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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	174
Audiovisual input and second language learning	67
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	44
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	41
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	37
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	30
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	27
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	25
Collocations, corpora and language learning	22
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	22
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	19
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	18
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	18
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
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	15
Context-specific multilingual instruction: evolution of an instructional design	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	14
Designing and providing inclusive ELT materials in times of the global pandemic: a Chilean experience	13
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	13
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	12
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	12
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	12
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	12

Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	11
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT	11
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	11
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	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
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	9
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	9
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	9
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	8
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	8
Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Translation, Writing Pedagogy and Data-Driven Learning Technology in Second Language Writing: Advances in Composing, Transl	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	7
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	7
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	7
Foreign language learner autonomy in online learning environments: the teachers’ perspectives	7
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	7
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	7
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	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
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
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	7
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	6
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	6
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	6
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	6
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	5
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	5
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	5
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	5
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	4
How to Learn Spanish: A Guide to Powerful Principles and Strategies for Successful Learning and Self-Empowerment	4
The shift to flexible learning amidst the pandemic: the case of English language teachers in a Philippine state university	4
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	4
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	4
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4
Reimagining crisis teaching through autoethnography: a case of an online Japanese course	4
Materials development in flexible learning amid the pandemic: perspectives from English language teachers in a Philippine state university	4
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	4