Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Papers
(The TQCC of Studies in Second Language Acquisition is 7. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
On the effects of task focus and processing level on the perception–production link in second-language speech learning142
Development of automaticity in processing L2 collocations: The roles of L1 collocational knowledge and practice condition80
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations73
SLA volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Back matter67
Estimating reliability for response-time difference measures: Toward a standardized, model-based approach56
Challenges in inflected word processing for L2 speakers43
REPRESENTATION AND PROCESSING OF OVERTLY IDENTICAL COMPLEX FORMS IN L1 AND L239
GROWTH, FIXED, AND MIXED MINDSETS37
DO LEARNERS CONNECT SOCIOPHONETIC VARIATION WITH REGIONAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS?37
Comparing the longitudinal development of phraseological complexity across oral and written tasks34
Mind the gap: Psycholinguistic and individual factors affecting expressive and receptive vocabulary skills in English-Gaelic bilingual children33
Language proficiency modulates listeners’ selective attention to a talker’s mouth: A conceptual replication of Birulés et al. (2020)29
MASSED TASK REPETITION IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR FLUENCY DEVELOPMENT27
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction27
Validity evidence for an EIT as an assessment for Spanish heritage speakers and L2 learners26
ATTENTION TO FORM AND MEANING REVISITED24
Co-text, context, and listening proficiency as crucial variables in intelligibility among nonnative users of English – ERRATUM24
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM24
EXPLORATORY STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH23
Examining the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles for comprehension: An eye-tracking study22
EXPLORING CROSSLINGUISTIC INFLUENCE IN GENDER MARKING IN SPANISH22
Associations of students’ linguistic distance to the language of instruction and classroom composition with English reading and listening skills21
Disentangling the causal role of motivation, enjoyment, and anxiety in second language speech learning: A final report20
EDITOR’S MESSAGE20
SLA volume 46 issue 1 Cover and Back matter19
Motivational dispositions predict qualitative differences in oral task performance19
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction – CORRIGENDUM19
The relationship between boredom and second language achievement: A multilevel meta-analysis18
REGULATORY FIT EFFECTS ON THE ACQUISITION OF LEXICAL STRESS17
Contextual learning and retention of phrasal verbs17
Cross-language interactions of phonetic and phonological processes17
Usage events and constructional knowledge: A study of two variants of the introductory-it construction17
The additive use of prosody and morphosyntax in L2 German16
SLA volume 45 issue 3 Cover and Back matter16
Proficiency, language of assessment, and attention to meaning and form during L2 comprehension: Methodological considerations in L2 replication research16
THE LEMMA DILEMMA15
The interplay of mindsets, aptitude, grit, and language achievement: What role does gender play?15
Text reading in English as a second language: Evidence from the Multilingual Eye-Movements Corpus15
Differential effects of identification and discrimination training tasks on L2 vowel identification and discrimination15
PROSODIC PATTERNS IN SYLHETI-ENGLISH BILINGUALS – ADDENDUM14
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)14
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN L2 LITERACY ACQUISITION13
A longitudinal investigation of the effects of language instruction versus immersion on cognitive functions in young adult Chinese speakers learning English13
ELICITED IMITATION AS A MEASURE OF L2 PROFICIENCY12
Clarifying the role of inhibitory control in L2 phonological processing: A preregistered, close replication of Darcy et al. (2016)12
Variability as a functional marker of second language development in older adult learners11
Development of verb argument constructions in L2 English learners: A close replication of research question 3 in Römer and Berger (2019)11
Study and instrument quality in perception-based L2 pronunciation research11
CLASSROOM LEARNERS’ ACQUISITION OF THE SPANISH COPULA WITH ADJECTIVES11
THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF PROCEDURAL MEMORY ASSESSMENTS USED IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH10
Sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion and their relationship to cohesion ratings of English language learners’ written production10
ADVANCING THE STATE OF THE ART IN L2 SPEECH PERCEPTION-PRODUCTION RESEARCH: REVISITING THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODOLOGICAL PRACTICES10
IMPLICIT LANGUAGE APTITUDE: CONCEPTUALIZING THE CONSTRUCT, VALIDATING THE MEASURES, AND EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE10
The effects of distributed practice on second language fluency development10
VOICE ONSET TIME IN MULTILINGUAL SPEAKERS: ITALIAN HERITAGE SPEAKERS IN GERMANY WITH L3 ENGLISH9
SLA volume 43 issue 3 Cover and Back matter9
How well are primary and secondary meanings of L2 words acquired?9
SLA volume 45 issue 2 Cover and Back matter9
SLA volume 43 issue 5 Cover and Back matter9
Reevaluating trials to criterion as a measure in second language research9
How to present L2 Chinese words effectively for learning: Exploring learning outcomes and learner perceptions9
L2 learning outcomes of a research-based digital app for Japanese children – ADDENDUM8
Text recall and use of advance organisers in first and second language8
Unpacking L2 explicit linguistic knowledge and online processing of the English modals may and can: A comparison of acceptability judgments and self-paced reading8
Introduction to the special issue on working memory and L2 writing: Implications for SLA individual differences research8
Task-generated processes in second language speech production: Exploring the neural correlates of task complexity during silent pauses8
Longitudinal development of second language utterance fluency, cognitive fluency, and their relationship8
Individual differences in self-regulated learning profiles of Chinese EFL readers: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study8
LONGITUDINAL L2 DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROSODIC MARKING OF PRAGMATIC MEANING8
The effects of proficiency level and dual-task condition on L2 self-monitoring behavior7
Acceptance and engagement patterns of mobile-assisted language learning among non-conventional adult L2 learners: A survival analysis7
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMPLICIT-STATISTICAL LEARNING APTITUDE TO IMPLICIT SECOND-LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE7
Affect as a component of second language speech perception7
Sources and effects of foreign language enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom: A structural equation modeling approach7
EFFECT SIZE–DRIVEN SAMPLE-SIZE PLANNING, RANDOMIZATION, AND MULTISITE USE IN L2 INSTRUCTED VOCABULARY ACQUISITION EXPERIMENTAL SAMPLES7
Do they like me?7
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