Language Learning

Papers
(The median citation count of Language Learning 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Prosody in Pragmatic Competence: Proficiency Impact on Pitch and Fluency Features in Request‐Making in Second Language Chinese46
Training Child Learners on Nonnative Vowel Contrasts With Phonetic Training: The Role of Task and Variability42
The Influence of Prior Linguistic Knowledge on Second Language Semantic Implicit Learning: Evidence from Cantonese–English Bilinguals35
The Role of Modality in L2 Learning: The Importance of Learners Acquiring a Second Sign Language (M2L2 and M1L2 Learners)29
Sensitivity to Subphonemic Differences in First Language Predicts Vocabulary Size in a Foreign Language28
Order Effects in Second Language Learning26
What Proactive Language Learning Theory Is and Is Not: A Response to Atkinson's Commentary26
Crosslinguistic Differences in Food Labels Do Not Yield Differences in Taste Perception26
Close Encounters of the Word Kind: Attested Distributional Information Boosts Statistical Learning21
To What Extent Do Learner‐ and Word‐Related Variables Affect Production of Derivatives?20
Unknown Vocabulary Density and Reading Comprehension: Replicating Hu and Nation (2000)20
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The Acquisition of Strategies to Express Plurality in Hearing Second Language Learners of Sign Language of the Netherlands18
Revisiting Blocking Effects in Second Language Learning: A Close Replication of Ellis and Sagarra (2010b)18
Naturalization of Competence – Coloniality, Collusion, and Intersectionality: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguist18
Investigating Orthographic Versus Auditory Cross‐Situational Word Learning With Online and Laboratory‐Based Testing17
Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains17
Correction to ‘Community, Equity, and Cultural Change in Open Research: A Response to Open Peer Commentaries’17
Error Correction Learning of Second Language Verbal Morphology: Associating Imperfect Contingencies in Naturalistic Frequency Distributions17
Developing Second Language Mandarin Fluency Through Pedagogic Intervention and Study Abroad: Planning Time, Speech Rate, and Response Duration16
Electrophysiological Evidence for a Whorfian Double Dissociation of Categorical Perception Across Two Languages16
Heading South, Unmuting Multilingualisms: A Commentary on “Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Education”15
Open Research in Artificial Intelligence and the Search for Common Ground in Reproducibility: A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”15
Optionality, Complexity, Difficulty: The Next Step: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”15
Where is Community Involvement in Open Science? A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”15
Is This (Becoming) a Theory of Second Language Acquisition?: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”14
Grammatical Analysis Is Required to Describe Grammatical (and “Syntactic”) Complexity: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overv14
Collocation in the Mind: Investigating Collocational Priming in Second Language Speakers of Italian13
The Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics – A response from Europe: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied L13
First Language Literacy and Second Language Oracy: A Partial Replication of Foster and Skehan (1996)13
From Script to Sound: Exploring Orthographic Influence on the Lexical Learning of Nonnative Speech Sounds13
Learning Unacceptability: Repeated Exposure to Acceptable Sentences Improves Adult Learners’ Recognition of Unacceptable Sentences12
A Commentary on “Proactive Language Learning Theory”12
Study Abroad Students’ Social Contacts in Different Linguistic Contexts and Their Relationship With English Use and Development12
MOSAIC+: A Crosslinguistic Model of Verb‐Marking Errors in Typically Developing Children and Children With Developmental Language Disorder11
The Unbearable Whiteness of Communicative Competence Research: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”11
Plurality Is a Good Start, but It's Time for Unification: A Commentary on “Computational Modeling of Bilingual Language Learning: Current Models and Future Directions”11
Dialect‐Specific Modes Influence Second Language Production: Evidence From Bidialectal Shanghai–Mandarin Chinese Learners of English Within the Second Language Linguistic Perception Model11
Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Education10
Cognitive and Sociopsychological Individual Differences, Experience, and Naturalistic Second Language Speech Learning: A Longitudinal Study10
Incorporating Co‐occurrence Into the Operationalization of Speech Disfluency for Second Language Pronunciation and Oral Proficiency Assessment10
Second Language Learning via Syntactic Priming: Investigating the Role of Modality, Attention, and Motivation10
Alignment of Top‐Down Policies With Emerging Bottom‐Up Practices: A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”9
Native and Nonnative Speakers’ Preferences for Preposition Pied‐Piping Versus Stranding in English Wh‐Relative Clauses9
Lexical Effects on Second Language Grammar Acquisition: Testing Psycholinguistic and Neurocognitive Predictions9
Second Language Sentence Stress Assignment: Self‐ and Other‐Assessment9
Phraseological Use and Development During a Stay Abroad: Exploring Sensitivity to Frequency and Cue Contingency9
