OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Applied Linguistics 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
The L2 motivational self‐system: A meta‐analysis approach	27
The motivation‐anxiety interface in language learning: A regulatory focus perspective	19
Differences in emotional reactions of Greek, Hungarian, and British users of English when watching television in English	17
The profiles of English medium instruction teachers in higher education	17
ESL learners’ perception and its relationship with the efficacy of written corrective feedback	14
Emotions, perspectives, and English language teacher identity construction: A phenomenographic‐narrative study	12
Is ChatGPT an evil or an angel for second language education and research? A phenomenographic study of research‐active EFL teachers’ perceptions	12
Teachers’ beliefs and practices about oral corrective feedback in university EFL classes	11
Stance in academic blogs and three‐minute theses	10
Exploring the meanings and grammatical functions of idioms in teaching Chinese as a second language	10
The relationship between self‐regulated learning strategy use and task engagement	10
COVID‐19 in the news: The first 12 months	9
EFL learners’ confidence, attitudes, and practice towards learning pronunciation	9
A case study of translanguaging phenomenon in CBI classes in a Chinese university context	8
Professional development of CLIL teachers, YuenYi Lo. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2020. xi+154 pp. Hardcover: 93,59 €. ISBN: 978‐981‐15‐2424‐0	8
The relationship between lexical use and L2 writing quality: A case of two genres	8
Evaluating Arabic textbooks: A corpus‐based lexical frequency study	7
L2 grit and pragmatic comprehension among Chinese postgraduate learners: Enjoyment and anxiety as mediators	6
Teachers’ incentive for grammar instruction in Iran's reformed EFL context	6
Errors as indicators of writing task difficulty at the Slovene general matura in English	6
EFL adolescent learners’ perceptions of digital multimodal composing tasks and task outcomes: A longitudinal study	5
“Behind the Screen, I Still Care about my Students!”: Exploring the emotional labour of English language teachers in online teaching during the COVID‐19 Pandemic	4
Autonomous use of podcasts with metacognitive intervention: Foreign language listening development	4
Emotional vulnerability and coping strategies among Turkish student teachers: A community of practice perspective	4
Using structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between receptive vocabulary knowledge and receptive language proficiency: A new light on an old issue	4

Linking motivation and willingness to communicate in online L3 learning context: The influence of emotions and perceived positive language interaction	3
The distributed practice effects of speaking task repetition	3
“I think I am bilingual, but…”: Teachers’ practices of and student’ attitudes toward translanguaging in a Chinese intercultural communication class	3
Measuring language teacher resilience: Scale development and validation	3
Peer interaction, mediation, and a view of teachers as creators of learner L2 development	3
Predictors of English as second language learners’ oral proficiency development in a classroom context	3
Conceptualising the role of practice level in language teacher identity construction: An identities‐in‐practice study	3
Using language to help people, or using people to help language? A capabilities framework of language policy	3
Self‐concept and self‐visions in CLIL and non‐CLIL learners and their effect on motivation	3
Transliterated multilingualism/globalisation: English disguised in non‐Latin linguistic landscapes as new type of world Englishes?	3
Exploring peer support among young learners during regular EFL classroom lessons	3
Where there is suffering, there is sympathy: The speech act Sympathize in learning Chinese as a foreign language	3
TV serials and movies to boost intercultural communicative competence in Turkish EFL context	2
Adapting the task‐based methodology for learners with intellectual disabilities: Five key facets for consideration	2
Humorous or occasioned instructions: Learning the “shoulder check” in theoretical and practical driving lessons	2
Tasty words: Using frame semantics to enhance consumer liking of potato chips and apples	2
Students' abilities to formulate exhaustive titles as a key to comprehending arguments	2
Ecological planning towards language revitalization: The Torwali minority language in Pakistan	2
The link between learner engagement and self‐regulation. A multiple case study	2
Understanding the impact of teaching systemic functional grammar in initial English language teacher education	2
Applied Linguistics, language guidelines, and inclusive practices: The case for the use of who with nonhuman animals	2
