OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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Training Child Learners on Nonnative Vowel Contrasts With Phonetic Training: The Role of Task and Variability	40
To What Extent Do Learner‐ and Word‐Related Variables Affect Production of Derivatives?	33
Close Encounters of the Word Kind: Attested Distributional Information Boosts Statistical Learning	32
The Influence of Prior Linguistic Knowledge on Second Language Semantic Implicit Learning: Evidence from Cantonese–English Bilinguals	31
Prosody in Pragmatic Competence: Proficiency Impact on Pitch and Fluency Features in Request‐Making in Second Language Chinese	30
Crosslinguistic Differences in Food Labels Do Not Yield Differences in Taste Perception	25
The Role of Modality in L2 Learning: The Importance of Learners Acquiring a Second Sign Language (M2L2 and M1L2 Learners)	25
Sensitivity to Subphonemic Differences in First Language Predicts Vocabulary Size in a Foreign Language	24
Unknown Vocabulary Density and Reading Comprehension: Replicating Hu and Nation (2000)	22
Order Effects in Second Language Learning	22
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What Proactive Language Learning Theory Is and Is Not: A Response to Atkinson's Commentary	21
Naturalization of Competence – Coloniality, Collusion, and Intersectionality: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguist	19
The Acquisition of Strategies to Express Plurality in Hearing Second Language Learners of Sign Language of the Netherlands	19
Error Correction Learning of Second Language Verbal Morphology: Associating Imperfect Contingencies in Naturalistic Frequency Distributions	17
Correction to ‘Community, Equity, and Cultural Change in Open Research: A Response to Open Peer Commentaries’	16
Developing Second Language Mandarin Fluency Through Pedagogic Intervention and Study Abroad: Planning Time, Speech Rate, and Response Duration	16
Electrophysiological Evidence for a Whorfian Double Dissociation of Categorical Perception Across Two Languages	15
Revisiting Blocking Effects in Second Language Learning: A Close Replication of Ellis and Sagarra (2010b)	15
Where is Community Involvement in Open Science? A Commentary on “(Why) Are Open Research Practices the Future for the Study of Language Learning?”	14
Investigating Orthographic Versus Auditory Cross‐Situational Word Learning With Online and Laboratory‐Based Testing	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 Overv	13

Optionality, Complexity, Difficulty: The Next Step: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”	13
Assessing Verb‐Construction Integration in Young Learners of English as a Foreign Language: Analyses of Written and Spoken Production	13
Heading South, Unmuting Multilingualisms: A Commentary on “Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Education”	13
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 L	13
Is This (Becoming) a Theory of Second Language Acquisition?: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”	13
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?”	13
First Language Literacy and Second Language Oracy: A Partial Replication of Foster and Skehan (1996)	12
Measuring Foreign Language Students’ Self‐Determination: A Rasch Validation Study	12
Collocation in the Mind: Investigating Collocational Priming in Second Language Speakers of Italian	12
Individual Variations in the Mastery of Discourse Connectives from Teenage Years to Adulthood	12
A Commentary on “Proactive Language Learning Theory”	12
Study Abroad Students’ Social Contacts in Different Linguistic Contexts and Their Relationship With English Use and Development	12
Dialect‐Specific Modes Influence Second Language Production: Evidence From Bidialectal Shanghai–Mandarin Chinese Learners of English Within the Second Language Linguistic Perception Model	12
The Unbearable Whiteness of Communicative Competence Research: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”	11
Learning Unacceptability: Repeated Exposure to Acceptable Sentences Improves Adult Learners’ Recognition of Unacceptable Sentences	11
Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Education	11
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MOSAIC+: A Crosslinguistic Model of Verb‐Marking Errors in Typically Developing Children and Children With Developmental Language Disorder	10
Cognitive and Sociopsychological Individual Differences, Experience, and Naturalistic Second Language Speech Learning: A Longitudinal Study	10
The Effect of Age of Onset of Bilingualism on Gender Agreement Processing in Spanish as a Heritage Language	10
Incorporating Co‐occurrence Into the Operationalization of Speech Disfluency for Second Language Pronunciation and Oral Proficiency Assessment	10
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”	10
Second Language Learning via Syntactic Priming: Investigating the Role of Modality, Attention, and Motivation	10
Lexical Effects on Second Language Grammar Acquisition: Testing Psycholinguistic and Neurocognitive Predictions	9
