OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of ELT Journal 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenging native speakerism in a Korean college English course	131
Translanguaging and the shifting sands of language education	95
Leveraging transnational identities of refugee-background students	46
Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	37
Teaching English to Young Arabic Speakers: Assessing the Influence of Instructional Materials, Narratives and Cultural Norms	37
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	36
Children’s and teachers’ views on digital games in the EFL classroom	32
Digital whiteboards: engaging with active learning	25
Bridging extramural English and formal instruction	24
Digital multimodal composing pedagogy in a university writing course	23
Global English and Political Economy	22
Social-emotional learning in ESOL with ninth-grade newcomers	19
Centring on students’ needs by engaging in translanguaging shifts	19
Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice	17
ELT teachers’ agency for wellbeing	17
Raising awareness among the TESOL community about the professional identity tensions of women EFL teachers in Africa	17
Correction to: Using learning journals to promote learner autonomy	17
ChatGPT in ELT: disruptor? Or well-trained teaching assistant?	17
Language teacher wellbeing: an individual–institutional pact	16
Mapping a way forward: toward a shared EMI and EAP research agenda	16
CEFR and the ELT practitioner: empowerment or enforcement?	16
The challenges of EMI for art and design students in the UAE	16
Screen capture technology in ELT	13
Research methods in applied linguistics and language education: current considerations, recent innovations, and future directions	12
A Kazakhstani English Language teacher’s perspective on multilingual practices	12

Developing Intercultural Language Materials	12
Fluency revisited	11
Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching	11
How does generative AI promote autonomy and inclusivity in language teaching?	10
Ways of implementing ELF in the classroom	10
A case for ELF feito no Brasil	10
Supporting part-time ELT faculty in a Japanese university	9
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	9
A digital pedagogy for transculturing ELT through Global Englishes	9
Vocabulary and the Four Skills. Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary	9
‘I feel like a snake changing its skins’: a plurilingual project	9
Engaging students in dialogic interactions through questioning	9
Writing conferences via an online meeting platform	9
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	9
Erratum to: Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education	9
Black Lives Matter in an EFL speaking class	8
Three stakeholders’ reflections on language assessment literacy	8
Digital literacy as ideological practice	8
Language Education in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities	8
Code-switching and translanguaging: why they have a lot in common	8
Can novice teachers detect AI-generated texts in EFL writing?	8
Implementing rubric co-construction in ESL writing teaching	8
Worked examples for peer interaction: a feedback and learning resource	7
Teacher input prompts and student listening strategies in EMI classes	7
The Art of Foreign Language Teaching: Improvisation and Drama in Teacher Development and Language Learning (second edition)	7
Moving beyond ‘infancy’: towards a cross-fertilization between EMI and EAP scholarship	7
Tracking trends in coursebooks for young learners	7
Implementing a reading-to-learn programme in EFL bilingual teaching	7
Listening in interaction: reconceptualizing a core skill	7
“Feeling Closer to Nature” through Ecocritical ELT	7
English writing with Disney animation: a critical perspective	6
Teachers’ digital technology use after a period of online teaching	6
Using Tasks in Second Language Teaching: Practice in Diverse Contexts	6
Translanguaging: a paradigm shift for ELT theory and practice	6
Teacher agency and washback: insights from classrooms in rural Bangladesh	6
Coping with COVID-19-related online English teaching challenges: teacher educators’ suggestions	6
Take-home tests as an assessment for learning strategy	6
Decolonizing classroom discourse: insights from interactional research	6
Engagement	6
International youth literature in the Chinese EFL classroom	6
ESOL classes as trauma-sensitive physical spaces	6
Teacher strategies in implementing English medium instruction	6
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	5
Can my writing be polished further? When ChatGPT meets human touch	5
Machine translation in English language teaching	5
Intensive English programme ecology: decolonizing ‘within the cracks’	5
Praxis-oriented Pedagogy for Novice L2 Teachers: Developing Teacher Reasoning, Karen E. Johnson, Deryn P. Verity, and Sharon S. Childs	5
How useful is it to teach affixes in intermediate classes?	5
Global Englishes-oriented teacher education: lasting shifts	5
The potential of complaining as reflective practice in mentoring	5

Practising critical visual literacy through redesign in ELT classrooms	4
