Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

Article	Citations
Audiovisual input and second language learning	372
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	112
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	54
Introduction: new insights in the study of classroom emotions: innovative research methods for investigating the antecedents and causes of negative emotions in language classrooms	50
Escaping the anxious classroom: the exploration of using educational escape rooms to mitigate foreign language anxiety	48
Providing emotional support through written feedback: an exploratory study of Chinese EFL teachers	44
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	38
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	32
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)	31
Collocations, corpora and language learning	31
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	27
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	26
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	26
Exploring information-seeking behavior in second language learning: a preliminary study	24
Designing pedagogical materials for the multilingual English classroom: a case for teacher agency	24
Investigating Chinese undergraduate students’ perception of creative support in the EFL classroom	23
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	23
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development	22
Scaffolding the dynamic development of novice EAP writers’ genre knowledge through concept mapping	21
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	21
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	21
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	20
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	18
From research challenges to methodological innovation: interview prompts as reflexive and participatory tools in language teacher motivation research	17
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	16

Academic writing motivation of Chinese undergraduates in Gen-AI mediated English contexts: an integrated motivational framework	15
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	15
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	15
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	14
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	14
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	14
Integrating hip-hop-based education in Korean EFL teaching practicum: insights from pre-service teachers	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
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	12
A latent profile analysis of EFL teachers’ L2 grit: associations with teaching boredom, enjoyment, enthusiasm, and self-efficacy	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
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	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
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	10
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	10
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	10
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	10
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	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
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	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
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	8
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Effects of learning-oriented listening tasks on EFL learners’ listening comprehension, listening anxiety, and vocabulary learning	8
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	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
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	7
Exploring the emotional experiences of implementing GenAI-assisted digital multimodal composing: an autobiographic self-study	7
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
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	7
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	7
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	6
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	6
Beyond all-or-nothing: student learning effectiveness in a POED-based hands-on STEM learning course integrating CLIL	6
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	6
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	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

Integrating generative AI for comprehensive ELT material development	6
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	6
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	6
Modeling learners’ intention to continue using generative AI in informal language learning: the role of cognitive appraisals and emotions	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
Multilingual language learning in a multimodal metaverse: a multidimensional study of communicative, affective, and cognitive development	6
Why is narrative inquiry suitable to study motivation? Insights from two empirical studies	5
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	5
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	5
Understanding foreign language teachers’ pride: an ecological perspective	5
Students’ perceptions and practices of language learning in habitus-field conflicts: the case of an English-Spanish dual language programme	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
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	5
Integrating socratic questioning and synchronous video feedback to enhance ESL learners’ narrative writing in online learning	5
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	5
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	5
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	5
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	5
Collaborating across tiers: rethinking digital language teacher education via virtual exchange	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	5
From passive installers to active app users: EFL students’ lived experiences of mobile-assisted self-regulated language learning	5
Developing young language learners’ oral language through drama: a systematic review	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
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