Do Implicit Learning Deficit and Dyslexia Go Together? An fMRI and Behavioral Study	9
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Phraseological Use and Development During a Stay Abroad: Exploring Sensitivity to Frequency and Cue Contingency	8
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Native and Nonnative Speakers’ Preferences for Preposition Pied‐Piping Versus Stranding in English Wh‐Relative Clauses	8
The Effects of Spaced Practice on Second Language Learning: A Meta‐Analysis	8
Second Language Sentence Stress Assignment: Self‐ and Other‐Assessment	8
Incidental Vocabulary Learning From Bilingual Subtitled Viewing: An Eye‐Tracking Study	8
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Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language	7
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?”	7
Spontaneous Strategies Used During Novel Word Learning	7
Mixed‐Effects Modeling with a Multinomial Dependent Variable	7
Possessive Processing in Bilingual Comprehension	7
Developing an Automatic Pronunciation Scorer: Aligning Speech Evaluation Models and Applied Linguistics Constructs	7
Generalizing Knowledge of Second Language Collocations: The Roles of Within‐ and Cross‐Language Similarity on Acceptability and Event‐Related Potentials	7
The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook: A Response to Open Peer Commentaries	7
The Role of Prosody in International Communication in English in Call Center Interactions	6
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”	6
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Learning Sign Languages as Additional Languages: Considering Language‐ and Modality‐Specific Factors	6
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Effects of Availability, Contingency, and Formulaicity on the Accuracy of English Grammatical Morphemes in Second Language Writing	5
Undesirable Difficulty of Interleaved Practice: The Importance of Initial Blocked Practice for Declarative Knowledge Development in Low‐Achieving Adolescents	5
Spot It and Learn It! Word Learning in Virtual Peer‐Group Interactions Using a Novel Paradigm for School‐Aged Children	5
On Umbrellas and Omnibuses: A Response to Open Peer Commentaries	5

Social Aspects in Language Learning: New Perspectives from Study‐Abroad Research	5
Teachers’ Verbal Lexical Explanation for Second Language Vocabulary Learning: A Meta‐Analysis	5
What Really Drives Language Learning Success: Talent or Hard Work?	5
Figurativeness Matters in the Second Language Processing of Collocations: Evidence From a Self‐Paced Reading Experiment	5
Process and Product in ISLA Research: Courage, Commitment, and Tolerance for Ambiguity	5
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 Educati	5
Examining Deductive Versus Guided Instruction From an Interactionist Perspective	5
Socioeconomic Account of Reading Abilities in Learning Chinese as a First Language and English as a Second Language	5
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Unraveling the Complexities of Second Language Lexical Stress Processing: The Impact of First Language Transfer, Second Language Proficiency, and Exposure	4
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”	4
Engaging Indigenous Language Learning Through Relational Accountability: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness in Applied Linguistics”	4
Eye Movements, Item Modality, and Multimodal Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Processing and Outcomes	4
Active Language Modulates Color Perception in Bilinguals	4
Proactive Language Learning Theory	4
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Incidental and Multimodal High Variability Phonetic Training: Potential, Limits, and Future Directions	4
Measuring Teenage Learners’ Automatized, Explicit, and/or Implicit Knowledge: A Question of Context?	4
Word‐Combination‐Based Measures of Phraseological Diversity, Sophistication, and Complexity and Their Relationship to Second Language Chinese Proficiency and Writing Quality	4
Declarative and Automatized Phonological Vocabulary Knowledge: Recognition, Recall, Lexicosemantic Judgment, and Listening‐Focused Employability of Second Language Words	4
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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”	4
Peer Interaction Dynamics and Second Language Learning Trajectories During Study Abroad: A Longitudinal Investigation Using Dynamic Computational Social Network Analysis	4
Lexico‐Semantic Attrition of Native Language: Evidence From Russian–Hebrew Bilinguals	4
Effects of Task Instructions on Predictive Eye Movements and Word Recognition During Second Language Sentence Comprehension	4
Uncovering Sampling Biases, Advancing Inclusivity, and Rethinking Theoretical Accounts in Second Language Acquisition: Introduction to the Special Issue SLA for All?	4
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Artificial Intelligence‐Generated Feedback for Second Language Intelligibility: An Exploratory Intervention Study on Effects and Perceptions	3