Do Implicit Learning Deficit and Dyslexia Go Together? An fMRI and Behavioral Study9
Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language8
Mixed‐Effects Modeling with a Multinomial Dependent Variable8
Developing an Automatic Pronunciation Scorer: Aligning Speech Evaluation Models and Applied Linguistics Constructs8
Generalizing Knowledge of Second Language Collocations: The Roles of Within‐ and Cross‐Language Similarity on Acceptability and Event‐Related Potentials8
Possessive Processing in Bilingual Comprehension8
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The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook: A Response to Open Peer Commentaries8
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Spontaneous Strategies Used During Novel Word Learning8
Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education8
A Race Critical Peer Commentary With the Post‐White Orientation: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”7
The Role of Prosody in International Communication in English in Call Center Interactions7
What Really Drives Language Learning Success: Talent or Hard Work?7
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Figurativeness Matters in the Second Language Processing of Collocations: Evidence From a Self‐Paced Reading Experiment7
On Umbrellas and Omnibuses: A Response to Open Peer Commentaries7
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Contextual Learning of New Meanings for Familiar Words: Perturbation of Original Meanings Occurs Without Deliberate Study7
Socioeconomic Account of Reading Abilities in Learning Chinese as a First Language and English as a Second Language7
Effects of Task Instructions on Predictive Eye Movements and Word Recognition During Second Language Sentence Comprehension6
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Social Aspects in Language Learning: New Perspectives from Study‐Abroad Research6
Proactive Language Learning Theory6
Declarative and Automatized Phonological Vocabulary Knowledge: Recognition, Recall, Lexicosemantic Judgment, and Listening‐Focused Employability of Second Language Words6
Spot It and Learn It! Word Learning in Virtual Peer‐Group Interactions Using a Novel Paradigm for School‐Aged Children6
Critical and Dialogic Perspectives on Why Ecologies Matter: A Commentary on “Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Educati6
Uncovering Sampling Biases, Advancing Inclusivity, and Rethinking Theoretical Accounts in Second Language Acquisition: Introduction to the Special Issue SLA for All?6
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Learning Sign Languages as Additional Languages: Considering Language‐ and Modality‐Specific Factors6
Overexplicit Second Language Reference: Evidence for the Cognitive Load Hypothesis6
Undesirable Difficulty of Interleaved Practice: The Importance of Initial Blocked Practice for Declarative Knowledge Development in Low‐Achieving Adolescents6
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To Bilingualism and Beyond! Modeling Bilingualism Requires Looking Beyond Language: A Commentary on “Computational Modeling of Bilingual Language Learning: Current Models and Future Directions”5
Active Language Modulates Color Perception in Bilinguals5
Moving Second Language Processing Beyond an Isolationist View: A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook”5
Peer Interaction Dynamics and Second Language Learning Trajectories During Study Abroad: A Longitudinal Investigation Using Dynamic Computational Social Network Analysis5
Unraveling the Complexities of Second Language Lexical Stress Processing: The Impact of First Language Transfer, Second Language Proficiency, and Exposure5
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Lexico‐Semantic Attrition of Native Language: Evidence From Russian–Hebrew Bilinguals5
Hedgehog Pillows and Squirrel Plates: Priming Semantic Structure in Children's Comprehension5
Digitally Empowered Assessment of Interactional Competence in a Second Language: Commentary5
Implicit Learning in Production: Productive Generalization of New Form–Meaning Connections in the Absence of Awareness5
Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Captioned Viewing: A Meta‐Analysis4
Differential Effects of Age, Linguistic Distance, Gender, and Education on English Proficiency: A Comparative Crosslinguistic Study of Immersion and Nonimmersion Learners4
An Update to Methods Showcase Articles in Language Learning4
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Simulating the Relationship Between Nonword Repetition Performance and Vocabulary Growth in 2‐Year‐Olds: Evidence From the Language 0–5 Project4
Neural Basis of Second Language Speech Learning – Past and Future: A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook”4
What Is the Ideal Time to Provide Corrective Feedback? An Approximate Replication of Li, Zhu, and Ellis (2016)4
Zoltán Dörnyei (1960–2022)4
Artificial Intelligence‐Generated Feedback for Second Language Intelligibility: An Exploratory Intervention Study on Effects and Perceptions4
Neural Evidence for Syntactic Unification in Second Language Sentence Comprehension: A Time‐Frequency Analysis4
Measuring Teenage Learners’ Automatized, Explicit, and/or Implicit Knowledge: A Question of Context?4
Eye Movements, Item Modality, and Multimodal Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Processing and Outcomes4
Engaging Indigenous Language Learning Through Relational Accountability: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”4
