Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Papers
(The median citation count of Studies in Second Language Acquisition 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.)
ArticleCitations
SLA volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Back matter167
Challenges in inflected word processing for L2 speakers63
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations55
Development of automaticity in processing L2 collocations: The roles of L1 collocational knowledge and practice condition51
Estimating reliability for response-time difference measures: Toward a standardized, model-based approach51
On the effects of task focus and processing level on the perception–production link in second-language speech learning49
Comparing the longitudinal development of phraseological complexity across oral and written tasks41
Language aptitudes and VOT development of L3 Spanish stops in Chinese-English bilinguals39
The effects of contextual diversity on incidental vocabulary learning38
Effects of ADHD on additional language learning and use38
Language proficiency modulates listeners’ selective attention to a talker’s mouth: A conceptual replication of Birulés et al. (2020)36
SLA volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Front matter31
Mind the gap: Psycholinguistic and individual factors affecting expressive and receptive vocabulary skills in English-Gaelic bilingual children29
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM28
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction27
Co-text, context, and listening proficiency as crucial variables in intelligibility among nonnative users of English – ERRATUM27
Validity evidence for an EIT as an assessment for Spanish heritage speakers and L2 learners23
The effects of audiovisual input on second language learning: A meta-analysis – ERRATUM23
Pretesting effects on incidental L2 vocabulary learning through reading22
Disentangling the causal role of motivation, enjoyment, and anxiety in second language speech learning: A final report21
SLA volume 46 issue 1 Cover and Back matter19
Associations of students’ linguistic distance to the language of instruction and classroom composition with English reading and listening skills19
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction – CORRIGENDUM19
Understanding proficiency assessment practices in SLA research – ADDENDUM18
Cross-language interactions of phonetic and phonological processes17
The relationship between boredom and second language achievement: A multilevel meta-analysis17
The impact of L1 speaking style, task mode, and L2 proficiency on L2 fluency: A within-subject study of monologic and dialogic speech17
Examining the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles for comprehension: An eye-tracking study17
Usage events and constructional knowledge: A study of two variants of the introductory-it construction17
Contextual learning and retention of phrasal verbs17
The interplay of mindsets, aptitude, grit, and language achievement: What role does gender play?16
SLA volume 45 issue 3 Cover and Back matter16
The role of first language skills, working memory, and anxiety in second language reading16
Motivational dispositions predict qualitative differences in oral task performance16
Univariate normality checking practices in L2 research: An AI-assisted systematic review15
Comparing the effectiveness of Duolingo, Classroom instruction, and Classroom + Duolingo instruction conditions on beginner-level French language development15
Why you should stop using the ideal L2 self and the L2 motivational self-system to measure motivation (Reaction to Al-Hoorie, Hiver & In’nami, 2024)15
Differential effects of identification and discrimination training tasks on L2 vowel identification and discrimination15
Formal computational modelling in second language sentence processing research14
Clarifying the role of inhibitory control in L2 phonological processing: A preregistered, close replication of Darcy et al. (2016)14
Announcing the 2026 Susan Gass Award for Impact in SLA14
Bayesian estimation in multiple comparisons14
Study and instrument quality in perception-based L2 pronunciation research13
Variability as a functional marker of second language development in older adult learners13
The effects of distributed practice on second language fluency development13
Sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion and their relationship to cohesion ratings of English language learners’ written production12
SLA volume 45 issue 2 Cover and Back matter12
Reevaluating trials to criterion as a measure in second language research12
The effect of synchronous video-based communication on engagement in collaborative pre-task planning and L2 semantic content used in subsequent task performance12
How well are primary and secondary meanings of L2 words acquired?12
