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Language Teaching Research Template

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About the Language Teaching Research format

Language Teaching Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Second Language Acquisition and Learning. Over its lifetime it has published 1,922 papers, which have received 70,524 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Language Teaching Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Second Language Learning and Teaching Second Language Acquisition and Learning Multilingual Education and Policy Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
ISSN1362-1688
Citation impact (2-yr)2.98
h-index134
i10-index936
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Auckland
Journal websiteltr.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Language Teaching Research per year

64
2014
52
2015
59
2016
47
2017
67
2018
58
2019
107
2020
158
2021
132
2022
128
2023
132
2024
179
2025

Citation impact of Language Teaching Research by publication year

3.3K
2014
4.2K
2015
4.2K
2016
2.9K
2017
3.3K
2018
2.3K
2019
4.9K
2020
4.7K
2021
2.3K
2022
1.6K
2023
937
2024
303
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Language Teaching Research

Review article: Instructed second language vocabulary learning

Norbert Schmitt · 25 Jun 2008

This article overviews current research on second language vocabulary learning. It concludes that a large vocabulary is necessary to function in English: 8000—9000 word families for reading, and perhaps as many as 5000—7000 families for oral discourse. In addition, a number of word knowledge aspects need to be learned about each lexical item. Taken together,…

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Qualitative and descriptive research: Data type versus data analysis

Hossein Nassaji · 26 Feb 2015

Qualitative and descriptive research methods have been very common procedures for conducting research in many disciplines, including education, psychology, and social sciences. These types of research have also begun to be increasingly used in the field of second language teaching and learning. The interest in such methods, particularly in qualitative research, is motivated in part…

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Foreign language enjoyment and anxiety: The effect of teacher and learner variables

Jean‐Marc Dewaele, John Witney, Kazuya Saito et al. · 17 Feb 2017

Positive psychology has boosted interest in the positive as well as the negative emotions that Foreign Language learners experience. The present study examines whether – and to what extent – foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language (FL) classroom anxiety (FLCA) are linked to a range of learner internal variables and teacher/classroom-specific variables within one…

Task type and task processing conditions as influences on foreign language performance

Peter Skehan, Pauline Foster · 1 Sep 1997

This paper examines the effects of planning and post-task activity on task-based performance. It is motivated by the need, given recent claims that task-based instruction has desirable pedagogic qualities, to investigate the effects of choosing different types of tasks, as well as different task implementation conditions, on the fluency, accuracy and complexity of the language…

Language Teaching Research template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Language Teaching Research format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Language Teaching Research template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Language Teaching Research use?
Language Teaching Research uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Language Teaching Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Language Teaching Research?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Language Teaching Research document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Language Teaching Research template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Language Teaching Research format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Language Teaching Research?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Language Teaching Research PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Language Teaching Research template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Language Teaching Research template cost?
You can start writing in the Language Teaching Research template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Language Teaching Research PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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