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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	298
Audiovisual input and second language learning	100
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	60
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	43
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	41
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	37
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	34
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)	26
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	24
Collocations, corpora and language learning	24
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	24
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	23
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	21
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	19
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	19
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	19
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	19
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	18
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	18
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	18
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	18
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	17
From research challenges to methodological innovation: interview prompts as reflexive and participatory tools in language teacher motivation research	17
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	17
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	14

Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	14
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	14
Integrating hip-hop-based education in Korean EFL teaching practicum: insights from pre-service teachers	14
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	14
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	13
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	13
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	13
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	12
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	12
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	12
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	12
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	12
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	12
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	12
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	12
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	12
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	11
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	11
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	11
Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Translation, Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven Learning Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Transl	11
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	10
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	10
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	9
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	9
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	9
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	9
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	9
Teaching communication, skills and competencies for the international workplace; a resource for teachers of English	9
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	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
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	8
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	8
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	8
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Modeling learners’ intention to continue using generative AI in informal language learning: the role of cognitive appraisals and emotions	7
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	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
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	6
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	6
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	6
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	6
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	6
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	6
From passive installers to active app users: EFL students’ lived experiences of mobile-assisted self-regulated language learning	6
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	6
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	6
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	6
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	6
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	5

How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	5
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	5
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	5
Understanding foreign language teachers’ pride: an ecological perspective	5
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	5
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	5
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	5
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching Foundational principles of task-based language teaching , by Martin East, New York and Oxford, Routledge, 2021, 1	5
Why is narrative inquiry suitable to study motivation? Insights from two empirical studies	5
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	5
Longitudinal comparison of AI, exemplar, and teacher feedback for sustainable L2 writing development: a latent growth curve analysis	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in the Neo-Nationalist Era	4
Willingness to communicate and anxiety in human–human and human–chatbot interaction contexts: an idiodynamic investigation	4
The coming of age of LMOOC research. A systematic review (2019-21)	4
Heterogeneity in AI readiness and its influence on behavioral intentions to use AI: a comparison between pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers	4
Co-constructing stories of possibility: Chilean teachers’ perspectives on environmental education in English language learning	4
Exploring Turkish EFL teachers’ negative emotions and professional detachment in episodic narratives: a Ricoeurian analysis of the critical incidents	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	4
Mindsets in language learning and teaching: an introduction to the special issue	4
The emotional profiles of self-perceived ‘good’ foreign language learners	4
Motivation for learning EFL in Tunisia: an eclectic theoretical approach and a structural equation modeling approach	4
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Professional intercultural communicative competence in action	4
Mobile assisted learning in Arabic language education: the impact of Duolingo and Memrise on phonology, morphology, and syntax competencies	4
E-learning in English Medium Instruction (EMI): Academic language for university students	4