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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
SLA volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Back matter193
Challenges in inflected word processing for L2 speakers110
Comparing the longitudinal development of phraseological complexity across oral and written tasks88
On the effects of task focus and processing level on the perception–production link in second-language speech learning59
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations48
Development of automaticity in processing L2 collocations: The roles of L1 collocational knowledge and practice condition47
Estimating reliability for response-time difference measures: Toward a standardized, model-based approach31
Pretesting effects on incidental L2 vocabulary learning through reading30
Language proficiency modulates listeners’ selective attention to a talker’s mouth: A conceptual replication of Birulés et al. (2020)30
Co-text, context, and listening proficiency as crucial variables in intelligibility among nonnative users of English – ERRATUM29
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction29
SLA volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Front matter29
Validity evidence for an EIT as an assessment for Spanish heritage speakers and L2 learners29
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM28
EXPLORATORY STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH25
Mind the gap: Psycholinguistic and individual factors affecting expressive and receptive vocabulary skills in English-Gaelic bilingual children25
EXPLORING CROSSLINGUISTIC INFLUENCE IN GENDER MARKING IN SPANISH22
Cross-language interactions of phonetic and phonological processes21
Associations of students’ linguistic distance to the language of instruction and classroom composition with English reading and listening skills20
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction – CORRIGENDUM19
The Impact of L1 Speaking Style, Task Mode, and L2 Proficiency on L2 Fluency: A Within-subject Study of Monologic and Dialogic Speech19
SLA volume 46 issue 1 Cover and Back matter18
Usage events and constructional knowledge: A study of two variants of the introductory-it construction18
The relationship between boredom and second language achievement: A multilevel meta-analysis17
Motivational dispositions predict qualitative differences in oral task performance17
Disentangling the causal role of motivation, enjoyment, and anxiety in second language speech learning: A final report17
Contextual learning and retention of phrasal verbs17
THE LEMMA DILEMMA16
Examining the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles for comprehension: An eye-tracking study16
The additive use of prosody and morphosyntax in L2 German16
SLA volume 45 issue 3 Cover and Back matter16
The interplay of mindsets, aptitude, grit, and language achievement: What role does gender play?15
Proficiency, language of assessment, and attention to meaning and form during L2 comprehension: Methodological considerations in L2 replication research14
Text reading in English as a second language: Evidence from the Multilingual Eye-Movements Corpus14
The role of first language skills, working memory, and anxiety in second language reading13
Differential effects of identification and discrimination training tasks on L2 vowel identification and discrimination13
Study and instrument quality in perception-based L2 pronunciation research12
Development of verb argument constructions in L2 English learners: A close replication of research question 3 in Römer and Berger (2019)12
PROSODIC PATTERNS IN SYLHETI-ENGLISH BILINGUALS – ADDENDUM12
Clarifying the role of inhibitory control in L2 phonological processing: A preregistered, close replication of Darcy et al. (2016)12
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)12
Reevaluating trials to criterion as a measure in second language research11
Bayesian estimation in multiple comparisons11
A longitudinal investigation of the effects of language instruction versus immersion on cognitive functions in young adult Chinese speakers learning English11
SLA volume 45 issue 2 Cover and Back matter11
Formal computational modelling in second language sentence processing research11
Variability as a functional marker of second language development in older adult learners11
The effects of distributed practice on second language fluency development11
SLA volume 43 issue 5 Cover and Back matter10
Sense-aware connective-based indices of cohesion and their relationship to cohesion ratings of English language learners’ written production10
How to present L2 Chinese words effectively for learning: Exploring learning outcomes and learner perceptions10
How well are primary and secondary meanings of L2 words acquired?10
Task-generated processes in second language speech production: Exploring the neural correlates of task complexity during silent pauses10
L2 learning outcomes of a research-based digital app for Japanese children – ADDENDUM9
Text recall and use of advance organisers in first and second language9
Sources and effects of foreign language enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom: A structural equation modeling approach9
SLA volume 47 issue 1 Cover and Front matter9
Affect as a component of second language speech perception9
Individual differences in self-regulated learning profiles of Chinese EFL readers: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study9
The effects of proficiency level and dual-task condition on L2 self-monitoring behavior8
Acceptance and engagement patterns of mobile-assisted language learning among non-conventional adult L2 learners: A survival analysis8
Longitudinal development of second language utterance fluency, cognitive fluency, and their relationship8
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
SLA volume 46 issue 3 Cover and Front matter8
The 2024 Albert Valdman Award7
Do they like me?7
Saving the reliability of inhibitory control measures? An extension of Huensch (2024) and Hui and Wu (2024)7
DOUBLE-NUMBER MARKING MATTERS FOR BOTH L1 AND L2 PROCESSING OF NONLOCAL AGREEMENT SIMILARLY7
Manufactured crisis7
Kimberly Geeslin, In Memoriam7
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
Second language knowledge can influence native language performance in exclusively native contexts7
Multilingualism and native speakerism in academic journals’ language policies: Exploring a potential power of applied linguistics journals in promoting equitable publishing practices7
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM – RETRACTION7
The interpretation of verbal moods in Spanish: A close replication of Kanwit and Geeslin (2014)7
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