The Association Between Metalinguistic Awareness and Chinese Word Reading: A Three‐Level Meta‐Analysis4
Conversational Agents in Practicing and Assessing Interactional Competence: Current Research and Future Directions4
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Move, Rove, Love: Color Cues Help Learning Novel English Words When Pronunciation Is Not Predictable From Spelling3
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Rethinking First Language–Second Language Similarities and Differences in English Proficiency: Insights From the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) Project3
The Postprint Pledge – Toward a Culture of Researcher‐Driven Initiatives: A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”3
Second Language Acquisition of Contextual Emotion and Its Effects on Novel Word Learning From Reading Across Contexts3
The Effect of COVID‐Related Quarantine and Attitudes on Time Conceptualization: Evidence From Temporal Focus and Implicit Space‐Time Mappings3
The Interplay of Complexity, Genre, and Second Language Proficiency: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”3
Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence3
Investigating the Relation Between Second Language Proficiency and Study Success Using a Causal Inference Approach3
Even in a Relatively New Field We Can Learn From the Past to Build a More Robust Future: A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past 3
L2 Learners’ Signed Language Processing Relates, in Part, to Perspective‐Taking Skills3
Inventing and Reinventing the Cog: A Commentary on “Computational Modeling of Bilingual Language Learning: Current Models and Future Directions”3
Academic Language as Linguistic Capital – A Window to Social Justice: A Commentary on “Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research a3
Disambiguating Complexity: From CAF to CAFIC: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”3
Correction to “Sensitivity to Subphonemic Differences in First Language Predicts Vocabulary Size in a Foreign Language”3
Costs and Benefits of Spacing for Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Does Relearning Override the Positive and Negative Effects of Spacing?3
Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency3
Testing the Relationship of Linguistic Complexity to Second Language Learners’ Comparative Judgment on Text Difficulty3
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Diving Deep Into the Relationship Between Speech Fluency and Second Language Proficiency: A Meta‐Analysis2
Revisiting Text Readability and Processing Effort in Second Language Reading: Bayesian Analysis of Eye‐Tracking Data2
Cognitive–Linguistic Skills Explain Chinese Reading Comprehension Within and Beyond the Simple View of Reading in Hong Kong Kindergarteners2
Rejecting Competence – Essentialist Constructs Reproduce Ableism and White Supremacy in Linguistic Theory: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of 2
Whither Bilinguals, Natives, and Variability? A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook”2
Priming Ditransitives in Native Speakers and Learners of Mandarin: Error‐Driven Learning Affects Production but Not Real‐Time Predictive Processing2
Interactional Fluency and Turn‐Managing Gestures Across Second Language Proficiency Levels: A Multimodal Analysis2
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Which Aspects of Visual Motivation Aid the Implicit Learning of Signs at First Exposure?2
Modeling the Effects of Task Repetition in Second Language Writing: Examining Interindividual and Intraindividual Variability2
How Flexible Are Grammars Past Puberty? The Case of Relative Clauses in Turkish‐American Returnees2
The Role of Cognates and Language Distance in Simultaneous Bilingual Children's Productive Vocabulary Acquisition2
Learning Novel Words in an Immersive Virtual‐Reality Context: Tracking Lexicalization Through Behavioral and Event‐Related‐Potential Measures2
Is Second Language Attrition Inevitable After Instruction Ends? An Exploratory Longitudinal Study of Advanced Instructed Second Language Users2
CLASSIC Utterance Boundary: A Chunking‐Based Model of Early Naturalistic Word Segmentation2
Iconicity and Gesture Jointly Facilitate Learning of Second Language Signs at First Exposure in Hearing Nonsigners2
Spacing Effects in Task Repetition Research2
Contrasting Fixed‐ and Mixed‐Effects Modeling in Vocabulary Research: Reanalyzing Laufer (2024) and McLean et al. (2020)2
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The Evolution of Science in Second Language Acquisition Research: A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook”2
Chinese Learners of English Are Conceptually Blind to Temporal Differences Conveyed by Tense2
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Assessing Digital Interactional Competence for Second‐Language and First‐Language Chinese Speakers: Effects of Proficiency, Mode, and Setting2
Repetition and Incidental Learning of Multiword Units: A Conceptual Multisite Replication Study of Webb, Newton, and Chang (2013)2
Error‐Correction Mechanisms in Language Learning: Modeling Individuals2
Overcoming Challenges to Open Research Practices – A Perspective From the Global South: A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”2
How Do They Feel? Processing Others’ Emotions in Second Language Discourse2
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