https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/issue/feedStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching2023-12-28T09:40:57+01:00Mirosław Pawlakpawlakmi@amu.edu.plOpen Journal Systems<p>Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (ISSN 2083-5205) is a refereed journal published four times a year by the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland. The language of publication is English. The journal is devoted to reporting previously unpublished highest quality theoretical and empirical research on learning and teaching second and foreign languages. It deals with the learning and teaching of any language, not only English, and focuses on a variety of topics ranging from the processes underlying second language acquisition, various aspects of language learning in instructed and non-instructed settings, as well as different facets of the teaching process, including syllabus choice, materials design, classroom practices and evaluation. Each issue carries about 6 papers, 6000-8000 words in length, as well as reply articles and reviews. Submissions are subjected to an anonymous review process conducted by at least two referees who may be members of the Editorial Board and other leading specialists in the field. Authors are notified of acceptance or rejection of their papers within three months of the submission date.</p> <div> <ul> <li><a href="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABOUT THE JOURNAL</a></li> <li><a href="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/issue/current" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CURRENT ISSUE</a></li> <li><a href="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/issue/archive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ARCHIVES</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>INDEXED IN:</strong></p> <p>Social Sciences Citation Index (WoS Core Collection); Journal Citation Reports Social Sciences (WoS); Scopus; European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH PLUS); Education Resources Information Center (ERIC); Index Copernicus; Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL); The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (CEJSH); The MLA International Bibliography; The MLA Directory of Periodicals; Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ); EBSCO; Linguistic Abstracts; WorldCat (OCLC); Current Contents – Social and Behavioral Sciences (WoS); Essential Science Indicators (WoS)</p> <p><strong>JOURNAL METRICS:</strong></p> <div><strong> <a title="SCImago Journal & Country Rank" href="https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21100794681&tip=sid&exact=no"><img src="https://www.scimagojr.com/journal_img.php?id=21100794681" alt="SCImago Journal & Country Rank" border="0" /></a> </strong></div> <div><img src="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/public/site/images/oszulc/citescore2021-studies-in-second-la1.png" alt="" width="180" height="100" /></div> </div> <p>CiteScore (2021): 6.1 (74%)<br />CiteScoreTracker: 4.7 (update 05.03.2023)</p> <p>IF: 3.715 (5 year); 2.352 (2021)- Data from the edition of Journal Citation Reports</p> <p>SJR 2021: 1.757<br />SNIP 2021: 2.323</p> <p><img src="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/public/site/images/oszulc/wos-ssllt.jpg" alt="" width="195" height="127" /><br /><br />MNiSW: 100</p> <p>Google Scholar Metrics h5: 23 (06.2021)<br />Google Scholar Metrics h5-median: 32 (06.2021)<br />Google Scholar h-index: 39 (06.2021)</p> <p><strong>DOI:</strong><a href="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/index"> 10.14746 /ssllt</a><br /><strong>ISSN:</strong> 2083-5205 <br /><strong>e-ISSN:</strong> 2084–1965</p> <p><strong>ARTICLES ARE LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS (2016 -):</strong></p> <p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="license"><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><br /></a><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="license"> Attribution 4.0 International License</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">.<br /></a><strong><br />FUNDING:<br /><br /></strong></p> <div> <p><strong><img src="https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/public/site/images/aws/ssllt-plakat2.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="495" /></strong></p> </div>https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40214Collaboration network of applied linguistics research articles with different methodological orientations2023-12-28T09:40:55+01:00Mohammad Amini Farsanimohammad_farsani@iust.ac.irHamid R. Jamalih.jamali@gmail.com<p>The current study draws on synthetic techniques and bibliometric analysis to explore the patterns of scientific collaboration in light of methodological orientations. We examined 3,992 applied linguistics (AL) articles published in 18 top-tier journals from 2009 to 2018 and analyzed their methodological orientations and scientific collaboration. Considering that the number of co-authored papers outweighs single-authored counterparts, our results revealed that the overall degree of collaboration for AL journals was moderate-to-high (57.7%). In particular, quantitative studies contained the highest degree of collaboration (66.8%). This was followed by systematic reviews (60.9%), and mixed-methods approach (55.7%). Country-wise, our overall findings further indicated that the United States and the United Kingdom were the two main hubs of collaborative activities for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research. While the USA was the top country in systematic reviews like all other research approaches, the UK was the fifth country in systematic reviews. As for collaborating authors, our findings demonstrated that the most influential quantitative researchers had collaborated on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and data mining. While the mixed-methods researchers had a tendency to collaborate on conceptual issues subscribing to the language testing and assessment strand, the most productive qualitative researchers had collaborated on L2 writing issues. Implications for applied linguistics research are further discussed.