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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	215
Audiovisual input and second language learning	79
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	51
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	42
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	35
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	31
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	26
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	25
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	21
Collocations, corpora and language learning	20
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	18
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	18
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	16
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	16
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	15
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	15
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	15
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	14
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	14
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	14
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	14
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	13
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
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	12

Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	12
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	11
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	11
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	10
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	10
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	10
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	10
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	9
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	9
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
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	9
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	8
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	8
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	8
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	8
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	8
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	8
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	7
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,	7
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
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	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	6
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	6
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	5
Foreign language learner autonomy in online learning environments: the teachers’ perspectives	5
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	5
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	5
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	5
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	5
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	5
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	5
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4
Reimagining crisis teaching through autoethnography: a case of an online Japanese course	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
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	4
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	4
How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	4
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	4
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	4
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4

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