What's in a message: A systemic functional analysis of cancer prevention messages	2
English learning and use in Hong Kong's bilingual education: Implications for L2 learners’ development of interactional competence	2
Intercultural and linguistic competences for engineering ESP classes: A didactic framework proposal through problem‐based learning	2
Towards a non‐dichotomous view of motivators and demotivators in language learning	2
Teaching English to young learners in private sector of Iranian ELT: Challenges and local realities	2
Speaking anxiety and task complexity effects on second language speech	2
The predictive effects of motivational beliefs on listening strategy use: A structural equation modeling approach	2
Citation practices in research article introductions: The interplay between disciplines and research methodologies	2
Model‐based feedback for L2 writing revision: The role of vocabulary size and language aptitude	2
Engagement in collaborative writing: Exploring learners’ control of task content and text quality	2
Prospective English language teachers’ projected identities in personal statements plus experienced teachers’ reactions	1
Becoming a researching subject in the era of neoliberalism: Toward a theory of ethics	1
Using generative artificial intelligence/ChatGPT for academic communication: Students' perspectives	1
Attitudes toward the spread of English and language learning motivation: A graded response model analysis	1
Teacher questions: A comparative analysis between English‐medium and Basque‐medium lessons at university	1
The role of reticence in the comprehension of metaphorical taboo expressions in the foreign language	1
Multicultural coexistence as a site of otherness and becoming self: A narrative of a multilingual	1
Preschool English language planning in China: Tensions between policy and practice	1
“Our study offers insight into…” Rhetorical promotion in English and Spanish conference abstracts	1
“Contemporary standard” English policy and pseudo‐diversity among inner and outer circle assistant language teachers in Japan	1
Social participation and identity change during study abroad: British sojourners in China	1
The roles of vocabulary knowledge and metacognitive awareness as mediators between prior knowledge and L2 academic reading	1
Attitudinal stance toward translanguaging in Saudi Arabia: A mixed method case study	1
How does learners’ L2 utterance fluency relate to their L1? A meta‐analysis	1
Cognitive discourse analysis: An introduction. ThoraTenbrink, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2020, x+271 pp., ISBN: 978‐1‐108‐42266‐6	1
A reflection on the language and culture on the margins, MambetalievA, Edited by SjaakKroon and JosSwanenberg, Routledge. 2020, 242, ISBN 9780367585662	1
Learner knowledge of English phrasal verbs: Awareness, confidence, and learning experiences	1
The multiword processing by low‐proficiency Japanese English learners: Meaningfulness and constructions	1
The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and language testing, Edited by PaulaWinke and TinekeBrunfaut, Publisher: Routledge, New York, 2021. ISBN: 978‐1‐138‐49068‐0 Pages: xiv + 517 pp.	1

Teachers’ perceptions of implementing digital multimodal composing in tertiary classrooms: Voices from Chinese EFL teachers	1
Calm down: A mediation model on the mitigating effect anxiety has on learner interactions and learning outcome	1
Enhancing EMI pedagogical curricula to prepare pre‐service English teachers for socioculturally diverse classrooms	1
In the melting pot of web‐crawled texts: The challenges of extracting English words from Croatian corpora	1
Open education and second language learning and teaching: The rise of a new knowledge ecology, Edited by Carl S.Blyth and Joshua J.Thoms, Bristol; Blue Bridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. 2021, v+271	1
Rendering natural collocations in a translation task: The effect of direction, congruency, semantic transparency, and proficiency	1
Effects of speaker types and L1 backgrounds on the linguistic complexity of learners’ writing	1
Self‐praise on social media WeChat Moments in L1 and L2 Chinese	1
Language dynamics and agency in multilingual research interviews	1
Competence in multiple foreign languages as cultural capital in family language policy: Parents’ perceptions	1
Examining teachers' awareness of effective vocabulary instructional practices: Voices from Saudi Arabia	1
The development of phrase‐frames in EFL learners’ essays: Variability, structures, and functions	1
The role of individual differences in second language pragmatics: A systematic review	1
Factors that affect native English speakers’ comfort levels when communicating with non‐native English speakers	1
A netnography of emergent ESOL researcher identity and development in a virtual community of practice	1