Exploratory action research: experiences of Nepalese EFL teachers	4
Positive Psychology in Second and Foreign Language Education	4
Critical language pedagogues in Japan: enhancing student receptivity	4
Reading to Learn, Reading the World: How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education	4
The challenges of English medium instruction for subject lecturers: a shared viewpoint	4
IATEFL during the Pandemic: Issues and Perspectives	4
Global Englishes teaching in secondary schools in Italy	4
The impact of automated writing evaluation on writing gains	4
Decolonization as pedagogy: a praxis of ‘becoming’ in ELT	3
Digital-Age Teaching for English Learners: A Guide for Equitable Learning for All Students	3
Training multilingual English language teachers: challenges for higher education	3
Ideologies and practices of the use of L1 in L2 vocabulary tasks	3
Promoting a World Englishes Perspective through Podcasts	3
Let’s Discuss: Second-Language Learners Share Ideas—Teacher’s Edition	3
Reimagining ITA training: promoting student-scholars’ agency	3
Communicative data-driven learning: a two-year pilot study	3
Correction to: Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	3
From learners to users—errors, innovations, and universals	3
Freire’s problem-posing model: critical pedagogy and young learners	3
Exploring teacher classroom behavior and wellbeing from the student perspective	3
Linguistic landscapes tasks in Global Englishes teacher education	2
Silence in English Language Pedagogy: From Research to Practice	2
Teachers’ pedagogical intentions while using motivational strategies	2
Insights into emergency remote teaching in EFL	2
Teaching positive psychology lessons in an intensive English program	2
Compelling Stories for English Language Learners: Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy	2
Affinity and the classroom: informal and formal L2 learning	2
Pulled both ways	2
‘The effect is/isn’t significant!’: statistical evidence and ELT	2
Improving EFL students’ multimodal literacy through infographics	2
Making it happen: trauma-informed ESOL teaching in Scottish FE	2
N.S. Prabhu 1933–2024	2
Anglophone Literature in Second-Language Teacher Education: Curriculum Innovation through Intercultural Communication	2
Low attendance on a peer tutoring scheme for English language learners	2
Focusing on ESOL teachers’ well-being during COVID-19 and beyond	2
Developing Materials for Innovative Teaching and Sustainable Learning: ELT Practitioners’ Experiences From Diverse Global Contexts	2
Lessons from Good Language Teachers	2
Tertiary-level STEM and EMI: where EFL and content meet to potentiate each other	2
Mentoring Teachers: Supporting Learning, Wellbeing and Retention	2
Translanguaging options for note-taking in EAP and EMI	2
Language Teachers Studying Abroad: Identities, Emotions and DisruptionsMultilingual Matters	2
Activity-induced boredom in online EFL classes	2
Self-efficacy	2
(Dis)empowering native speakers? Teachers’ perceptions in Malta	1
Towards decolonizing L2 writing pedagogy: translingual and transmodal resources	1
Using Technology to Design ESL/EFL Microlearning Activities	1
A professional training to make English language instructors AI-ready	1
If we could just suggest: a response to Graham Burton	1
Multimodality	1
English Language Teaching Now and How It Could Be	1
Vocabulary, corpus and language teaching. A machine-generated literature overview	1
Rethinking AI: bias in speech-recognition chatbots for ELT	1
ELF awareness and learners’ realities: a response to Éva Illés	1
Towards the new construct of academic English in the digital age	1
Teaching English to Pre-Primary Children: Educating Very Young Children	1
Do students’ oral corrective feedback beliefs matter to teachers?	1
Virtual reality for language learning	1
Strategies for avoiding misunderstanding in English L2 conversations	1
An autoethnographic approach to (not) teaching about the coronation	1
Motivational dynamics in learning English in Second Life	1
Teachers’ voices on TBLT: insights from Chilean EFL classrooms	1
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	1
Expression of concern: Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	1
Activities for Alternative Assessment: Monitoring Learning Accomplishments in the ELT ClassroomInnovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment	1
Teaching and Learning English in Japanese Classrooms: Teachers’ Perspectives	1
Academic Coloniality in ELT: the case of an Algerian University	1
Innovative practices in early English language education	1
From notes to writing: three students in focus	1
Decolonizing ELT methods through critical thematic units	1
Self-assessment for primary English language teachers in Europe	1
AI Literacy in the Language Classroom: Facilitating Critical, Ethical and Responsible Use, Zsófia Menyhei and Joanna Szoke	1
Introduction to the special issue on positive psychology and wellbeing	1
An online book club for ESOL learners	1
AI-powered automated item generation for language testing	1
30 Trends in ELT	1
Ageism (un)covered in locally produced ELT materials	1