Incidental Learning of Collocations in an Academic Lecture Through Different Input Modes	3
Implicit Learning in Production: Productive Generalization of New Form–Meaning Connections in the Absence of Awareness	3
Costs and Benefits of Spacing for Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Does Relearning Override the Positive and Negative Effects of Spacing?	3
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Disambiguating Complexity: From CAF to CAFIC: A Commentary on “Complexity and Difficulty in Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical and Methodological Overview”	3
Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Captioned Viewing: A Meta‐Analysis	3
Zoltán Dörnyei (1960–2022)	3
Linguistic Priming and Learning Adjacent and Nonadjacent Dependencies in Serial Reaction Time Tasks	3
Rethinking First Language–Second Language Similarities and Differences in English Proficiency: Insights From the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) Project	3
Investigating Effects of Bilingualism on Syntactic Processing: Testing Structural Sensitivity Theory	3
Neural Evidence for Syntactic Unification in Second Language Sentence Comprehension: A Time‐Frequency Analysis	3
Move, Rove, Love: Color Cues Help Learning Novel English Words When Pronunciation Is Not Predictable From Spelling	3
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”	3
Simulating the Relationship Between Nonword Repetition Performance and Vocabulary Growth in 2‐Year‐Olds: Evidence From the Language 0–5 Project	3
The Association Between Metalinguistic Awareness and Chinese Word Reading: A Three‐Level Meta‐Analysis	3
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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
Investigating the Relation Between Second Language Proficiency and Study Success Using a Causal Inference Approach	3
How Do They Feel? Processing Others’ Emotions in Second Language Discourse	2
Error‐Correction Mechanisms in Language Learning: Modeling Individuals	2
Which Aspects of Visual Motivation Aid the Implicit Learning of Signs at First Exposure?	2
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 a	2
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	2
Testing the Relationship of Linguistic Complexity to Second Language Learners’ Comparative Judgment on Text Difficulty	2
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Spacing Effects in Task Repetition Research	2
Exploring “Intersubjectivity Negotiation Episodes” and “Language Related Episodes” in Second‐Language Peer Interaction	2
Rejecting Competence – Essentialist Constructs Reproduce Ableism and White Supremacy in Linguistic Theory: A Commentary on “Undoing Competence: Coloniality, Homogeneity, and the Overrepresentation of	2
CLASSIC Utterance Boundary: A Chunking‐Based Model of Early Naturalistic Word Segmentation	2
(Ir)regular Mood Swings: Lexical Variability in Heritage Speakers’ Oral Production of Subjunctive Mood	2
Crowdsourced Adaptive Comparative Judgment: A Community‐Based Solution for Proficiency Rating	2
Longitudinal Predictors of Listening Comprehension in Bilingual Primary School‐Aged Children	2
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
A Generative Approach to the Instructed Second Language Acquisition of Spanish se	2
Inventing and Reinventing the Cog: A Commentary on “Computational Modeling of Bilingual Language Learning: Current Models and Future Directions”	2
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?”	2
From Play to Language: Infants’ Actions on Objects Cascade to Word Learning	2
Iconicity and Gesture Jointly Facilitate Learning of Second Language Signs at First Exposure in Hearing Nonsigners	2
Is Second Language Attrition Inevitable After Instruction Ends? An Exploratory Longitudinal Study of Advanced Instructed Second Language Users	2
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
Priming Ditransitives in Native Speakers and Learners of Mandarin: Error‐Driven Learning Affects Production but Not Real‐Time Predictive Processing	2
Repetition and Incidental Learning of Multiword Units: A Conceptual Multisite Replication Study of Webb, Newton, and Chang (2013)	2
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The Effect of COVID‐Related Quarantine and Attitudes on Time Conceptualization: Evidence From Temporal Focus and Implicit Space‐Time Mappings	2
Contrasting Fixed‐ and Mixed‐Effects Modeling in Vocabulary Research: Reanalyzing Laufer (2024) and McLean et al. (2020)	2
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L2 Learners’ Signed Language Processing Relates, in Part, to Perspective‐Taking Skills	2
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Whither Bilinguals, Natives, and Variability? A Commentary on “The Neurocognitive Underpinnings of Second Language Processing: Knowledge Gains From the Past and Future Outlook”	2
Modeling the Effects of Task Repetition in Second Language Writing: Examining Interindividual and Intraindividual Variability	2
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