnout, emotional challenges, and well-being: a longitudinal growth curve analysis	2
Analyzing the time-series relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and academic engagement in language learners	2
Effectiveness of metacognitive interventions in tertiary EFL contexts: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
From boredom to buoyancy: examining the impact of perceived teacher support on EFL learners’ resilience and achievement through a serial mediation model	2
Enhancing English alphabet handwriting skills in preschool children through digital game-based learning approach	2
Self-regulated pedagogical guidance for out-of-class listening practice: an empirical study of Japanese EFL learners	2
Using model essays in conjunction with noticing as a feedback instrument in IELTS writing preparation	2
Language learning affordances of Instagram and TikTok	2
Exploring high school teachers’ and students’ perceptions of teaching for creativity in EFL classes	2
Gamified-flipped English classes and L2 learners’ achievement and perceptions	1
Psycholinguistic approaches to instructed second language acquisition: linking theory, findings and practice	1
Artificial intelligence in education and EFL teachers’ attitudes: scale development and validation	1
New direction in technology for writing instruction	1
Investigating the relationship between metastrategy use and task engagement in an EFL context: a structural equation modeling approach	1
Boredom and English language conversational topics: an idiodynamic approach	1
Empowering students with authentic tasks to learn English beyond the classroom: a club-based model	1
Exploring the role of internet self-efficacy, perceived enjoyment, and anxiety on learning outcome in intelligent personal assistant-based EFL learning	1
Equitable teacher education in a virtual world: the promise of learning-oriented assessment	1
Constructive peer-feedback to improve language and communication skills in medical education	1
Eportfolio post tagging for student-teacher development	1
Perspectives and good practices in English language teacher training	1
Book Review AI in language teaching, learning, and assessment	1
Hands-on operation with a Rolling Alphabet-AR System improves English learning achievement	1
Multimodal digital storytelling presentations in EFL contexts: learning outcomes, positive/negative affects, and perception between high-/low-achieving learners	1
Promoting second language writing through technology-driven multimodal text feedback	1
Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 written production: effects of task complexity and task repetition	1
‘I thought I was a refugee’: a narrative inquiry of an EFL teacher’s piloting of a newly published textbook	1
Teaching pride forward: Building LGBTQ+ allyship in English language teaching	1
Chinese college students’ preferences for mobile-assisted language learning classes and their effects on student engagement in English language classrooms	1
Handbook of practical second language teaching and learning	1
The effect of empowerment on English language teachers’ commitment to schools: the mediation of teachers’ attitudes towards curriculum reform	1
Professional development and learning for Chilean teachers and researchers through podcasts: The case of RICELT	1
Motivation, self-construal, and gender in project-based learning	1
Our story of innovation: reforming the traditional approach to ELT in China’s hinterlands	1
‘I always wake up with trepidation’: examining Chinese foreign language majors’ employment anxiety from an ecological perspective	1
EFL teachers’ perceptions of emotional exhaustion and associated regulation strategies: a phenomenological analysis	1
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Higher Education using flipped learning/flipped classrooms: a literature review	1
The relationship between teachers’ support and students’ self-regulation in ESL collaborative learning in Hong Kong primary schools: the mediating role of students’ motivation	1
How music facilitates second language (L2) learning: a systematic review from 2002 to 2022	1
Unveiling the paradox in the relationship between engagement and achievement in foreign language learning: combining multilevel meta-analysis with document co-citation analysis	1