OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Why am I learning English? Spanish EFL sports science university students´ motivational orientations through the prism of the L2 motivational self system	174
A person-specific perspective on the dynamics of anxiety in foreign language learning: A dynamic P-technique factor analysis	70
Unraveling EMI as a predictor of English proficiency in Vietnamese higher education: Exploring learners’ backgrounds as a variable	64
Language learners’ emotion regulation and enjoyment in an online collaborative writing program	50
Editorial	44
Models as written corrective feedback: Effects on young L2 learners’ fluency in digital writing from product and process perspectives	40
Second language psychological speaking and listening needs: Scale development, symbiosis, and demographic differences	35
Second language learner engagement in computer-mediated interactive oral tasks	34
Introduction to the special issue on English medium instruction: Areas of research needing urgent attention	33
The role of cognitive individual differences in digital versus pen-and-paper writing	31
Task-based elementary Spanish in rural Indiana: A practice-based collaboration	24
When my teachers think I can, then I know I can: A systematic review	23
Revisiting the relationship between global and specific levels of foreign language boredom and language engagement: A moderated mediation model of academic buoyancy and emotional engagement	21
Musical hearing and the acquisition of foreign-language intonation	20
Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on conducting research syntheses on individual differences in SLA	20
The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies: A study in micro-bibliometrics	18
Autonomy in language education: Theory, research and practice	18
Introduction to the special issue on ability beliefs and learning a new language at school	18
“I feel like it’s giving me a lot as a language teacher to be a learner myself”: Factors affecting the implementation of a multilingual pedagogy as reported by teachers of diverse languages	17
A longitudinal study on students’ self-regulated listening during transition to an English-medium transnational university in China	16
Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests	15
Reviewers for Volume 14/2024	14
Directed motivational currents: A systematic review	13
To lead or not to lead: The fluctuation of peer leadership in collaborative oral argumentation	12
Investigating individual differences with qualitative research methods: Results of a meta-analysis of leading applied linguistics journals	12

Introduction to the special issue on L2 writing and feedback processing and use in pen and paper and digital environments: Advancing research and practice	11
When to switch captions off? Exploring the effects of L2 proficiency and vocabulary knowledge on comprehension of captioned and uncaptioned TV	11
Content teachers’ and lecturers’ corrective feedback in EMI classes in high school and university settings	11
Second language listening comprehension: The role of anxiety and enjoyment in listening metacognitive awareness	10
Language teacher professional curiosity: Understanding the drive for professional development	9
Modeling the interaction between teacher credibility, teacher confirmation, and English major students’ academic engagement: A sequential mixed-methods approach	9
Reviewers for Volume 12/2022	9
Learner-generated content, task engagement, affective response, and memory on technology-mediated conversation tasks	9
Effects of EMI-CLIL on secondary-level students’ English learning: A multilevel meta-analysis	8
Specialized vocabulary across languages: The case of traditional Chinese medicine	8
Review of An advanced guide to multilingualism by Larissa Aronin	7
Promoting equity in study abroad: A focus on first-generation and students of color in the USA	7
Instructed second language acquisition research methods	7
Review of Learning words from reading: A cognitive model of word-meaning inference; Author: Megumi Hamada; Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021; ISBN: 978-1-3501-5368-4; Pages: 168	7
Beyond achievement goals: How different goals drive second language learning and achievement	7
Research across contexts and timescales with the experience sampling method: Applications in the study of language anxiety	7
When time matters: Mechanisms of change in a mediational model of foreign language playfulness and L2 learners’ emotions using latent change score mediation model	7
How do text type, prior vocabulary knowledge, and working memory capacity affect second language incidental vocabulary learning through reading?	7
Heritage language identity matters: Tracing the trajectory of a Chinese heritage mother and contested Chinese dual language bilingual education	6
The learning potential of English as a lingua franca contexts in the eyes of study abroad students	6
The effects of implicit corrective feedback on production of lexical stress in L2 English	6
Exploring collocation development in L2 German from students’ perspective: A contrasting case study	6
Shifting focus through a small lens: Discursive and introspective perspectives on the emergence of L2 study emotions	6
“Profesora is doing a great job!” or “Online learning sucks”: The relationship between students’ profiles and online language learning	5
Dialogic investigations: Motivation in Japanese language learning	5
Dynamic fluctuations in foreign language enjoyment during cognitively simple and complex interactive speaking tasks	5
Learner variables in the development of intercultural competence: A synthesis of home and study abroad research	5
Taking stock: A meta-analysis of the effects of foreign language enjoyment	5
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching	5
Listener perception of appropriateness of L1 and L2 refusals in English	5
The effect of executive functions on word reading among students with Chinese as a second language (CSL)	5
A network approach to language learning burnout, negative emotions, and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies	5
Exploring the psychometric properties of the Grammar Learning Strategy Inventory in the Chinese EFL context	5
Reviewers for Volume 11/2021	4
Bibliometrics and scientometrics in applied linguistics: Epilogue to the special issue	4
Wearing the mask: The role of imposter phenomenon in EFL learning and its effect on learner emotions and engagement	4
Self-efficacy’s role within learning a new language during formal education: Systematic review, critical evaluation of past research and paths forward for research and practice	4
Accuracy order in L2 grammatical morphemes: Corpus evidence from different proficiency levels of Turkish learners of English	4
Envisioning new directions in research on individual differences	4
Reviewers for Volume 13/2023	4
Understanding cultural specificity of positive emotions in SLA: The antecedents of foreign language enjoyment and peace of mind in the Chinese context	4
The impact of input, input repetition, and task repetition on L2 lexical use and fluency in speaking	3
Validating a measure of motivational regulation strategies and examining their relationship to English proficiency	3
The role of motivation and vocabulary learning strategies in L2 vocabulary knowledge: A structural equation modeling analysis	3
A classroom-based study on the effects of WCF on accuracy in pen-and-paper versus computer-mediated collaborative writing	3
Examining the role of English language proficiency, language learning anxiety, and self-regulation skills in EMI students’ academic success	3
Let’s get positive: How foreign language teaching enjoyment can create a positive feedback loop	2
Two decades of research on ELT textbook content: A bibliometric and content analysis	2
Modelling trait and state willingness to communicate in a second language: An experience sampling approach	2
Task-specific emotions in L2 writing: A control-value theory approach from a positive psychology perspective	2

Exploring peer emotion transmission in foreign language classrooms: A social psychological investigation using mixed methods	2
Developing explicit and implicit L2 knowledge with Duolingo’s input-based features: Case studies of L2 Spanish learning	2
Editorial	2
SLA as an interdiscipline: A bibliometric study	2
Trends in language assessment and testing: A bibliometric study	2