Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	357
Audiovisual input and second language learning	109
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	51
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	49
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	46
Escaping the anxious classroom: the exploration of using educational escape rooms to mitigate foreign language anxiety	42
Providing emotional support through written feedback: an exploratory study of Chinese EFL teachers	34
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	31
Introduction: new insights in the study of classroom emotions: innovative research methods for investigating the antecedents and causes of negative emotions in language classrooms	31
Investigating Chinese undergraduate students’ perception of creative support in the EFL classroom	29
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	26
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	26
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	24
Collocations, corpora and language learning	24
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)	23
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	22
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	22
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development	22
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	21
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	21
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	20
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	19
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	18
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	18
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	16

From research challenges to methodological innovation: interview prompts as reflexive and participatory tools in language teacher motivation research	16
Integrating hip-hop-based education in Korean EFL teaching practicum: insights from pre-service teachers	15
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	14
Academic writing motivation of Chinese undergraduates in Gen-AI mediated English contexts: an integrated motivational framework	14
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	14
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	14
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	13
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	12
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	12
Fueling the urge to speak: foreign language peace of mind as a mediator between L2 growth mindset and L2 willingness to communicate among Chinese EFL learners	12
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	11
Visual analysis of international research on foreign language teaching materials: a CiteSpace-based study (2003–2023)	11
To play or not to play? Investigating Chinese EFL undergraduates’ intention to use digital games for English learning using PLS-SEM and fsQCA	11
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	11
From ‘The system said’ to ‘my argument requires’: cultivating self-mediation with AWE feedback	11
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	10
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	10
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	10
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	10
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	10
Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Translation, Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven Learning Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Transl	9
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	9
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	9
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	8
Enhancing HOTS through role-playing GenAI: a case study in classical literature education	8
Teaching communication, skills and competencies for the international workplace; a resource for teachers of English	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	8
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	8
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	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,	7
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	7
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	7
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	7
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	7
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	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
Integrating generative AI for comprehensive ELT material development	6
Multilingual language learning in a multimodal metaverse: a multidimensional study of communicative, affective, and cognitive development	6
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	6
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	6
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	6
Validating the L2 reading mindset framework in China: the interplay of mindsets, emotions, and reading achievement	6
From passive installers to active app users: EFL students’ lived experiences of mobile-assisted self-regulated language learning	6
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	6
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	6

Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	6
Beyond all-or-nothing: student learning effectiveness in a POED-based hands-on STEM learning course integrating CLIL	6
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Modeling learners’ intention to continue using generative AI in informal language learning: the role of cognitive appraisals and emotions	6
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	6
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	5
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	5
Re-imagining assessment – creating spaces for sustainable multilingual and multi-competence testing	5
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	5
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	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
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	5
Integrating socratic questioning and synchronous video feedback to enhance ESL learners’ narrative writing in online learning	5
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	5
