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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	247
Audiovisual input and second language learning	89
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	47
Supporting the academic staff of the internationalised university: a project at the Department of Management	41
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	34
Multimodality and pronunciation in ICLHE (Integration of Content and Language in Higher Education) training	30
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	27
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	23
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	22
Collocations, corpora and language learning	21
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	18
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	17
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	16
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	16
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	16
Multilingual teacher training in South Tyrol: strategies for effective linguistic input with young learners	16
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	16
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	16
Integrating goal-setting and automated feedback to improve writing outcomes: a pilot study	15
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	14
A goal-based writing program in the EFL writing context: implementation and results	14
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	13
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	13
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	13
Guiding and assessing development of L2 writing process: the role of peer collaboration	12

L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	12
Towards more learning-centred English-medium education: promoting the combination of backward design and community of practice in teacher training	12
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	12
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	11
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	11
Exploring latent profiles in the relationship between learning atmosphere, negative emotions, and willingness to communicate among EFL learners	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
Administrative staff learning and using English to communicate with international students	11
Advances and challenges in online language learning: a bibliometric analysis	11
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	11
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	10
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	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	10
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	9
Narrative inquiry in language teaching and learning research	9
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	8
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	8
Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader	8
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	8
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	8
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	8
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	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
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	7
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	7
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	6
The challenges of the internationalisation of the curriculum: a pedagogical intervention to promote interculturality and plurilingualism in English-Medium Instruction	6
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	6
Digital storytelling as translanguaging: a practical guide for language educators	6
Foreign language learner autonomy in online learning environments: the teachers’ perspectives	5
Critical thinking in academic writing: a cultural approach	5
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	5
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	5
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	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
Effectiveness of augmented reality on EFL learner’s language gains: a meta-analysis	5
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	4
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	4
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
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	4
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	4
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	4
Unveiling the dynamic connection between a socially responsible activity and English learning motivation at a Taiwanese university	4
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	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
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
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	4
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	4
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	4
Teaching and Researching Motivation, 3rd ed.	4