OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Teaching is 1. 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
Global Englishes and language teaching: A review of pedagogical research	94
Investment and motivation in language learning: What's the difference?	67
Research into practice: Virtual exchange in language teaching and learning	45
Second or foreign language learning through watching audio-visual input and the role of on-screen text	38
Collaborative writing in L2 classrooms: A research agenda	29
Dynamic Assessment and second language development	26
Translanguaging in education	23
Defining English Medium Instruction: Striving for comparative equivalence	22
Ecological systems theory and second language research	22
The influence of orthography in second language phonological acquisition	21
Language learning and emotion	20
English Medium Instruction: What do we know so far and what do we still need to find out?	19
How effective is second language incidental vocabulary learning? A meta-analysis	19
Transformative pedagogy for inclusion and social justice through translanguaging, co-learning, and transpositioning	19
Research into practice: CLIL in South America	18
Multilingualism in academic writing for publication: Putting English in its place	17
The Global ELT coursebook: A case of Cinderella's slipper?	14
TESOL teacher educators in higher education: A review of studies from 2010 to 2020	14
Glossing and vocabulary learning	14
Critical language pedagogy	13
Evidence in favor of a strategy-based model for English pronunciation instruction	13
Open scholarship in applied linguistics: What, why, and how	12
Research on “native” and “non-native” English-speaking teachers: Past developments, current status, and future directions	12
Native-speakerism and non-native second language teachers: A research agenda	12
From replication to substantiation: A complexity theory perspective	12

One norm to rule them all? Corpus-derived norms in learner corpus research and foreign language teaching	11
Speech acts and interaction in second language pragmatics: A position paper	11
Reflecting on task-based language teaching from an Instructed SLA perspective	11
Classroom-based assessment	11
The third wind of language learning strategies research	10
Reducing ‘avoidable research waste’ in applied linguistics research: Insights from healthcare research	10
Navigating the research–practice relationship: Professional goals and constraints	10
Language socialization and academic discourse in English as a Foreign Language contexts: A research agenda	10
Teaching English in multilingual Israel: Who teaches whom and how. A review of recent research 2014–2020	9
Second language speech comprehensibility	9
Selected poster presentations from the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference 2021	9
Applied corpus linguistics for language acquisition, pedagogy, and beyond	8
Research ethics in applied linguistics	8
Publishing in predatory language and linguistics journals: Authors’ experiences and motivations	8
Mixed-methods research in applied linguistics: Charting the progress through the second decade of the twenty-first century	8
Proper name theory and implications for second language reading	8
Explicit and implicit knowledge and learning of an additional language: A research agenda	7
Analysing culture in language learning materials	7
Selected poster presentations from the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference, Denver, USA, March 2020	7
Revalidation of the L2-Grit scale: A conceptual replication of Teimouri, Y., Plonsky, L., & Tabandeh, F. (2022). L2 grit: Passion and perseverance for second-language learning	7
The relation of second language acquisition, instructed second language acquisition, and language teaching from the lens of second language tense-aspect	7
Student support and teacher education in English for Academic Purposes and English Medium Instruction: Two sides of the same coin?	7
Using social networking sites as a language teaching and learning environment	6
Tangible insights on the strategizing of language learners and users	6
How does having a good ear promote successful second language speech acquisition in adulthood? Introducing Auditory Precision Hypothesis-L2	6
Transitioning from conversation analysis to mixed methods	6
Integrating research into language teaching and learning: Learners and teachers as co-researchers exploring praxis	6
Second language writing from a complex dynamic systems perspective	5
The final frontier? Why we have been ignoring second language attrition, and why it is time we stopped	5
Learner attitudes and attention to form in peer interaction: A proposal to replicate Adams et al. (2011) and Philp et al. (2010)	5
Researching language-focused study abroad through an equity lens: A research agenda	5