The coming of age of LMOOC research. A systematic review (2019-21)	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Overcoming the ICC gap: integrating digital multimodal composing and project-based learning for Asian EFL learners	4
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Willingness to communicate and anxiety in human–human and human–chatbot interaction contexts: an idiodynamic investigation	4
Sacrifice in L2 teaching: teachers’ perspectives from China, Iran, and Turkey	4
Longitudinal comparison of AI, exemplar, and teacher feedback for sustainable L2 writing development: a latent growth curve analysis	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
Clue before correction: ChatGPT-enhanced strategy for promoting autonomous and reflective language learning	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
Mobile assisted learning in Arabic language education: the impact of Duolingo and Memrise on phonology, morphology, and syntax competencies	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
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	4
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
Translating aspirations into engagement: ideal L2 self, enjoyment, motivation and behavioral engagement in translation courses	3
Enhancing EFL learning through collaborative chatbot development: integrating literature, technology, and language skills	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
Utilising gamified formative assessment to support English language learning in schools: a scoping review	3
How does teacher support contribute to learners’ grit? The role of learning enjoyment	3
Digital multimodal composing: connecting theory, research, and practice in second language acquisition	3
Kosovan EFL students’ acceptance of AI tools for English language learning: practices, perceptions, challenges, and suggestions for improvement	3
Combining study abroad and the on-campus experience to enhance language and cultural learning	3
The interplay of socioeconomic status, teacher support, and gender in shaping student engagement in Chinese EFL classrooms	3
Informal digital learning of English: research to practice	3
The language of submission: a four-way duoethnography exploring translanguaging pedagogy with carceral students’ funds of knowledge and funds of identity	3
Agency in conflict with contextual idiosyncrasies: implications for second language teacher identity construction	3
Exploring the use of ChatGPT-generated model texts as a feedback instrument: EFL students’ text quality and perceptions	3
The emotional profiles of self-perceived ‘good’ foreign language learners	3
Tracking foreign language speaking enjoyment across AI-mediated conversational topics: an idiodynamic perspective	3
Getting viral on social media: exploring Chinese language EduTubers’ perceptions and practices	3
The roles of ideal self and grit in LOTE engagement: a variable-centered and person-centered approach	3
Personality as a factor affecting the use of language learning strategies	3
Affordances of innovative professional development and learning resources through language teacher associations: insights from educators of English as an additional language	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
Effects of generative AI feedback and hybrid feedback in functional adequacy development in L2 academic writing	2
Learning a language with peers: elevating classroom voices	2
An idiodynamic study on students’ negative emotions in relation to instructor clarity and non-verbal immediacy in a CLIL classroom	2
Chinese college students’ preferences for mobile-assisted language learning classes and their effects on student engagement in English language classrooms	2
Enhancing English alphabet handwriting skills in preschool children through digital game-based learning approach	2
Handbook of practical second language teaching and learning	2
Comprehensive assessment instrument for game-based learning to enhance understanding of ‘vali mikumidam’ in Tamil grammar	2
Exploring high school teachers’ and students’ perceptions of teaching for creativity in EFL classes	2
Fostering tsunami awareness and vocabulary acquisition through VR: integrating SDG 13 into English education	2
GenAI image creation in EFL: prompt writing as an emerging writing activity for sustainability-focused artivism	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
Automatic pronunciation evaluation feedback and peer correction for shaping English pronunciation accuracy and interpersonal communication	2
Analyzing the time-series relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and academic engagement in language learners	2

From boredom to buoyancy: examining the impact of perceived teacher support on EFL learners’ resilience and achievement through a serial mediation model	2
Translanguaging for developing L3 Spanish learners’ oracy skills and multilingual identity	2
Multimedia-assisted grammar instruction: the predictive role of EFL students’ perception of technology-integrated instruction, emotional responses, engagement, and grammar achievement	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
Can a reflective feedback-based human–computer dialogue model enhance EFL undergraduates’ English oral expression?	2
Using model essays in conjunction with noticing as a feedback instrument in IELTS writing preparation	2
The mediating role of self-disclosure in the relationship between masculine gender role stress and foreign language classroom anxiety	2
Effectiveness of metacognitive interventions in tertiary EFL contexts: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Re-thinking hybrid language education: tertiary-level L2 learners’ perceptions of online and face-to-face instruction	2
Eportfolio post tagging for student-teacher development	2
‘When I see them - I think it’s me:’ multilingual teaching staff’s agency enactment in a linguistically and culturally diverse classroom	2
Metaverse-supported blended EFL: an exploratory quasi-experiment on achievement, presence and motivation	2
Psycholinguistic approaches to instructed second language acquisition: linking theory, findings and practice	1
Extramural English and English teaching. A survey study among primary school teachers in Sweden	1
Exploring language learners’ new media literacy: instrument development and validation	1
The effect of empowerment on English language teachers’ commitment to schools: the mediation of teachers’ attitudes towards curriculum reform	1
