OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching is 4. 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
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	14
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
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	13
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
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
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	11
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	10
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
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
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	6
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	6
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
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
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