OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Modern Language Journal is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A Control–Value Theory Approach to Boredom in English Classes Among University Students in China	136
The Development and Validation of the Short Form of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale	97
The Research–Practice Dialogue in Second Language Learning and Teaching: Past, Present, and Future	61
Tracking the Evolution of Chinese Learners’ Multilingual Motivation Through a Longitudinal Q Methodology	60
Academic Perseverance in Foreign Language Learning: An Investigation of Language‐Specific Grit and Its Conceptual Correlates	51
Empirically Defining Language Learning and Teaching Materials in Use Through Sociomaterial Perspectives	48
The Relationship Between Utterance and Perceived Fluency: A Meta‐Analysis of Correlational Studies	43
How Effective Are Intentional Vocabulary‐Learning Activities? A Meta‐Analysis	40
Rewilding Language Education: Emergent Assemblages and Entangled Actions	29
Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices: The Ethics of Quantitative Data Handling and Reporting in Applied Linguistics	29
Navigating the Challenges of L2 Reading: Self‐Efficacy, Self‐Regulatory Reading Strategies, and Learner Profiles	27
Land as Interlocutor: A Study of Ojibwe Learner Language in Interaction on and With Naturally Occurring ‘Materials’	26
Emergency Remote Language Teaching and U.S.‐Based College‐Level World Language Educators’ Intention to Adopt Online Teaching in Postpandemic Times	26
Student Self‐Initiated Use of Smartphones in Multilingual Writing Classrooms: Making Learner Agency and Multiple Involvements Visible	21
Digital Game‐Based Learning of Formulaic Expressions in Second Language Chinese	21
Learners’ Engagement in L2 Computer‐Mediated Interaction: Chat Mode, Interlocutor Familiarity, and Text Quality	20
Cognitive and Socioaffective Predictors of L2 Microdevelopment in Late Adulthood: A Longitudinal Intervention Study	20
Small Samples in Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research	19
Grammatical and Lexical Development During Short‐Term Study Abroad: Exploring L2 Contact and Initial Proficiency	19
Bridging the Researcher–Practitioner Divide Through Community‐Engaged Action Research: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Exploration	19
Coda: An Expanding Research Agenda for the Use of Instructional Materials	18
Effects of Plurilingual Teaching on Grammatical Development in Early Foreign‐Language Learning	18
Rethinking Mobility and Language: From the Global South	18
May I See Your Credentials, Please? Displays of Pedagogical Expertise by Language Teaching Researchers	16
Effect‐Driven Sample Sizes in Second Language Instructed Vocabulary Acquisition Research	15

Bridging the Gap Between Willingness to Communicate and Learner Talk	15
Teacher Beliefs About Second Language Research and Researchers: Different Roles at Research‐Oriented Universities	14
The Negotiation of Meaning in Aviation English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus‐Informed Discursive Approach	13
Translingual and Transcultural Reflection in Study Abroad: The Case of a Vietnamese‐American Student in Guatemala	13
Student Artifacts as Language Learning Materials: A New Materialist Analysis of South Korean Job Seekers’ Student‐Generated Materials Use	12
By the Old Gods and the New: The Effect of the Congruence and Incongruence of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety and Enjoyment on Self‐Perceived Proficiency	12
Learning Potentials Afforded by a Film in Task‐Based Language Classroom Interactions	12
The Smartphone as a Personal Cognitive Artifact Supporting Participation in Interaction	12
Emergent L2 Grammars in and for Social Interaction: Introduction to the Special Issue	11
A Q Methodology Study Into Vision of Italian L2 University Students: An Australian Perspective	11
Learning and Teaching Pragmatics in the Globalized World: Introduction to the Special Issue	11
Nurturing Teachers’ Research Mindset in an Inquiry‐Based Language Teacher Education Course	11