Developing young language learners’ oral language through drama: a systematic review	5
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	5
How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	5
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	5
Understanding foreign language teachers’ pride: an ecological perspective	5
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	4
Overcoming the ICC gap: integrating digital multimodal composing and project-based learning for Asian EFL learners	4
Longitudinal comparison of AI, exemplar, and teacher feedback for sustainable L2 writing development: a latent growth curve analysis	4
Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in the Neo-Nationalist Era	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
Co-constructing stories of possibility: Chilean teachers’ perspectives on environmental education in English language learning	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
A Chinese language learning application that integrates generative AI into augmented reality environment to improve children’s literacy and reading skills	4
E-learning in English Medium Instruction (EMI): Academic language for university students	4
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
Clue before correction: ChatGPT-enhanced strategy for promoting autonomous and reflective language learning	4
Exploring Turkish EFL teachers’ negative emotions and professional detachment in episodic narratives: a Ricoeurian analysis of the critical incidents	4
Coaching teachers to support a plurilingual approach to the teaching of Irish grammar in diverse primary schools	4
Professional intercultural communicative competence in action	4
Affordances of innovative professional development and learning resources through language teacher associations: insights from educators of English as an additional language	3
Personality as a factor affecting the use of language learning strategies	3
The impact of strategy-based instruction on grammar learning strategies: a second-order multiple-group latent curve modeling approach	3
Tracking foreign language speaking enjoyment across AI-mediated conversational topics: an idiodynamic perspective	3
Improving pre-service English teachers’ native cultural knowledge and English language knowledge of native culture in a PBL classroom	3
The coming of age of LMOOC research. A systematic review (2019-21)	3
Getting viral on social media: exploring Chinese language EduTubers’ perceptions and practices	3
Informal digital learning of English: research to practice	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
Digital multimodal composing: connecting theory, research, and practice in second language acquisition	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
Combining study abroad and the on-campus experience to enhance language and cultural learning	3
Kosovan EFL students’ acceptance of AI tools for English language learning: practices, perceptions, challenges, and suggestions for improvement	3
Mobile assisted learning in Arabic language education: the impact of Duolingo and Memrise on phonology, morphology, and syntax competencies	3
The emotional profiles of self-perceived ‘good’ foreign language learners	3
The roles of ideal self and grit in LOTE engagement: a variable-centered and person-centered approach	3
Agency in conflict with contextual idiosyncrasies: implications for second language teacher identity construction	3
Utilising gamified formative assessment to support English language learning in schools: a scoping review	3
Enhancing EFL learning through collaborative chatbot development: integrating literature, technology, and language skills	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
Willingness to communicate and anxiety in human–human and human–chatbot interaction contexts: an idiodynamic investigation	3
Mindsets in language learning and teaching: an introduction to the special issue	3
Translating aspirations into engagement: ideal L2 self, enjoyment, motivation and behavioral engagement in translation courses	3
The interplay of socioeconomic status, teacher support, and gender in shaping student engagement in Chinese EFL classrooms	3
The mysteries of bilingualism: unresolved issues	2
‘I thought I was a refugee’: a narrative inquiry of an EFL teacher’s piloting of a newly published textbook	2
Multimedia-assisted grammar instruction: the predictive role of EFL students’ perception of technology-integrated instruction, emotional responses, engagement, and grammar achievement	2
Exploring high school teachers’ and students’ perceptions of teaching for creativity in EFL classes	2
Effectiveness of metacognitive interventions in tertiary EFL contexts: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
The mediating role of self-disclosure in the relationship between masculine gender role stress and foreign language classroom anxiety	2
Using model essays in conjunction with noticing as a feedback instrument in IELTS writing preparation	2
Analyzing the time-series relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and academic engagement in language learners	2
An idiodynamic study on students’ negative emotions in relation to instructor clarity and non-verbal immediacy in a CLIL classroom	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
Teaching pride forward: Building LGBTQ+ allyship in English language teaching	2
Handbook of practical second language teaching and learning	2
‘When I see them - I think it’s me:’ multilingual teaching staff’s agency enactment in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom	2
From boredom to buoyancy: examining the impact of perceived teacher support on EFL learners’ resilience and achievement through a serial mediation model	2
Can a reflective feedback-based human–computer dialogue model enhance EFL undergraduates’ English oral expression?	2
GenAI image creation in EFL: prompt writing as an emerging writing activity for sustainability-focused artivism	2

Self-regulated pedagogical guidance for out-of-class listening practice: an empirical study of Japanese EFL learners	2
Exploring the use of ChatGPT-generated model texts as a feedback instrument: EFL students’ text quality and perceptions	2
Enhancing confidence, creativity, and assessment readiness in CEFR B1-B2 learners through a collaborative writing project	2