Development of verb argument constructions in L2 English learners: A close replication of research question 3 in Römer and Berger (2019)12
Task-generated processes in second language speech production: Exploring the neural correlates of task complexity during silent pauses11
How to present L2 Chinese words effectively for learning: Exploring learning outcomes and learner perceptions11
Cognition and emotion in moral decision-making: The role of working memory, emotional intelligence, and language factors in bilinguals’ moral judgments and emotions11
Individual differences in self-regulated learning profiles of Chinese EFL readers: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study11
Unpacking L2 explicit linguistic knowledge and online processing of the English modals may and can: A comparison of acceptability judgments and self-paced reading10
Interpreting the semi-partial correlation as a multiple regression-bound (not a bivariate) metric: A methods-oriented response to Papi and Teimouri’s (2024) response to Al-Hoorie et al. (2024)10
Introduction to the special issue on working memory and L2 writing: Implications for SLA individual differences research10
SLA volume 47 issue 4 Cover and Back matter10
Second language knowledge of academic collocations and its relationship with knowledge of academic words and general high-frequency words10
The effect of morphological salience and novel phonology in the initial stage of second language learning10
L2 learning outcomes of a research-based digital app for Japanese children – ADDENDUM10
Disability and second language learning: Implications for interdisciplinary research in applied linguistics10
A call for greater attention to the external validity of studies of second language acquisition10
Acceptance and engagement patterns of mobile-assisted language learning among non-conventional adult L2 learners: A survival analysis9
Longitudinal development of second language utterance fluency, cognitive fluency, and their relationship9
Decoding the noticing function of output: The roles of attention and awareness during L2 grammar learning9
Affect as a component of second language speech perception9
Sources and effects of foreign language enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom: A structural equation modeling approach9
SLA volume 47 issue 1 Cover and Front matter9
SLA volume 46 issue 3 Cover and Front matter8
The 2024 Albert Valdman Award8
Second language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts8
Do they like me?8
Manufactured crisis7
The interpretation of verbal moods in Spanish: A close replication of Kanwit and Geeslin (2014)7
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM – RETRACTION7
Disability and foreign language learning: Countering systemic ableism in secondary and postsecondary education7
Disentangling the causal role of motivation, enjoyment, and anxiety in second language speech learning: A final report – CORRIGENDUM7
Unpacking L2 explicit linguistic knowledge and online processing of the English modals may and can: A comparison of acceptability judgments and self-paced reading – ERRATUM7
Predicting L2-Spanish fluency from L1-English fluency and L2 proficiency: A conceptual replication7
With “crisis” comes opportunity: Using invariance testing to understand and improve measurement models (A response to Al-Hoorie et al., 2024)7
Kimberly Geeslin, In Memoriam7
Meta-analysis of second language research with complex research designs7
Multilingualism and native speakerism in academic journals’ language policies: Exploring a potential power of applied linguistics journals in promoting equitable publishing practices7
Do verbal and nonverbal declarative memory tasks in second language research measure the same abilities?6
Individual differences in L2 listening proficiency revisited: Roles of form, meaning, and use aspects of phonological vocabulary knowledge6
SLA volume 44 issue 5 Cover and Back matter6
Spanish heritage language learners’ motivational profile in the postsecondary classroom: Insights from psychological network modeling6
Saving the reliability of inhibitory control measures? An extension of Huensch (2024) and Hui and Wu (2024)6
SLA volume 45 issue 1 Cover and Back matter6
Is “the L2 learning experience” simply intrinsic motivation by another name? A content validity analysis6
Cognitive individual differences in the process and product of L2 writing6
Evaluating methodological and reporting practices of L2 meta-analyses6
The 2022 Albert Valdman Award6
Foreign language learning boredom: Refining its measurement and determining its role in language learning5
The effects of interleaved and blocked corpus-based practice on L2 pragmatic development5
Clarifying the role of inhibitory control in L2 phonological processing: A preregistered, close replication of Darcy et al. (2016) – ERRATUM5
Inhibitory and facilitative effects of lexical neighbors in spoken word recognition: The role of language experience5
