Li, W., & Li, S. (2025). Senior adult learners' second language motivation in a Chinese context: A first look. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-025-01065-y
Li, S., Li, J., & Qian, J. (2025). What is the ideal time to provide corrective feedback? An approximate replication of Li, Zhu, and Ellis (2016). Language Learning. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.70019
Dong, Z., Han, C., & Li, S. (2025). Feedback explicitness, working memory, and explicit knowledge in online classroom-based second language Mandarin tone learning. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251378559
Zheng, S., Roger, J., & Li, S. (2025). Conceptualizing and measuring foreign language reading boredom. System, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103843
Li, S. (2025). Generative AI and second language writing. Digital Studies in Language and Literature. 1-31. First view.
An, H., & Li, S. (2025). The interplay between planning conditions, direct focused feedback, and individual differences in EFL learners’ second language development. System. 1-14. First view.
Wei, R., Li, S., & Tian, X. (2025). A systematic review of the research methods for L2 pragmatics instruction. Foreign Language World《外語界》(2), 16-24.
Li, C., Feng, E., & Li, S. (2025).Boredom and achievement in L2 learning: a meta-analysis. Applied Linguistics Review. First view. 1-27.
Li, S., Ou, L., & Lee, I. (2025). The timing of corrective feedback in second language learning. Language Teaching, 1-17. First View.
Geng, Z., & Li, S. (2025). The role of task planning in L2 oral production: A meta⁃analysis. Modern Foreign Languages, 48(1), 103-115.
Zhao, N., Tian, L., & Li, S. (2024). Peer feedback, negotiation, and revisions in second language writing. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching《外語與外語教學》, 6, 55-66.
Guan, L., Li, S., & Gu, M. (2024). AI in informal digital English learning: A meta-analysis of its effectiveness on proficiency, motivation, and self-regulation. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 1-27.
An, H., & Li, S. (2024). Task-specific writing anxiety and self-efficacy are separate from general L2 writing anxiety and self-efficacy and they have differential associations with the effects of written corrective feedback in pre-task and within-task planning. System, 1-21.
Kim, J., & Li, S. (2024). The effects of task repetition and corrective feedback on L2 writing development. The Language Learning Journal. 1-16.
Lu, J., Ma, Q., & Li, S. (2024). Effect of localized task-based language teaching on Chinese secondary school English learners’ oral production in examination-oriented contexts. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 1-25.
Fu, M., & Li, S. (2024). The associations between anxiety and the timing of corrective feedback. Foreign Language Annals, 57, 201-228.
Wang, Q., Li, S., & East, M. (2024). The construct validity of task anxiety. Journal of Second Language Studies, 7, 99-128.
Mao, Z., Lee, I., & Li, S. (2024). Written corrective feedback in second language writing: A synthesis of research in naturalistic classroom contexts. 1-29. Language Teaching.
Wang, L., Li, S., Lei, M., & Liu, Y. (2023). The effectiveness of oral and written corrective feedback in the Chinese context: A meta-analysis. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 54, 57-70.
Li, S., Prior, M., Nero, S., Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A., Murakami, A., Li, W., & Ortega, L. (2023). Methodological innovation in applied linguistics: Perspectives, strategies, and trends. Language Teaching, 56, 551-556.
Li, S. (2023). Working memory and second language writing: A systematic review. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45, 647-679.
Vuogan, A., & Li, S. (2023). A systematic review of meta-analyses in second language research: current practices, issues, and recommendations. Applied Linguistics Review. 1-24.
Vuogan, A., & Li, S. (2023) The effectiveness of peer feedback in L2 writing: A meta-analysis. TESOL Quarterly, 57, 1115-1138.
Ren, W., Li, S., & Lu, X. (2023). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of second language pragmatics instruction. Applied Linguistics, 1-21. First view.
Li, S., & Prior, M. (2022). Research methods in applied linguistics: A methodological imperative. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 1, 1-6.
Fu, M., & Li, S. (2022). The effects of immediate and delayed corrective feedback on L2 development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 44, 2-34.
Li, S., & DeKeyser, R. (2021). Implicit aptitude: Conceptualizing the construct, validating the measures, and examining the evidence. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43, 473-497.
DeKeyser, R., & Li, S. (2021). The validity of implicit aptitude and the need for construct validation. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43, 692-697.
Li, S., & Qian, J. (2021). Exploring syntactic priming as a measure of implicit language aptitude. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43, 574-605.
Wang, W., & Li, S. (2021). Corrective feedback and learner uptake in American ESL and Chinese EFL classrooms: A comparative study. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 34, 34-50.