Plagiarism and English for academic purposes: A research agenda	5
Multimodal input in second-language speech processing	5
Whose open science are we talking about? From open science in psychology to open science in applied linguistics	4
What's in a name? Why ‘SLA’ is no longer fit for purpose and the emerging, more equitable alternatives	4
Rod Ellis's essential bookshelf: Focus on form	4
The visual signature of non-understanding: A systematic replication of McDonough, Trofimovich, Lu, and Abashidze (2019)	4
Technology-enhanced language learning and pragmatics: Insights from digital game-based pragmatics instruction	4
Mind the gap: A tale of two curriculum fallacies	4
Going meta: Bringing together an understanding of metadiscourse with students’ metalinguistic understanding	3
Research agenda: Researching grammar teaching and learning in the second language classroom	3
Issues of equity and inclusion in Virtual Exchange	3
Claire Kramsch in conversation with Zhu Hua	3
Self-assessment in second language learning	3
Complex dynamic systems theory: A webinar with Diane Larsen-Freeman	3
Studies on pre-primary learners of foreign languages, their teachers, and parents: A critical overview of publications between 2000 and 2022	3
Materials use in language classrooms: A research agenda	3
Research synthesis in applied linguistics: Facilitating research-pedagogy dialogue	3
Research on English language teaching and learning in Argentina (2014–2018)	3
Replicating corpus-based research in English for academic purposes: Proposed replication of Cortes (2013) and Biber and Gray (2010)	3

Research on foreign language learning, teaching, and assessment in Sweden 2012–2021	3
Norbert Schmitt's essential bookshelf: Formulaic language	3
Selected poster presentations from the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference, Denver, USA, March 2020	2
Ken Hyland's essential bookshelf: Academic writing	2
What about the teacher?	2
Multimodal composing and second language acquisition	2
Discussions on the past, present, and future of quantitative research ethics in applied linguistics	2
Written corrective feedback in second language writing: A synthesis of naturalistic classroom studies	2
Language assessment literacy	2
How do language education researchers attend to quality in qualitative studies?	2
Measuring children's metalinguistic awareness	2
Virtual professional development project on secondary teachers’ awareness of race, language, and culture	2
The story of a loner learner: Reconsidering authenticity and authentic engagement in second language learning	2
Difficulties in academic reading for EFL students: An initial investigation	2
Power dynamics in translingual practices for Chinese as a Second Language writing education	2
Selected poster presentations from the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference 2021	2
Language teaching and learning in Ireland: 2012–2021	2
Vocabulary learning from reading and listening: Replications of Brown et al. (2008) and Vidal (2011)	1
The Shanghai alliance of multilingual researchers: Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and Shanghai International Studies University, China	1
Engaging learners in pronunciation: Developing learner autonomy via an action research approach	1
Vocabulary learning at first exposure: Replication of Gullberg et al. (2012) and Shoemaker and Rast (2013)	1
Learning a specialized register: An English for Specific Purposes research agenda	1
LTA volume 55 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	1
The ethics and practice of L+ classroom research	1
The ethical turn in writing assessment: How far have we come, and where do we still need to go?	1
Ema Ushioda's essential bookshelf: Teacher engagement with classroom motivation research	1
Researching vulnerable multilinguals: Developing an inclusive research practice	1
Optimizing second language pronunciation instruction: Replications of Martin and Sippel (2021), Olson and Offerman (2021), and Thomson (2012)	1
How to maximize language learners' career readiness	1
Virtual reality in the EAP classroom: Creating immersive, interactive, and accessible experiences for international students	1
Should linguistics be applied and, if so, how?	1
Practitioners respond to Sarah Mercer's ‘Psychology for language learning: Spare a thought for the teacher’	1
Methodological innovation in applied linguistics research: Perspectives, strategies, and trends	1
John Flowerdew's essential bookshelf: English for research publication purposes (ERPP)	1
Martin East's essential bookshelf: Task-based language teaching	1
Practitioners respond to John Flowerdew's ‘The linguistic disadvantage of scholars who write in English as an additional language: Myth or reality’	1
Second language speech comprehensibility: A research agenda	1
Webinar on the subject of English and applied linguistics	1