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Mohammad Amini Farsani, Hamid R. Jamalihttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40215Modeling quality and prestige in applied linguistics journals: A bibliometric and synthetic analysis2023-12-28T09:40:52+01:00Yiran Xuyxu72@ucmerced.eduJingyuan Zhuangjuz440@psu.eduRyan Blairrblair1@arizona.eduAmy I. Kimaik9@georgetown.eduFei Lifei.li@cug.edu.cnRachel Thorson Hernándezthordaughter@gmail.comLuke Plonskylukeplonsky@gmail.com<p>The importance of academic journals in second language (L2) research is evident on at least two levels. Journals are, first of all, central to the process of disseminating scientific findings. Journals are also critical on a professional level as most L2 researchers must publish articles to advance their careers. However, not all journals are perceived as equal; some may be considered more prestigious or of higher quality and may, therefore, achieve a greater impact on the field. It is therefore necessary that we understand the identity and quality of L2 research journals, yet very little research (e.g., Egbert, 2007; VanPatten & Williams, 2002) has considered these issues to date. The current study sought to explore L2 journal identity and quality, and the relationship between these constructs. In order to do so, a database was compiled based on three different types of sources: (1) a questionnaire eliciting L2 researchers’ perceptions of the quality and prestige of 27 journals that publish L2 research (<em>N</em> = 327); (2) manual coding of different types of articles (e.g., empirical studies, review papers), data (quantitative, qualitative, mixed), research settings, and authorship patterns (K = 2,024) using the same 27 journals; and (3) bibliometric and submission data such as impact factors, citation counts, and acceptance rates. Descriptive statistics were applied to explore overall quality and prestige ratings as well as publication trends found in each journal. The relationships between those patterns and subjective ratings were also examined. In addition, regression models were built to determine the extent to which perceptions of journal quality and prestige could be explained as a function of journal and article features. We discuss the findings of the study in terms of on-going debates concerning publication practices, study quality, impact factors, journal selection, and the “journal culture” in applied linguistics.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Yiran Xu, Jingyuan Zhuang, Ryan Blair, Amy I. Kim, Fei Li, Rachel Thorson Hernández, Luke Plonskyhttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40216Research on the learning/teaching of L2 listening: A bibliometric review and its implications2023-12-28T09:40:48+01:00Lei Leileileicn@126.comYaochen Dengleileicn@126.comDilin Liudliu@ua.edu<p>This bibliometric study examined the development of research on the learning and teaching of second language (L2) listening from 1948 to 2020 (73 years). Specifically, the study involved: (1) a search and analysis of all the noun phrases to identify important research topics in the abstracts of the published journal articles on L2 listening over the 73 years (divided into three periods) using self-made Python scripts and (2) three co-citation analyses of the references in these articles regarding highly cited authors, publications, and journals, respectively, via the VOSviewer program. The keyword/phrase analysis produced results that helped uncover and delineate the research trends in L2 listening across the three time periods. The co-citation analyses identified the most highly cited authors, publications, and journals as well as the interrelations among the most highly cited items in each of the three categories illustrated with network maps. The results of the analyses and their implications are discussed.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Lei Lei, Yaochen Deng, Dilin Liuhttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40217Review and analysis of empirical articles published in TESOL Quarterly over its lifespan2023-12-28T09:40:44+01:00A. Mehdi Riazi ariazi@hbku.edu.qaHessameddin GhanbarHessam.ghanbar@gmail.comFahimeh Marefatfmarefat@atu.ac.irIsmaeil Fazelismaeil.fazel@ubc.ca<p>We report the results of a bibliometric study of 696 empirical articles (EAs) published in <em>TESOL Quarterly</em> (TQ) over its lifespan (1967-2019). We report overall and periodic reviews (1967-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019) concerning the following themes: (1) contexts and participants, (2) research foci and theoretical orientations, and (3) research methodology and data sources. A typical article was written by a single author addressing a learning/teaching English issue related to undergraduates in US universities. The most common research foci were instruction, learning, and assessment. A quarter of the articles did not have a specifiable theoretical orientation, and for those that had, the main theoretical orientations were linguistic/scientific, linguistic/cognitive, and social. The most frequently used research methodologies were quantitative, qualitative, and eclectic, and the top three data sources used by researchers were elicitation, multiple sources, and observation. Based on the findings, we make suggestions for future research in TESOL. Overall, the present review and analysis of published EAs give readers a birds-eye view of the research gravity in TQ over the last 52 years.