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65
Citations
43825
World Ranking
1001
National Ranking
466

Overview

Rebecca L. Oxford is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within social sciences, with a particular concentration in education, general health professions, sociology and political science, social psychology, and literature and literary theory.

Their academic contributions include exploration of topics such as:

  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Adult and Continuing Education Topics
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society

Rebecca L. Oxford has authored or co-authored several recent papers published in recognized venues. These include:

  • "Exploring Grit: 'Grit Linguistics' and Research on Domain-General Grit and L2 Grit," 2021, Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning
  • "Immigrants' and refugees' 'funds of knowledge(s)' on the path to intercultural competence," 2023, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
  • "Considerations in Designing and Validating the Diagnostic Inventory for Self-Regulated Language Learning (DISLL): Status of the Process," 2024, Language Teaching Research Quarterly
  • "Rebecca Oxford's 50 Years of Contributions to Language Education and Related Fields: A Systematic Review," 2024, Language Teaching Research Quarterly

They have co-published frequently with several scholars, including:

  • María Matilde Olivero
  • Betty Lou Leaver
  • Melinda Harrison
  • Christina Gkonou
  • Tammy Gregersen

Publication venues that feature their work multiple times include:

  • Language Teaching Research Quarterly
  • Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning
  • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Rebecca L. Oxford has also contributed to academic books published by notable presses. Among these are:

  • Transformative Language Learning and Teaching, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021
  • Peacebuilding in Language Education, published by Multilingual Matters eBooks in 2021

Best Publications

  • Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Language Learning Motivation: Expanding the Theoretical Framework

    Rebecca Oxford;Jill Shearin

  • Variables Affecting Choice of Language Learning Strategies by University Students.

    Rebecca Oxford;Martha Nyikos

  • A Closer Look at Learning Strategies, L2 Proficiency, and Gender

    John M. Green;Rebecca Oxford

  • Teaching and researching language learning strategies : self-regulation in context

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • The Tapestry of Language Learning: The Individual in the Communicative Classroom

    Robin C. Scarcella;Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Assessing the use of language learning strategies worldwide with the ESL/EFL version of the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL)

    Rebecca L. Oxford;Judith A. Burry-Stock

  • Use of language learning strategies: A synthesis of studies with implications for strategy training

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Adult Language Learning Styles and Strategies in an Intensive Training Setting

    Madeline Ehrman;Rebecca Oxford

  • LANGUAGE LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES: AN OVERVIEW

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Cognition Plus: Correlates Of Language Learning Success

    Madeline E. Ehrman;Rebecca L. Oxford

  • A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

    Madeline E. Ehrman;Betty Lou Leaver;Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Learning, and Interaction: Three Communicative Strands in the Language Classroom

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Language learning strategies around the world : cross-cultural perspectives

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Effects of Sex Differences, Career Choice, and Psychological Type on Adult Language Learning Strategies

    Madeline Ehrman;Rebecca Oxford

  • Research on Language Learning Strategies: Methods, Findings, and Instructional Issues

    Rebecca Oxford;David Crookall

  • Comparing Theories of Language Learning Strategies: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

    Tsung–Yuan Hsiao;Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Adults' language learning strategies in an intensive foreign language program in the United States

    Rebecca L. Oxford;Madeline E. Ehrman

  • Teaching & Researching: Language Learning Strategies

    Rebecca L. Oxford

  • Clashing metaphors about classroom teachers: toward a systematic typology for the language teaching field

    Rebecca L Oxford;Stephen Tomlinson;Ana Barcelos;Cassandra Harrington

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Cohen
Andrew D. Cohen University of Minnesota
Peter Skehan
Peter Skehan Birkbeck, University of London
Ernesto Macaro
Ernesto Macaro University of Oxford
Claire Kramsch
Claire Kramsch University of California, Berkeley

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