Nature journaling in English language teaching: an introduction for practitioners	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
Innovative translanguaging strategies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative analysis of EFL Saudi teachers	2
Metaverse-supported blended EFL: an exploratory quasi-experiment on achievement, presence and motivation	2
Eportfolio post tagging for student-teacher development	2
Learning a language with peers: elevating classroom voices	2
Automatic pronunciation evaluation feedback and peer correction for shaping English pronunciation accuracy and interpersonal communication	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
Effects of generative AI feedback and hybrid feedback in functional adequacy development in L2 academic writing	2
Equitable teacher education in a virtual world: the promise of learning-oriented assessment	1
Exploring the role of internet self-efficacy, perceived enjoyment, and anxiety on learning outcome in intelligent personal assistant-based EFL learning	1
More than the sum? A configurational approach to basic psychological needs, mindset, and buoyancy in EFL engagement	1
The impact of emotional scaffolding on online teaching and learning in Palestinian English language classrooms during COVID-19	1
Visual voices: fostering awareness and linguistic confidence through art and telecollaboration in the Spanish heritage language classroom	1
When the situated expectancy-value theory meets the Island Ridge Curve: examining the moderation of language proficiency on the relationship between expectancy-value and language achievement	1
Extramural English and English teaching. A survey study among primary school teachers in Sweden	1
Enhancing EFL learners’ speaking and listening skills through authentic online conversations with video conferencing tools	1
A latent profile analysis of basic psychological needs satisfaction and task value: associations with L2 engagement and emotions	1
EFL teachers’ perceptions of emotional exhaustion and associated regulation strategies: a phenomenological analysis	1
Contemporary trends of AI-powered foreign language teaching: a systematic literature review from connectivism perspective	1
Artificial intelligence in education and EFL teachers’ attitudes: scale development and validation	1
Professional development and learning for Chilean teachers and researchers through podcasts: The case of RICELT	1
Developing L2 postgraduate students’ strategic and responsible use of GenAI through a purposefully designed workshop in academic writing	1
Exploring the role of verbal working memory in L2 spoken comprehension: a visual world eye-tracking approach	1
Perspectives and good practices in English language teacher training	1
Impact of speech-stream segmentation on improving listening comprehension and linguistic self-confidence in primary Arabic and English language classrooms	1
Gamified-flipped English classes and L2 learners’ achievement and perceptions	1
Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 written production: effects of task complexity and task repetition	1
From sporadic to sustained: facilitating AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE) speaking practice through a teacher support framework	1
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical Perspectives	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
Pride in foreign language learning: a conceptual framework and empirical evidence	1
Game on: enhancing argumentative writing with digital gamification	1
Exploring language learners’ new media literacy: instrument development and validation	1
Automated text leveling for L2 English learners: a technology-enhanced framework with CEFR	1
The effect of empowerment on English language teachers’ commitment to schools: the mediation of teachers’ attitudes towards curriculum reform	1
Preliminary development and validation of basic psychological needs fulfillment for ESP teachers in online instruction	1
Learning foreign language via TikTok: perspective from self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior	1
Multimodal digital storytelling presentations in EFL contexts: learning outcomes, positive/negative affects, and perception between high-/low-achieving learners	1
Psycholinguistic approaches to instructed second language acquisition: linking theory, findings and practice	1
Investigating the relationship between metastrategy use and task engagement in an EFL context: a structural equation modeling approach	1
Constructive peer-feedback to improve language and communication skills in medical education	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
New direction in technology for writing instruction	1
‘I always wake up with trepidation’: examining Chinese foreign language majors’ employment anxiety from an ecological perspective	1
Writing creative stories with AI: learning designs for secondary school students	1
Guided or guiding: contradictions and conflicts in AI-Assisted second language writing for EFL learners from the activity theory perspective	1
Chatbot-based training on logical fallacy in EFL argumentative writing	1
Book Review AI in language teaching, learning, and assessment	1
Promoting second language writing through technology-driven multimodal text feedback	1
Growth L2 listening mindset, L2 listening self-efficacy, and L2 listening comprehension: the mediating role of L2 listening enjoyment	1
Hands-on operation with a Rolling Alphabet-AR System improves English learning achievement	1
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Higher Education using flipped learning/flipped classrooms: a literature review	1
Boredom and English language conversational topics: an idiodynamic approach	1
Teachers as silencers: a Q methodology study into teachers’ characteristics contributing to unwillingness to communicate among foreign language learners	1
Can AI be friends? AN innovative approach to integrating generative AI as a critical friend in Bahrain polytechnic's English foundation programme	1
How music facilitates second language (L2) learning: a systematic review from 2002 to 2022	1
From burden to beacon: Mapping Chinese students' L2 shame, guilt, motivation, and gender in Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE)	1