An experimental study of Chinese EFL students’ academic engagement in robot-assisted learning (RAL) environments	1
Artificial intelligence in education and EFL teachers’ attitudes: scale development and validation	1
Growth L2 listening mindset, L2 listening self-efficacy, and L2 listening comprehension: the mediating role of L2 listening enjoyment	1
‘I thought I was a refugee’: a narrative inquiry of an EFL teacher’s piloting of a newly published textbook	1
How music facilitates second language (L2) learning: a systematic review from 2002 to 2022	1
Unveiling the paradox in the relationship between engagement and achievement in foreign language learning: combining multilevel meta-analysis with document co-citation analysis	1
New direction in technology for writing instruction	1
Promoting second language writing through technology-driven multimodal text feedback	1
‘Learning English is like being swallowed by a whale … ': a CVT-metaphor approach to Indonesian children’s motivation	1
Contemporary trends of AI-powered foreign language teaching: a systematic literature review from connectivism perspective	1
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: Historical Perspectives	1
Automated text leveling for L2 English learners: a technology-enhanced framework with CEFR	1
Chatbot-based training on logical fallacy in EFL argumentative writing	1
Professional development and learning for Chilean teachers and researchers through podcasts: The case of RICELT	1
Interaction-seeking behavior in second language learning: a preliminary exploration in the United States	1
Visual voices: fostering awareness and linguistic confidence through art and telecollaboration in the Spanish heritage language classroom	1
Game on: enhancing argumentative writing with digital gamification	1
Hands-on operation with a Rolling Alphabet-AR System improves English learning achievement	1
Gamified-flipped English classes and L2 learners’ achievement and perceptions	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
Multimodal digital storytelling presentations in EFL contexts: learning outcomes, positive/negative affects, and perception between high-/low-achieving learners	1
More than the sum? A configurational approach to basic psychological needs, mindset, and buoyancy in EFL engagement	1
Developing L2 postgraduate students’ strategic and responsible use of GenAI through a purposefully designed workshop in academic writing	1
Boredom and English language conversational topics: an idiodynamic approach	1
Constructive peer-feedback to improve language and communication skills in medical education	1
Exploring the role of internet self-efficacy, perceived enjoyment, and anxiety on learning outcome in intelligent personal assistant-based EFL learning	1
Innovative translanguaging strategies in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative analysis of EFL Saudi teachers	1
From sporadic to sustained: facilitating AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE) speaking practice through a teacher support framework	1
Impact of speech-stream segmentation on improving listening comprehension and linguistic self-confidence in primary Arabic and English language classrooms	1
A conceptual framework for Emergent Language Learner Autonomy – a complexity perspective for action research	1
Exploring the role of verbal working memory in L2 spoken comprehension: a visual world eye-tracking approach	1
Developing English academic writing and AI literacy in an EFL co-curricular secondary school context	1
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Higher Education using flipped learning/flipped classrooms: a literature review	1
Is new always better? Novelty as a candidate basic psychological need in second language learning	1
Verb argument construction complexity indices and L2 written production: effects of task complexity and task repetition	1
Teachers as silencers: a Q methodology study into teachers’ characteristics contributing to unwillingness to communicate among foreign language learners	1
Investigating the relationship between metastrategy use and task engagement in an EFL context: a structural equation modeling approach	1
Guided or guiding: contradictions and conflicts in AI-Assisted second language writing for EFL learners from the activity theory perspective	1
Our story of innovation: reforming the traditional approach to ELT in China’s hinterlands	1
Perspectives and good practices in English language teacher training	1
A latent profile analysis of basic psychological needs satisfaction and task value: associations with L2 engagement and emotions	1
Preliminary development and validation of basic psychological needs fulfillment for ESP teachers in online instruction	1
Book Review AI in language teaching, learning, and assessment	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
Equitable teacher education in a virtual world: the promise of learning-oriented assessment	1
Teaching pride forward: Building LGBTQ+ allyship in English language teaching	1
‘I always wake up with trepidation’: examining Chinese foreign language majors’ employment anxiety from an ecological perspective	1
Pride in foreign language learning: a conceptual framework and empirical evidence	1
From burden to beacon: Mapping Chinese students' L2 shame, guilt, motivation, and gender in Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE)	1
The impact of emotional scaffolding on online teaching and learning in Palestinian English language classrooms during COVID-19	1
EFL teachers’ perceptions of emotional exhaustion and associated regulation strategies: a phenomenological analysis	1
The effect of lexical tools and applications on L2 vocabulary learning: a case of English academic core words	1
Learning foreign language via TikTok: perspective from self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior	1
Writing creative stories with AI: learning designs for secondary school students	1
Can AI be friends? AN innovative approach to integrating generative AI as a critical friend in Bahrain polytechnic's English foundation programme	1
Enhancing EFL learners’ speaking and listening skills through authentic online conversations with video conferencing tools	1
A systematic review of social networking sites for learning English as a second or an additional language	1