Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	298
Audiovisual input and second language learning	100
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	60
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	43
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	41
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	37
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	34
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)	26
Collocations, corpora and language learning	24
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	24
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	24
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	23
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	21
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	19
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	19
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	19
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	19
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	18
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	18
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	18
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	18
From research challenges to methodological innovation: interview prompts as reflexive and participatory tools in language teacher motivation research	17
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	17
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	17
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	14

Integrating hip-hop-based education in Korean EFL teaching practicum: insights from pre-service teachers	14
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	14
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	14
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	14
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	13
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	13
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	13
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	12
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	12
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	12
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	12
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	12
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	12
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	12
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	12
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	12
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	11
Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Translation, Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven Learning Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Transl	11
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	11
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	11
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	10
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	10
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	9
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	9
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	9
Teaching communication, skills and competencies for the international workplace; a resource for teachers of English	9
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	9
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	9
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	8
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	8
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	8
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	8
Higher order thinking skills in the language classroom: A concise guide Higher order thinking skills in the language classroom: A concise guide , by Afsaneh Ghanizadeh,	8
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	7
Pre-service English teachers’ beliefs and practices in the use of digital technology: the case of a technology-enhanced teacher preparation course in South Korea	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Modeling learners’ intention to continue using generative AI in informal language learning: the role of cognitive appraisals and emotions	7
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	6
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	6
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	6
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	6
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	6
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	6
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	6
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	6
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	6
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	6
From passive installers to active app users: EFL students’ lived experiences of mobile-assisted self-regulated language learning	6
Understanding foreign language teachers’ pride: an ecological perspective	5

Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	5
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	5
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	5
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching Foundational principles of task-based language teaching , by Martin East, New York and Oxford, Routledge, 2021, 1	5
Why is narrative inquiry suitable to study motivation? Insights from two empirical studies	5
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	5
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	5
How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	5
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	5
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	5
Motivation for learning EFL in Tunisia: an eclectic theoretical approach and a structural equation modeling approach	4
The emotional profiles of self-perceived ‘good’ foreign language learners	4
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Professional intercultural communicative competence in action	4
Mobile assisted learning in Arabic language education: the impact of Duolingo and Memrise on phonology, morphology, and syntax competencies	4
E-learning in English Medium Instruction (EMI): Academic language for university students	4
