OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of RELC Journal 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Directed Motivational Currents in Second Language: Investigating the Effects of Positive and Negative Feedback on Energy Investment and Goal Commitment	654
Corrigendum to “Hybrid teaching: What is it? How do we do it”	297
Book Review: Assessing Second Language Reading: Insights from Cloze Tests	113
Collaborative Materials Design: How a School Teacher, a University Researcher, and a Professional Textbook Writer Interact	102
Exploratory Practice as a Professional Development Strategy for English-Language Teachers in Indonesia	100
English-as-a-Foreign-Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Coursebook Adaptation Practices: A Latent Profile Analysis	80
Language Assessment Literacy Development of a Novice University English Teacher in the Chinese Context	59
Gather.Town: A Gamification Tool to Promote Engagement and Establish Online Learning Communities for Language Learners	51
Negotiating Identity Tensions: Challenges of an Online Volunteer English Language Teacher in Rural China	39
Critical Autoethnographic Narrative for Language Teacher Identity Development	38
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology for English Writing: Introducing Wordtune as a Digital Writing Assistant for EFL Writers	35
Probing into Non-native Learners’ Written Accuracy: Does Feedback Type Matter?	34
Artificial Intelligence in English Language Teaching: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	33
Queer Pedagogy in TESOL: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices in Thai ELT Classrooms	32
Reshaping Language Learners’ Languaging Habitus: A World-Englishes-Informed Critical Pedagogy	30
Using Online Tools to Help Students Elevate Lexical Range in English-as-a-Foreign-Language Writing	28
Internet-Mediated Joint Construction: Engaging Second Language Learners in Synchronous Online Writing Instruction Through ClassIn	26
Note-taking in Academic Listening: A Translanguaging Perspective	25
Impressing Artificial Intelligence: Automated Job Interview Training in Professional English Subjects	25
Speeko: An Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Personal Public Speaking Coach	24
Navigating Academic Language in English Medium Instruction (EMI) Science Classrooms in Hong Kong	24
Essential Lecturer Competencies in English Medium Instruction: A Study Across Student Proficiency Levels	22
Initial Development of a Second Language Discussion Task-Specific Self-Efficacy Instrument: An Illustration for Frontline Researchers	21
Book Review: English L2 Vocabulary Learning and Teaching: Concepts, Principles and Pedagogy	20
Exploring the Principles Applied During the Production of an Open Writing Textbook	20

Revisiting Praise as Feedback in L2 Writing: Where are we Going?	19
Empowering English Teachers to be Grammar ‘Experts’ and Coursebook Analysts via Perusall	19
Validating the Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by English as a Foreign Language University Students in Taiwan	17
Emotion–Identity–Agency Triangle in Practicum Experience: A Pre-service Second Language Teacher's Development of Critical Emotional Reflexivity	16
Integrating Automated Written Corrective Feedback into E-Portfolios for second language Writing: Notion and Notion AI	12
Promoting Students’ Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Engagement in EFL Classrooms: Do Grit and Well-Being Matter?	12
Researching Translanguaging as a Feasible Pedagogical Practice: Evidence from Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language Students’ Perceptions	12
Professional Communication in Intercultural Contexts: David Wei Dai in Conversation with Tony Young	12
Perusall Encourages Critical Engagement with Reading Texts	12
Designing Curriculum for Student Feedback Literacy: Student Appreciation for and Engagement with Teacher Feedback	12
Teaching With Technology in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Digital Age: An Interview With Professor Robert Godwin-Jones	10
Can Learners Understand Words with Derivational Affixes and Does Presence of Context Make a Difference?	10
Sustaining Inclusive, Equitable, and Accessible Language Education in a COVID-19 Endemic World	10
Multimodal Digital Storytelling Presentations among Middle-School Learners of English as a Foreign Language: Emotions, Grit and Perceptions	10
Discriminated Against or Uniquely Advantaged? Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers on Online Tutoring Platforms	9
A Case for Teacher Inquiry Groups for Exploring Language Teacher Identity Constructions in Transnational Contexts	9
Transformative Learning: English Language Teachers’ Experience of Engagement in Classroom Research in Singapore	9
Enhancing L2 Learners’ Self-Regulated Speaking Through Digital Oral Dialogue Journaling: An EFL Classroom-based Study	9
Inferring the Meaning of Idioms: Does Accuracy Matter for Retention in Memory?	8