SLA volume 47 issue 1 Cover and Back matter5
Network analysis for modeling complex systems in SLA research5
Measuring the development of lexical richness of L2 Spanish: A longitudinal learner corpus study5
Learning without awareness revisited and reconsidered5
SLA volume 47 issue 3 Cover and Front matter5
Mentoring ethically reflexive quantitative researchers in applied linguistics5
SLA volume 46 issue 4 Cover and Back matter5
Can personality predict foreign language classroom emotions? The devil’s in the detail5
L2 learning outcomes of a research-based digital app for Japanese children5
The impact of collocational proficiency features on expert ratings of L2 English learners’ writing5
Meta-analysis of second language research with complex research designs – ADDENDUM4
Usage-based analysis of L2 oral proficiency: Characteristics of argument structure construction use4
Does phonetic training benefit word learning?4
SLA volume 46 issue 5 Cover and Front matter4
SLA volume 45 issue 4 Cover and Back matter4
Quantifying proper nouns’ influence on L2 English learners’ reading fluency4
Wh-Dependency Processing in a Naturalistic Exposure Context: Sensitivity to Abstract Syntactic Structure in High-Working-Memory L2 Speakers4
Task design, L1 literacy, and second language oracy4
Modeling relationships between learning conditions, processes, and outcomes: An introduction to mediation analysis in SLA research – CORRIGENDUM4
First language effects on incidental vocabulary learning through bimodal input4
Processing to learn noncanonical word orders: Exploring linguistic and cognitive predictors of reanalysis in early L2 sentence comprehension3
Timing matters for interactive task-based learning3
Aligning linguistic complexity with the difficulty of English texts for L2 learners based on CEFR levels3
Announcing the 2024 Susan Gass Award for Impact in SLA3
Structural priming facilitates L2 learning of the dative alternation in Mandarin3
L2 task-based interaction: Exploring how learners’ interaction mindsets and task perceptions shape learner engagement, task completion, and lexical learning3
Metacognition of frequency, directional association strength, and dispersion of MWEs in first and second language speakers3
Modulating motion event categorization through brief training: Meaning-focused versus form-focused instructional conditions3
SLA volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Back matter3
Optimizing the input for learning of L2-specific constructions: The roles of Zipfian and balanced input, explicit rules and working memory3
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – RETRACTED3
Usage events and constructional knowledge: A study of two variants of the introductory-it construction – CORRIGENDUM3
Optimizing distributed practice online: A conceptual replication of Cepeda et al. (2009) – ADDENDUM3
Reexamining the role of regulatory focus in second language achievement3
SLA volume 46 issue 5 Cover and Back matter3
Perceptual integrality of foreign segmental and tonal information: Dimensional transfer hypothesis3
SLA volume 47 issue 5 Cover and Front matter3
Audiovisual (a)synchrony2
Coherence and comprehensibility in second language speakers’ academic speaking performance2
Learning second/additional languages with ADHD2
Second language anxiety in conversation and its relationship with speakers’ perceptions of the interaction and their social networks2
SLA volume 46 issue 2 Cover and Front matter2
Does timing matter?2
The role of processing goals in second language predictive processing2
Anything you can say, I can say faster2
Exploring the relationship of working memory to the temporal distribution of pausing and revision behaviors during L2 writing2
Second language productive knowledge of collocations: Does knowledge of individual words matter?2
Optimizing L2 phonetic learning2
The validation crisis in the L2 motivational self system tradition2
The relationship between social network typology, L2 proficiency growth, and curriculum design in university study abroad2
The love factor in variationist SLA2
Research methods for IDs and TBLT: A substantive and methodological review2
English Prosody Dataset for investigating English prosody acquisition2
Variability and individual differences in L2 sociolinguistic evaluations: The GROUP, the INDIVIDUAL and the HOMOGENEOUS ENSEMBLE2
Definite and indefinite article accuracy in learner English: A multifactorial analysis2
Understanding L2-derived words in context: Is complete receptive morphological knowledge necessary?2
SLA volume 45 issue 3 Cover and Front matter2
Different variables hold varying significance from childhood to adolescence2
Language proficiency modulates L2 orthographic learning mechanism: Evidence from event-related brain potentials in overt naming2
Assessing accent anxiety: A measure of foreign English speakers’ concerns about their accents2
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