Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Papers
(The H4-Index of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching is 21. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Audiovisual input and second language learning372
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development112
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching54
Introduction: new insights in the study of classroom emotions: innovative research methods for investigating the antecedents and causes of negative emotions in language classrooms50
Escaping the anxious classroom: the exploration of using educational escape rooms to mitigate foreign language anxiety48
Providing emotional support through written feedback: an exploratory study of Chinese EFL teachers44
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)38
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing32
Collocations, corpora and language learning31
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)31
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis27
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing26
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing26
Exploring information-seeking behavior in second language learning: a preliminary study24
Designing pedagogical materials for the multilingual English classroom: a case for teacher agency24
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions23
Investigating Chinese undergraduate students’ perception of creative support in the EFL classroom23
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development22
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching21
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies21
Scaffolding the dynamic development of novice EAP writers’ genre knowledge through concept mapping21
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