Communicative Effectiveness in BELF (English as a Business Lingua Franca) Meetings: ‘Explaining’ as a Pragmatic Strategy	11
Retention and Attrition in Early‐Career Foreign Language Teachers in Austria and the United Kingdom	10
Noun‐Phrase Complexity Measures in Chinese and Their Relationship to L2 Chinese Writing Quality: A Comparison with Topic–Comment‐Unit‐Based Measures	10
Collaborative Mobilizations of Interbodied Communication for Cooperative Action	10
Functional Diversification and Progressive Routinization of a Multiword Expression in and for Social Interaction: A Longitudinal L2 Study	10
Identification and Characteristics of Strong, Average, and Weak Foreign Language Readers: The Simple View of Reading Model	10
Performance Profiles on Second Language Speaking Tasks	10
Materials‐in‐Action: Pedagogical Ergonomics of a French‐as‐a‐Foreign‐Language Classroom	10
Exploring Evolving Motivation to Learn Two Languages Simultaneously in a Study‐Abroad Context	10
The Hare and the Tortoise: The Race on the Course of L2 Learning	10
At the Intersection of SLA and Sociolinguistics: The Predictive Power of Social Networks During Study Abroad	9
Academic word difficulty and multidimensional lexical sophistication: An English‐for‐academic‐purposes‐focused conceptual replication of Hashimoto and Egbert (2019)	9
Localized Globalization: Directives in Augmented Reality Game Interaction	9
The Role of Language Teacher Metacognition and Executive Function in Exemplary Classroom Practice	9
Second Language Learners’ Attitudes Toward French Varieties: The Roles of Learning Experience and Social Networks	9
Sociocultural theory and classroom second language learning in the East Asian context: Introduction to the special issue	9
“I Look Mexican, So They Assume I Speak Spanish”: Latinx Teacher Candidates’ Experiences With Raciolinguistic Policing	9
Cultivating a new ecosystem in English language teaching: A focus on researchers in a textbook development project	9
Japanese Students’ Emotional Lived Experiences in English Language Learning, Learner Identities, and Their Transformation	8
Researcher‐Supported Professional Learning and Development for Instructors in Adult L2 Programs: Factors Leading to Ongoing Communities of Practice	8
Multilingualism and persistence in multiple language learning	8
In it Together: Teachers, Researchers, and Classroom SLA	8
The effect of the cognitive–emotional dialectic on L2 development: Enhancing our understanding of perezhivanie	8
Stance‐Taking in Heritage Language Writing	8
Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Teachers: A Curricular Perspective	8
Effects of written languaging on second language learning: Mediating roles of aptitude	7
“I Preferred to Take Another Activity From the Textbook”: An Activity–Theoretical Study of Learning to Design Language Teaching Materials	7
Space Oddities: The Acquisition of Agreement Verbs by L2 Learners of Sign Language of the Netherlands	7
Twenty‐first century technologies and language education: Charting a path forward	6
Sociomateriality of Semiscripted Pair‐Work Prompts in Beginner‐Level Japanese‐as‐a‐Foreign‐Language Classrooms	6
Decoding EFL learners’ internalization of English modal verbs in concept‐based language instruction: Integrating SCOBAs with languaging	6
Empowering preservice English teachers with language assessment literacy concepts and practices: Application of Vygotskian concept‐based language instruction	6
The Relative Contribution of Language Complexity to Second Language Video Lectures Difficulty Assessment	6
Irony Comprehension in Bidialectal Speakers	6
Sustaining Dual Language Immersion: Partner Language Outcomes in a Statewide Program	6
Primary school children's conflicted emotions about using their heritage languages in multilingual classroom tasks	6
The Effect of Auditory Input on Multimodal Reading Comprehension: An Examination of Adult Readers’ Eye Movements	6
Debate as L2 Pedagogy: The Effects of Debating on Writing Development in Secondary Education	6

Toward Cognitive and Temporal Mobility: Language Considerations in Refugee Education	6
Exploring Boundedness for Concept‐Based Instruction of Aspect: Evidence From Learning the Spanish Preterite and Imperfect	6