Longitudinal comparison of AI, exemplar, and teacher feedback for sustainable L2 writing development: a latent growth curve analysis	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in the Neo-Nationalist Era	4
Willingness to communicate and anxiety in human–human and human–chatbot interaction contexts: an idiodynamic investigation	4
The coming of age of LMOOC research. A systematic review (2019-21)	4
Heterogeneity in AI readiness and its influence on behavioral intentions to use AI: a comparison between pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers	4
Co-constructing stories of possibility: Chilean teachers’ perspectives on environmental education in English language learning	4
Exploring Turkish EFL teachers’ negative emotions and professional detachment in episodic narratives: a Ricoeurian analysis of the critical incidents	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	4
Mindsets in language learning and teaching: an introduction to the special issue	4
Getting viral on social media: exploring Chinese language EduTubers’ perceptions and practices	3
Digital multimodal composing: connecting theory, research, and practice in second language acquisition	3
Exploring the use of ChatGPT-generated model texts as a feedback instrument: EFL students’ text quality and perceptions	3
Agency in conflict with contextual idiosyncrasies: implications for second language teacher identity construction	3
Affordances of innovative professional development and learning resources through language teacher associations: insights from educators of English as an additional language	3
Self-regulated pedagogical guidance for out-of-class listening practice: an empirical study of Japanese EFL learners	3
Enhancing EFL learning through collaborative chatbot development: integrating literature, technology, and language skills	3
Improving pre-service English teachers’ native cultural knowledge and English language knowledge of native culture in a PBL classroom	3
The extended UTAUT model’s impact on English learning behavioral intentions in AI-IDLE contexts: the roles of grit, flow, and basic psychological needs	3
Are enjoyment and anxiety specific to culture? An investigation into the sources of Turkish EFL learners’ foreign language enjoyment and anxiety	3
Utilising gamified formative assessment to support English language learning in schools: a scoping review	3
The impact of strategy-based instruction on grammar learning strategies: a second-order multiple-group latent curve modeling approach	3
The mysteries of bilingualism: unresolved issues	3
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and SpeakingThe Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking, edited by Tracey M. Derwing, Murray J. Munro, and Ron I. Th	3
Informal digital learning of English: research to practice	3
Combining study abroad and the on-campus experience to enhance language and cultural learning	3
Translating aspirations into engagement: ideal L2 self, enjoyment, motivation and behavioral engagement in translation courses	3
Personality as a factor affecting the use of language learning strategies	3
How does teacher support contribute to learners’ grit? The role of learning enjoyment	3
The language of submission: a four-way duoethnography exploring translanguaging pedagogy with carceral students’ funds of knowledge and funds of identity	3
Automatic pronunciation evaluation feedback and peer correction for shaping English pronunciation accuracy and interpersonal communication	3
Using digital differentiation to improve EFL achievement and self-regulation of tertiary learners: the Turkish context	3
Language learning affordances of Instagram and TikTok	2
Using model essays in conjunction with noticing as a feedback instrument in IELTS writing preparation	2
Prof-teaching: an English-medium instruction professional development program with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach	2
An idiodynamic study on students’ negative emotions in relation to instructor clarity and non-verbal immediacy in a CLIL classroom	2
Nature journaling in English language teaching: an introduction for practitioners	2
Exploring high school teachers’ and students’ perceptions of teaching for creativity in EFL classes	2
Gamified-flipped English classes and L2 learners’ achievement and perceptions	2
Multimedia-assisted grammar instruction: the predictive role of EFL students’ perception of technology-integrated instruction, emotional responses, engagement, and grammar achievement	2
Eportfolio post tagging for student-teacher development	2
Effectiveness of metacognitive interventions in tertiary EFL contexts: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
‘When I see them - I think it’s me:’ multilingual teaching staff’s agency enactment in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom	2
Analyzing the time-series relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and academic engagement in language learners	2
Can a reflective feedback-based human–computer dialogue model enhance EFL undergraduates’ English oral expression?	2
From boredom to buoyancy: examining the impact of perceived teacher support on EFL learners’ resilience and achievement through a serial mediation model	2
Teaching pride forward: Building LGBTQ+ allyship in English language teaching	2
Handbook of practical second language teaching and learning	2
‘I thought I was a refugee’: a narrative inquiry of an EFL teacher’s piloting of a newly published textbook	2
GenAI image creation in EFL: prompt writing as an emerging writing activity for sustainability-focused artivism	2
Learning a language with peers: elevating classroom voices	2
The mediating role of self-disclosure in the relationship between masculine gender role stress and foreign language classroom anxiety	2
Tracking the evolving impact of AI-driven learning platforms on EFL students’ burnout, emotional challenges, and well-being: a longitudinal growth curve analysis	2
Enhancing English alphabet handwriting skills in preschool children through digital game-based learning approach	2
Chinese college students’ preferences for mobile-assisted language learning classes and their effects on student engagement in English language classrooms	2
Constructive peer-feedback to improve language and communication skills in medical education	2
