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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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
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
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	31
Investigating Chinese undergraduate students’ perception of creative support in the EFL classroom	29
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	26
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	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
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
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	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
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	18
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	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
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
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	14
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	13
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
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	12
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
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
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
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
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	9
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	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
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
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
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	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
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	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
Integrating socratic questioning and synchronous video feedback to enhance ESL learners’ narrative writing in online learning	5
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
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