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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Audiovisual input and second language learning	372
Language learning playware: a ‘playful learning’ approach to ELT materials development	112
Fostering key competency growth: a feedback model for university English teaching	54
Introduction: new insights in the study of classroom emotions: innovative research methods for investigating the antecedents and causes of negative emotions in language classrooms	50
Escaping the anxious classroom: the exploration of using educational escape rooms to mitigate foreign language anxiety	48
Providing emotional support through written feedback: an exploratory study of Chinese EFL teachers	44
Less frequently used research methodologies in applied linguistics (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 6)	38
Emerging Englishes: China English in Academic Writing	32
Collocations, corpora and language learning	31
Beyond scores: a systematic review of learning and psychological outcomes of digital game-based language learning (2010–2025)	31
ESL teachers’ experiences in engaging with published research findings: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	27
Exploring students’ perceptions and affordances of Google docs-supported collaborative writing	26
From retrieval to generative models: a design-based research approach to developing a chatbot for argumentative writing	26
Exploring information-seeking behavior in second language learning: a preliminary study	24
Designing pedagogical materials for the multilingual English classroom: a case for teacher agency	24
The idiodynamic method in individual differences research: a review of applications and contributions	23
Investigating Chinese undergraduate students’ perception of creative support in the EFL classroom	23
Creating bottom-up academic salons for foreign language teacher educators’ career development	22
Local research and global perspectives in English language teaching	21
OASIS: one resource to widen the reach of research in language studies	21
Scaffolding the dynamic development of novice EAP writers’ genre knowledge through concept mapping	21
L2 skill-specific anxiety and communication apprehension: the role of extramural English in the Turkish context	20
The Routledge handbook of materials development for language teaching	18
From research challenges to methodological innovation: interview prompts as reflexive and participatory tools in language teacher motivation research	17
Fostering learner engagement in study abroad contexts through digital mapping	16

Academic writing motivation of Chinese undergraduates in Gen-AI mediated English contexts: an integrated motivational framework	15
A perezhivanie perspective of the interconnection between language teacher autonomy and emotion: making a case for emotional autonomy	15
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	15
EFL learners’ self-regulated learning, flow experience, and learning engagement in AI-mediated IDLE environments: synthesizing variable-centered and person-centered approaches	14
Facilitating EFL learner-writer wellbeing through process-genre instruction: a self-determination theory perspective	14
Exploring how dual subtitle translation tool shapes high school students’ engagement and basic psychological needs in self-determination theory	14
Integrating hip-hop-based education in Korean EFL teaching practicum: insights from pre-service teachers	13
A scoping review of empirical studies on generative artificial intelligence in language education	12
Metacognition, motivation, self-efficacy belief, and English learning achievement in online learning: Longitudinal mediation modeling approach	12
Examining task type effects on L2 writing complexity: understanding the moderating roles of goal orientation and flow	12
To play or not to play? Investigating Chinese EFL undergraduates’ intention to use digital games for English learning using PLS-SEM and fsQCA	11
Every cloud has a silver lining: a person-centred analysis of foreign language learners’ motivation and engagement in Chinese universities	11
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)	11
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	10
L2 language grammar learning strategies: a Q methodology study	10
Funds of knowledge and identity in language learning and teaching	10
Augmented reality in language learning: a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art and task design considerations	10
Chinese students’ boredom and burnout and their prediction by autonomy supportive learning climate: a latent growth curve modeling	10
Beyond seeking equivalents: exploring Chinese master’s students’ use of machine translation as a translanguaging process in EAP writing	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
Programme-level English enhancement strategy in civil engineering undergraduate education: an application of innovative strategy	8
Effects of augmented reality-supported experiential learning on low-achieving EFL students in rural elementary school	8
Language learning with TikTok’s ‘Duet’: a spatial perspective on digital technology and language learning	8
Psychological and emotional impact of COVID-19 on TESOL: learning to teach EFL in a VUCA environment	8
Effects of learning-oriented listening tasks on EFL learners’ listening comprehension, listening anxiety, and vocabulary learning	8
Understanding the relationship between competitive climates and reading achievement in East Asia: a situated expectancy-value theory perspective	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