Twee : Artificial Intelligence Assistant to Generate Versatile Materials for Language Education	8
The Effects of Communication Strategy Training on Speaking Task Performance	8
Book Review: Professionalising English Language Teaching: Concepts and Reflections for Action in Teacher Education by Cirocki Andrzej and Hallet Wolfgang	8
Pedagogizing Identity in Teacher Education Through Critical Autoethnographic Narrative	8
Book Review: Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching: The Rise of a New Knowledge Ecology	8
Using Call Annie as a Generative Artificial Intelligence Speaking Partner for Language Learners	8
Communities Beyond the Classroom: Reflecting on a German Field Trip to a Local Non-Profit	7
Cultural–Linguistic Congruence as a Moderator of Teacher Emotions: Examining AI Implementation in Vietnamese EFL Classrooms	7
Technology in English Language Teaching and Learning: An Interview with Professor Greg Kessler	7
Implementing Extensive Graded Reading in English as a Foreign Language Teaching Through Newsela	7
“You are Here”: Transnational Teachers’ Becoming Between Symbolic and Sociomaterial Spaces	7
Every Advantage has its Disadvantage: Side Effects of Teacher Feedback in L2 Writing	6
The Roles of Second-Language Proficiency Level and Working Memory on Vocabulary Learning from Word-Focused Exercises	6
The Effect of First Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition and Learning: From Contrastive Analysis to Contemporary Neuroimaging	6
Creating the Conditions for Vocabulary Learning with Wordwall	6
Educational Context and Teacher Beliefs Matter: Multimodal Literacy in the Greater Bay Area of China	6
Teacher Research for Professional Development: The Tales of Two Teachers	6
Kialo Edu	6
Textual Enhancement's Impact on Reading Fluency and Comprehension	6
Book Review: Micro-Reflection on Classroom Communication – A FAB Framework	6
Korean-as-a-Foreign-Language Learners’ Engagement with Machine Translation Output	6
Examining Team-teaching Competencies in a Taiwanese Bilingual Academic Subject Classroom: A Bilingual NEST's Autoethnography	6
Book Review: Translanguaging in EFL Contexts: A Call for Change	6
Teachers’ Mindsets about L2 Learning: Exploring the Influences on Pedagogical Practices	6
Rethinking Language Education: Understanding Optimal Learning Conditions, Designing Effective Teaching, and Preparing Future-Ready Teachers	6
Book Review: AI in Language Teaching, Learning, and Assessment F Pan (ed.) AI in Language Teaching, Learning, and AssessmentIGI Global: Hershey, 2024; 384 pp.: ISBN 979-8-3693-0872-1.	6
Cultivating Critical Translingual Awareness: Challenges and Possibilities for Teachers and Teacher Educators	6
Effect of the Flipped Classroom on English Vocabulary and Motivation in Taiwanese Elementary School Students	5
Informal Digital Learning of English in Asian English as a Foreign Language Contexts: A Thematic Review	5
Integrating structured questioning and AI-mediated inquiry in SLA: a pedagogical innovation in EFL teacher education	5
Exploring Language Teacher Identity and Investment: In Discussion with Bonny Norton	5

Enhancing young learners’ metacognitive awareness through feedback in writing classrooms	5
Miro: Promoting Collaboration through Online Whiteboard Interaction	5
Exploring the Challenges of Technology in Language Teaching in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	5
Book Review: Research Genres Across Languages: Multilingual Communication Online	5
AI and Native Speakerism: The Intersections of Technology, Language Assessment, and Linguistic Objectivity	5
Developing Student Feedback Literacy Through Peer Review Training	5
Editorial: What is at the Heart of Teaching and Learning in a Post-pandemic Recovery World?	5
Book Review: Transnational Identities and Practices in English Language Teaching: Critical Inquiries from Diverse Practitioners	5
Book Review: English-medium Instruction and Translanguaging	4
Book Review: Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition by Shawn Loewen LoewenShawnIntroduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 3rd edn Routledge:	4
To Assign a Topic or Not: Examining Critical Thinking in English as a Foreign Language Speaking	4
From ‘nativelike’ to practical: comparing human and AI reformulation as written feedback	4
Exploring Early-Career EFL Teachers’ Engagement in Professional Learning: Teaching Beliefs and Professional Values	4
English Language Teaching in the Postmodern World: RELC Journal's Contribution	4
Pedagogizing Identity: Why it Matters, and Where do we go from Here?	4
Exploring the Effects of Online Courses on Elementary Students’ Listening, Reading Abilities and Learning Anxiety	4
Pragmatics and Instructional Pragmatics in Second/Foreign Language Preservice Teacher Education: A Case Study in Australia and Vietnam	4
English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Guide to Argument–Counterargument Skills: ProCon.org	4
Move Up the Fluency Ladder: Introducing Deep English as an Artificial Intelligence Speaking Tool for Speakers of English as a Foreign Language	4
