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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	196
Audiovisual input and second language learning	72
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	46
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	33
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	30
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	28
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
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	19
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	17
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	17
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	16
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	16
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	15
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	14
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	14
Context-specific multilingual instruction: evolution of an instructional design	14
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	13
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	13
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	13
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	12
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	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
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	11
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	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
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	9
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	9
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	9
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	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	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	8
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	8
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	8
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	8
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	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
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	7
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	7
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	7
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	7
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	6
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	6
Foreign language learner autonomy in online learning environments: the teachers’ perspectives	6
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	5
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	5
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	5
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	5
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	5
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	4
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	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
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	4
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	4
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	4
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	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
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4