OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Audiovisual input and second language learning	402
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	62
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	61
Introduction: new insights in the study of classroom emotions: innovative research methods for investigating the antecedents and causes of negative emotions in language classrooms	54
Escaping the anxious classroom: the exploration of using educational escape rooms to mitigate foreign language anxiety	53
Measuring Chinese undergraduate students’ engagement with GenAI feedback in L2 writing: a large-scale study	51
Providing emotional support through written feedback: an exploratory study of Chinese EFL teachers	39
‘Chinese is at my fingertips’: heritage language practices in digitalscapes	34
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	34
Orchestrating ChatGPT in English language teaching: a complex dynamic systems study of teacher agency	31
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	31
Collocations, corpora and language learning	29
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)	27
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	26
Designing pedagogical materials for the multilingual English classroom: a case for teacher agency	26
Investigating Chinese undergraduate students’ perception of creative support in the EFL classroom	25
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development	25
Scaffolding the dynamic development of novice EAP writers’ genre knowledge through concept mapping	24
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	24
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	22
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	19
Exploring information-seeking behavior in second language learning: a preliminary study	18
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	17
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	16
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	15

L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	15
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	15
Academic writing motivation of Chinese undergraduates in Gen-AI mediated English contexts: an integrated motivational framework	14
From research challenges to methodological innovation: interview prompts as reflexive and participatory tools in language teacher motivation research	14
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	14
Integrating hip-hop-based education in Korean EFL teaching practicum: insights from pre-service teachers	14
Innovating Chinese character radical instruction: a digital escape room for learning and engagement	13
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	13
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
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	12
Optimizing Japanese Kanji learning through Anki-assisted spaced repetition: the mediating role of cognitive engagement and visual-verbal integration efficiency	12
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	12
Using LLM chatbots for feedback in L2 English academic writing: a scoping review	12
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	12
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	12
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	12
From ‘The system said’ to ‘my argument requires’: cultivating self-mediation with AWE feedback	11
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)	10
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	10
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	10
To play or not to play? Investigating Chinese EFL undergraduates’ intention to use digital games for English learning using PLS-SEM and fsQCA	10
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
The impact of multimodal GenAI-Integrated instruction on EFL learners’ speaking proficiency, motivation, and well-being: a mixed-effects modeling approach	10
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	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	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	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
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	9
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	9
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	9
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	9
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	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
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	8
Exploring secondary school students’ experiences of online English private tutoring in Kazakhstan: a qualitative inquiry	8
Teaching communication, skills and competencies for the international workplace; a resource for teachers of English	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,	8
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	8
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	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	8
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	8
Comparing synchronous and asynchronous audio-visual feedback integrated with e-written comments in EFL writing	8
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	7
Modeling learners’ intention to continue using generative AI in informal language learning: the role of cognitive appraisals and emotions	7

Individual differences and task-based language teaching	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
The development and effectiveness of a digital storytelling task-based speaking module for enhancing EFL speaking proficiency among Chinese English majors	7
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	7
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	7
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	7
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Exploring the emotional experiences of implementing GenAI-assisted digital multimodal composing: an autobiographic self-study	7
Multimodal GenAI-assisted instruction in EFL argumentative writing: effects on writing skills, creativity, and critical thinking	6
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	6
Multilingual language learning in a multimodal metaverse: a multidimensional study of communicative, affective, and cognitive development	6
Validating the L2 reading mindset framework in China: the interplay of mindsets, emotions, and reading achievement	6
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	6
Understanding foreign language teachers’ pride: an ecological perspective	6
From passive installers to active app users: EFL students’ lived experiences of mobile-assisted self-regulated language learning	6
Beyond all-or-nothing: student learning effectiveness in a POED-based hands-on STEM learning course integrating CLIL	6
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	6
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	6
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	6
Integrating generative AI for comprehensive ELT material development	6
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	5
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	5
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	5
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	5
Overcoming the ICC gap: integrating digital multimodal composing and project-based learning for Asian EFL learners	5
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	5
Integrating socratic questioning and synchronous video feedback to enhance ESL learners’ narrative writing in online learning	5
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	5
Why is narrative inquiry suitable to study motivation? Insights from two empirical studies	5
Longitudinal comparison of AI, exemplar, and teacher feedback for sustainable L2 writing development: a latent growth curve analysis	5
Collaborating across tiers: rethinking digital language teacher education via virtual exchange	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
Students’ perceptions and practices of language learning in habitus-field conflicts: the case of an English-Spanish dual language programme	5
Developing young language learners’ oral language through drama: a systematic review	5
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	5
Re-imagining assessment – creating spaces for sustainable multilingual and multi-competence testing	5
Clue before correction: ChatGPT-enhanced strategy for promoting autonomous and reflective language learning	5