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40218SLA as an interdiscipline: A bibliometric study2023-12-28T09:40:40+01:00Meng-Lin Chenmenglin@mail.cjcu.edu.tw<p>Nowadays, research in second language acquisition (SLA) is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary while many technical frontiers and research hotspots have emerged. Many studies focus on interdisciplinary topics, but few in-depth studies have been conducted on interdisciplinarity. This study examined the interdisciplinarity of SLA and the interdisciplinary development process using a bibliometrics approach. The study has found that the SLA discipline has played roles as both the provider and recipient of knowledge in the development of interdisciplines. In the first case, SLA theories and methods flow into the research areas of <em>life sciences</em> and <em>technology</em> to form interdisciplinary studies with brain research, neurology, cognition, computer technology, and engineering, making SLA a provider of knowledge In the second case, SLA research receives knowledge from areas of arts and humanities and social sciences as well as from interdisciplinary studies within its own discipline, making SLA a receiver of knowledge. The new insights into the interdisciplinarity of SLA provided in this study are helpful for our deeper understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the SLA discipline.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Meng-Lin Chenhttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40219The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies: A study in micro-bibliometrics2023-12-28T09:40:36+01:00Paul Meara p.m.meara@gmail.com<p>This paper reports a bibliometric analysis of two small data sets: a set of 34 papers that make up <em>The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies</em> (Webb, 2020) and a set of papers dealing with second language (L2) vocabulary research taken from a single journal <em>Frontiers in Psychology. </em>Bibliometric maps based on author co-citations in these two data sets are presented and compared. Although the two data sets are comparable in terms of size, they appear to be very divergent. In particular, the significant sources identified in <em>The Handbook</em> map seem to play a relatively minor role in the <em>Frontiers</em> map. The obvious conclusion is that <em>The Handbook</em> is not as representative of L2 vocabulary research as its title might lead us to believe. The paper argues that micro-bibliometric studies like this one can sometimes highlight features that are lost in the more traditional large-scale bibliometric approach.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Paul Mearahttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40220Interaction in written texts: A bibliometric study of published research2023-12-28T09:40:34+01:00Ken Hyland k.hyland@uea.ac.ukFeng (Kevin) Jiangkevinjiang@jlu.edu.cn<p>While writing involves interactions between writers and readers as each considers the other in creating and interpreting texts, research interest in written interaction is a fairly recent development. This paper uses a bibliometric analysis to trace the growing interest in written interaction over the past 30 years from its origins in philosophy, conversation analysis and sociocultural language pedagogy. To do so, we analyzed all 918 articles mentioning writing and interaction in the social science citation index since 1990, dividing the corpus into two periods following the massive increase in interest after 2005. We identify which topics have been most prevalent and which authors, publications, journals and countries most influential over time. The results indicate the growing importance of identity, genre, discipline, metadiscourse and stance, particularly drawing on corpus methods. We also note the participation of authors from more countries in publishing interaction research with the growth of authors from China becoming particularly visible. These findings may interest those working in written discourse analysis and scholarly publishing.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Hyland , Feng (Kevin) Jianghttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40221Bibliometrics and scientometrics in applied linguistics: Epilogue to the special issue2023-12-28T09:40:30+01:00Vahid Aryadoustvahid.aryadoust@nie.edu.sg<p>In this paper, I first discuss the field of bibliometrics, which is a quantitative approach to analyzing scholarly publications, and its subfield, scientometrics, which focuses exclusively on scientific literature. I argue that the use of bibliometric methods has been growing in applied linguistics in recent years, and explore the common features between bibliometrics and scientometrics. I will then review the papers published in the special issue on bibliometrics in applied linguistics, which features nine papers on various bibliometric topics. I conclude with suggestions for future research in the field, including the development of scales for measuring perceived prestige, investigation of indicators of influence and a predictive theory for impact of second language (L2) research, and further investigation into the imbalance in the representation of authors based in different parts of the world.</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Vahid Aryadousthttps://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40658Reviewers for Volume 13/2023 2023-12-20T14:59:37+01:00SSLLTssllt@amu.edu.pl<p>Reviewers for Volume 13/2023</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40213Introduction to the special issue on Introducing bibliometrics in applied linguistics2023-12-28T09:40:57+01:00Luke Plonsky lukeplonsky@gmail.com<p>It is healthy and normal for an academic discipline to reflect on its publication conventions and practices, its incentive structures, and so forth. As social scientists, it is also natural for us to want to do so in a manner that is systematic and that employs well-established empirical methods, that is, by engaging in <em>bibliometrics</em> (see brief history of bibliometrics in Lei et al., this issue).</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023 Luke Plonsky https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/40909Notes on Contributors 2023-12-26T17:41:01+01:00ssllt sslltssllt@amu.edu.pl<p>Notes on Contributors</p>2023-12-28T00:00:00+01:00Copyright (c) 2023