Post-elicitation Wait Time in the Japanese University English as a Foreign Language Classroom	4
L2 Students’ Gradeless Assessment of Digital Multimodal Composing: Unlocking Multiliteracies Through Rubric-referenced Multisource Feedback	4
Deepening the Understanding of Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language: A Conversation with Professor Li Wei	4
Teaching Intercultural Communication in an English as a Lingua Franca Context	4
Pre-Writing and Post-Writing Explicit Instruction: Differential Effects on L2 Learners’ Writing Accuracy	4
Effects of Automated Feedback on English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Writing Performance: Evidence from a Quasi-experiment	4
Integrating Technology into Language Teaching Practice in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Digital Age: From a Korean English as a Foreign Language Context	4
Supporting the Teaching of Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT) Through Voki	4
Exploring the Use of Rhymes in International and Localized English Language Teaching Textbooks for Young Learners – A Comparative Study	3
Incorporating Critical Pedagogy into Second Language Teacher Education: An Identity Lens	3
Tomorrowland? Technical Innovation and Feedback on Writing	3
Pedagogical Translanguaging and Its Application to Language Classes	3
Investigating Verbal Learners' Perspectives on Silence in English as a Foreign Language Classrooms in Myanmar	3
Exploring a Collaborative Approach to Peer Feedback in EFL Writing: How Do Students Participate?	3
Book Review: Researching Incidental Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language by Mark Feng Teng and Barry Lee Reynolds TengMark FengReynoldsBarry Lee (eds	3
Investigating STEM Secondary School Teachers’ CLIL Assessment Practices in EFL Contexts: the Repertory Grid Technique	3
Translanguaging in Language Teaching and Learning: Current Practices and Future Directions	3
Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies	3
Book Review: Individual Differences in Language Learning: A Complex Systems Theory Perspective	3
‘Stop Measuring Black Kids with a White Stick’: Translanguaging for Classroom Assessment	3
ELT Student Teachers’ Acceptance and Knowledge Base of Integrating Virtual Reality into Task-Based Contexts	3
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com	3
Situating Shadowing in the Framework of Deliberate Practice: A Guide to Using 16 Techniques	3
Empowering Language Learners: Redefining Authentic Resources Through Community Engagement	3
EFL Learner Perceptions and Engagement of a Customized AI-led Class	3
Teaching EIL, ideal L2 self, and growth language mindset: Boosting EFL students' willingness to communicate	2
Technology-enhanced Reflection and Teacher Development: A Student Teacher's Journey	2
InVideo AI: Creating Instructional Audiovisual Input for English Learning	2
Book Review: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and Kevin M. Wong Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching	2
Virtual Distance in Project Work: What We Have Learned From the Pandemic	2
ChatGPT and the Future of Editorial Writing	2
Editorial	2
The Role of GenAI in EFL Speaking: Effects on Oral Proficiency, Anxiety and Risk-Taking	2
Exploring the Factors Predicting EFL Learners’ Oral Presentation Performance: Why ‘Gritty’ and Self-efficacious Students Perform Well	2
English (un)Bordered: Five Principles for Reflective Translanguaging in Southeast Asian ELT	2
WordSift: Reading Easier by Understanding Key Words	2
Language Teachers Actualising Their Vision: An Identity-Focused Approach to Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development	2
Studies on Positive Evidence Feedback in Second Language Writing: Status Quo and Implications	2
Enhancing Global Englishes in Secondary Education: Addressing Student Needs Through Teacher Education and Curriculum Innovation	2
Sketching the Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Experiences Designed by Taiwanese High School English Teachers	2
Academic Success in English Medium Courses: Exploring Student Challenges, Opinions, Language Proficiency and L2 Use	2
Pedagogizing Identity in Professional Development: The Case of Two Native English-Speaking Teachers in Hong Kong	2
Exploring the Impact of Affordance Theory on Motivated Learning Behavior in ChatGPT-assisted IDLE Contexts	2
Free Online Machine Translation in Second Language Learning: Bridging the Divide Between Reality and Thoughts	2
Incorporating World Englishes into Middle and High Schools in Korea: Teachers’ Awareness and Attitudes	2
Global Englishes Pedagogical Activities for English-as-a-Foreign Language Settings and Beyond: Understanding Thai Teachers’ Practices	2
“Whoa! Incredible!:” Language Learning Experiences in Virtual Reality	2
Understanding Students’ English-Speaking Difficulties: An Exploratory Practice Approach with Web 2.0	2
Pedogogizing Identity in Language Teacher Education	2