Unveiling the paradox in the relationship between engagement and achievement in foreign language learning: combining multilevel meta-analysis with document co-citation analysis	2
Equitable teacher education in a virtual world: the promise of learning-oriented assessment	2
How music facilitates second language (L2) learning: a systematic review from 2002 to 2022	2
The effect of empowerment on English language teachers’ commitment to schools: the mediation of teachers’ attitudes towards curriculum reform	1
Can AI be friends? AN innovative approach to integrating generative AI as a critical friend in Bahrain polytechnic's English foundation programme	1

Boredom and English language conversational topics: an idiodynamic approach	1
Revolutionizing L2 speaking proficiency, willingness to communicate, and perceptions through artificial intelligence: a case of Speeko application	1
The relationship between teachers’ support and students’ self-regulation in ESL collaborative learning in Hong Kong primary schools: the mediating role of students’ motivation	1
Growth L2 listening mindset, L2 listening self-efficacy, and L2 listening comprehension: the mediating role of L2 listening enjoyment	1
A conceptual framework for Emergent Language Learner Autonomy – a complexity perspective for action research	1
Developing a new shadowing procedure for listening vocabulary: selective shadowing	1
The impact of an augmented reality application on EFL learners’ oral proficiency	1
Chatbot-based training on logical fallacy in EFL argumentative writing	1
Learning foreign language via TikTok: perspective from self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior	1
Applying augmented reality in a university English class: Learners’ perceptions of creativity and learning motivation	1
Motivation, self-construal, and gender in project-based learning	1
Artificial intelligence in education and EFL teachers’ attitudes: scale development and validation	1
EFL teachers’ perceptions of emotional exhaustion and associated regulation strategies: a phenomenological analysis	1
A latent profile analysis of basic psychological needs satisfaction and task value: associations with L2 engagement and emotions	1
Investigating the relationship between metastrategy use and task engagement in an EFL context: a structural equation modeling approach	1
Writing creative stories with AI: learning designs for secondary school students	1
From burden to beacon: Mapping Chinese students' L2 shame, guilt, motivation, and gender in Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE)	1
Psycholinguistic approaches to instructed second language acquisition: linking theory, findings and practice	1
Innovative translanguaging strategies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative analysis of EFL Saudi teachers	1
Modelling the relationship between the L2 learning experience and future L2 self guides: an investigation into Chinese learners’ LOTE motivation	1
Exploring language learners’ new media literacy: instrument development and validation	1
Book Review AI in language teaching, learning, and assessment	1
Profiling the affective characteristics of EFL learners’ digital informal learning: A person-centered approach	1
The effect of lexical tools and applications on L2 vocabulary learning: a case of English academic core words	1
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical Perspectives	1
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Higher Education using flipped learning/flipped classrooms: a literature review	1
The impact of emotional scaffolding on online teaching and learning in Palestinian English language classrooms during COVID-19	1
Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 written production: effects of task complexity and task repetition	1
Hands-on operation with a Rolling Alphabet-AR System improves English learning achievement	1
Extramural English and English teaching. A survey study among primary school teachers in Sweden	1
Pride in foreign language learning: a conceptual framework and empirical evidence	1
Multimodal digital storytelling presentations in EFL contexts: learning outcomes, positive/negative affects, and perception between high-/low-achieving learners	1
Teachers as silencers: a Q methodology study into teachers’ characteristics contributing to unwillingness to communicate among foreign language learners	1
Perspectives and good practices in English language teacher training	1
Measuring real-time learner engagement in the Japanese EFL classroom	1
Contemporary trends of AI-powered foreign language teaching: a systematic literature review from connectivism perspective	1
New direction in technology for writing instruction	1
Exploring the role of internet self-efficacy, perceived enjoyment, and anxiety on learning outcome in intelligent personal assistant-based EFL learning	1
Synchronous computer-mediated recasts, auditory processing, and categorical perception of VOT in stops: evidence from L2 Mandarin of Indonesian learners	1
Promoting second language writing through technology-driven multimodal text feedback	1
Developing L2 postgraduate students’ strategic and responsible use of GenAI through a purposefully designed workshop in academic writing	1
AI-enabled adaptive game-based language learning: looking back and looking forward	1
The role of English proficiency in business education: a review and bibliometric analysis	1
‘I always wake up with trepidation’: examining Chinese foreign language majors’ employment anxiety from an ecological perspective	1
Enhancing EFL learners’ speaking and listening skills through authentic online conversations with video conferencing tools	1
Professional development and learning for Chilean teachers and researchers through podcasts: The case of RICELT	1
Preliminary development and validation of basic psychological needs fulfillment for ESP teachers in online instruction	1
Guided or guiding: contradictions and conflicts in AI-Assisted second language writing for EFL learners from the activity theory perspective	1
Game on: enhancing argumentative writing with digital gamification	1
Our story of innovation: reforming the traditional approach to ELT in China’s hinterlands	1
Interaction-seeking behavior in second language learning: a preliminary exploration in the United States	1