Yu, J., & Li, S. (2021). Dreaded L2 self is an independent "self". Foreign Language World, 6, 72-79.
Wang, Q., East, M., & Li, S. (2021). Measuring Chinese EFL learners' motivation and anxiety when completing a video narration task: Initial steps in designing two questionnaires. System, 100, 1-14.
Fu, M., & Li, S. (2021). The associations between implicit and explicit language aptitude and the effects of the timing of corrective feedback. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 43, 498-522.
Li, S., & Zhao, H. (2021). The methodology of the research on language aptitude: A systematic review. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 41, 25-54.
Li, S. (2020). What is the ideal time to provide corrective feedback? Language Teaching, 53, 96-108.
Li, S., & Roshan, S. (2019). The associations between working memory and the effects of four different types of written corrective feedback. Journal of Second Language Writing, 45, 1-15.
Li, S., & Vuono, A. (2019). Twenty-five years of research on oral and written corrective feedback in System. System, 84, 93-109.
Li, S., Hiver, P., & Papi, M. (2019). Research initiatives in the foreign and second language education program of Florida State University: Multiple perspectives, multiple approaches. Language Teaching, 52, 537-541.
Li, S., Ellis, R., & Zhu, Y. (2019). The associations between cognitive ability and L2 development under five different instructional conditions. Applied Psycholinguistics, 40, 693-722.
Fu, M., & Li, S. (2019). The associations between individual differences in working memory and the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback. Journal of Second Language Studies, 2, 233-257.
Li, S., & Fu, M. (2018). Strategic and unpressured within-task planning and their associations with working memory. Language Teaching Research, 22, 230-253.
Ellis, R., Li, S., & Zhu, Y. (2018). The effects of pre-task explicit instruction on the performance of a focused task. System, 80, 38-47.
Li, S., Ellis, R., & Kim, J. (2018). The influence of pre-task grammar instruction on L2 learning: An experimental study. Studies in English Education, 23, 831-857.
Fu, M., & Li, S. (2017). The associations between the cognitive processes of task performance and working memory. Modern Foreign Languages, 40, 114-124.
Yang, Y., Shintani, N., Li, S., & Zhang, Y. (2017). The effectiveness of post-reading word-focused activities and their associations with working memory. System, 70, 38-49.
Li, S., Ellis, R., & Zhu, Y. (2016). Task-based versus task-supported language instruction: An experimental study. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 36, 205-229.
Li, S. (2016). The construct validity of language aptitude. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 38, 801-842.
Li, S., Ellis, R., & Shu, D. (2016). The differential effects of immediate and delayed feedback on learners of different proficiency levels. Foreign Languages and Foreign Language Teaching, 286, 1-15.
Li, S., Zhu, Y., & Ellis, R. (2016). The effects of the timing of corrective feedback on the acquisition of a new linguistic structure. Modern Language Journal, 100, 276-295.
Li, S. (2015). The associations between language aptitude and second language grammar acquisition: A meta-analytic review of five decades of research. Applied Linguistics, 36, 385-408.
Li, S. (2014). Oral corrective feedback. ELT journal, 68, 196-198.
Li, S. (2014). The interface between feedback type, L2 proficiency, and the nature of linguistic target. Language Teaching Research, 18, 373-396.
Shintani, N., Li, S., & Ellis, R. (2013). Comprehension-based versus production-based instruction: A meta-analysis of comparative studies. Language Learning, 63, 296-329.
Li, S. (2013). The interactions between the effects of implicit and explicit feedback and individual differences in language analytic ability and working memory. Modern Language Journal, 97, 634-654.
Choi, S., & Li, S. (2012). Corrective feedback and learner uptake in a child ESOL classroom. The RELC Journal, 43, 331-251.
Li, S., Shintani, N., & Ellis, R. (2012). Doing meta-analysis in SLA: Practices, choices, and standards. Contemporary Foreign Language Studies, 384, 1-17.
Li, S., & Liang, W. (2012). The dynamic nature of learner beliefs: The relationship between EFL learners' beliefs about language learning and proficiency in a Chinese context. Asian EFL Journal, 14, 177-211.
Li, S. (2010). The effectiveness of corrective feedback in SLA: A meta-analysis. Language Learning, 60, 309-365.
Loewen, S., Li, S., Fei, F., Thompson, A., Ahn, S., & Chen, X. (2009). L2 learners' beliefs about grammar instruction and error correction. The Modern Language Journal, 93, 91-104.
Li, S. (2009). The differential effects of implicit and explicit feedback on L2 learners of different proficiency. Applied Language Learning, 19, 53-79.