OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	233
Audiovisual input and second language learning	84
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	44
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	38
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	31
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	28
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	25
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	22
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	20
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	18
Collocations, corpora and language learning	18
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	17
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	16
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	16
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	16
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	16
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	15
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	15
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	14
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	14
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	13
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	13
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	12
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	12
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	12

Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	12
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	11
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	11
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	11
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	11
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	10
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	10
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	10
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	10
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	10
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	9
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
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	8
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	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
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	8
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	8
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	8
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	8
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	7
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	7
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	6
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	6
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	6
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	5
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	5
Foreign language learner autonomy in online learning environments: the teachers’ perspectives	5
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	5
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	5
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	5
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	5
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	4
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	4
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	4
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	4
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	4
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	4
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	4
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching Foundational principles of task-based language teaching , by Martin East, New York and Oxford, Routledge, 2021, 1	4

Reimagining crisis teaching through autoethnography: a case of an online Japanese course	4
How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	4
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	4