Exploring the emotional experiences of implementing GenAI-assisted digital multimodal composing: an autobiographic self-study	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
Innovative approaches in teaching English writing to Chinese speakers	7
Self-efficacy mediates but does not moderate the relationship between grit and L2 achievement	7
Individual differences and task-based language teaching	7
New Frontiers in Language and Technology	7
Measuring EFL learners’ use of ChatGPT in informal digital learning of English based on the technology acceptance model	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
Emotion regulation strategies and task engagement in L2 development: a structural equation modeling analysis	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
Integrating generative AI for comprehensive ELT material development	6
Enhancing language learners’ pragmatic skills through augmented reality: the speech act of request in the spotlight	6
Behavioural engagement with notes and note content in digital game-based vocabulary learning and their effects on EFL vocabulary development	6
Modeling learners’ intention to continue using generative AI in informal language learning: the role of cognitive appraisals and emotions	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
Multilingual language learning in a multimodal metaverse: a multidimensional study of communicative, affective, and cognitive development	6
The effects of humorous video tasks on affective, cognitive, and social factors in English language vocabulary learning: a comparative study	6
Mediation of enjoyment and burnout in the link between teacher-student relationships and foreign language achievement and its gender differences	6
Who is most likely to accept AI chatbots? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of personality and ChatGPT acceptance for language learning	6
Beyond all-or-nothing: student learning effectiveness in a POED-based hands-on STEM learning course integrating CLIL	6
Global CLIL: critical, ethnographic and language policy perspectives	6
Understanding foreign language teachers’ pride: an ecological perspective	5
Technology and English Language Teaching in a Changing World: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Teacher Educators	5
Students’ perceptions and practices of language learning in habitus-field conflicts: the case of an English-Spanish dual language programme	5
Re-imagining assessment – creating spaces for sustainable multilingual and multi-competence testing	5
Online informal language learning (OILL): a systematic review of studies (2014–2023)	5
Integrating socratic questioning and synchronous video feedback to enhance ESL learners’ narrative writing in online learning	5
LGBTQ+ and feminist digital activism: a linguistic perspective	5
Innovating language motivation research: the localized possibilities of practitioner research	5
Intra-linguistic mediation within the context of Model United Nations	5
Peer editing and writing proficiency: an experimental study in South Korean higher education	5
Collaborating across tiers: rethinking digital language teacher education via virtual exchange	5
The spatiality of pre-service language teachers’ funds of professional identity	5
From passive installers to active app users: EFL students’ lived experiences of mobile-assisted self-regulated language learning	5
Developing young language learners’ oral language through drama: a systematic review	5
Why is narrative inquiry suitable to study motivation? Insights from two empirical studies	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
EFL learners’ perceptions and their association with the effectiveness of model texts as a feedback tool	5
Developing students’ agency and voice by using generative AI in an online EAP module	5
Automated speech scoring of dialogue response by Japanese learners of English as a foreign language	4
Overcoming the ICC gap: integrating digital multimodal composing and project-based learning for Asian EFL learners	4
Tracking motivational changes in self-initiated professional development in ELT: a single-case analysis	4
Embedding digital multimodal composing in EFL curriculum: students’ video design and literacy demonstration	4
Willingness to communicate and anxiety in human–human and human–chatbot interaction contexts: an idiodynamic investigation	4
Sacrifice in L2 teaching: teachers’ perspectives from China, Iran, and Turkey	4
Longitudinal comparison of AI, exemplar, and teacher feedback for sustainable L2 writing development: a latent growth curve analysis	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
Clue before correction: ChatGPT-enhanced strategy for promoting autonomous and reflective language learning	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
Mobile assisted learning in Arabic language education: the impact of Duolingo and Memrise on phonology, morphology, and syntax competencies	4
Co-constructing stories of possibility: Chilean teachers’ perspectives on environmental education in English language learning	4
Exploring Turkish EFL teachers’ negative emotions and professional detachment in episodic narratives: a Ricoeurian analysis of the critical incidents	4
AI in foreign language learning and teaching: theory and practice	4
Second language learning motivation mediates the relations between personality traits and intercultural communicative competence	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
The coming of age of LMOOC research. A systematic review (2019-21)	4