Joseph P. Vitta

Waseda University — Japan

Psychology · Social Sciences

12h-index1.1kcitations38works3.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Second Language Acquisition and Learning(16), Natural Language Processing Techniques(11), Text Readability and Simplification(9), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning(8), Second Language Learning and Teaching(6)

Publications37 total

Probability and Hypothesis Testing: An Update for Applied Linguists
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics·2025
Interpreting the semi-partial correlation as a multiple regression-bound (not a bivariate) metric: A methods-oriented response to Papi and Teimouri’s (2024) response to Al-Hoorie et al. (2024)
Studies in Second Language Acquisition·2025Open Access
Conceptualization and frequency of sampling (mal)practices in L2 inferential quantitative research
Journal of Second Language Studies·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Methodological recommendations for webcam-based eye tracking: A scoping review
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics·2025Open Access
Contrasting Fixed‐ and Mixed‐Effects Modeling in Vocabulary Research: Reanalyzing Laufer (2024) and McLean et al. (2020)
Language Learning·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Applying lexical sophistication models to wordlist development: A proof-of-concept study
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Rasch modelling vs. item facility: implications on the validity of assessments of Asian EFL/ESL vocabulary knowledge and lexical sophistication modelling
Language Testing in Asia·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Rigor and self-awareness in L2 instructed vocabulary research: A commentary on Isbell and colleagues (2024), Stoeckel and Ishii (2024), and Aizawa (2024)
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction·2024Open Access
Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Willingness to Communicate, Speaking Self‐Efficacy, and Perceived Communicative Competence as Predictors of Second Language Spoken Task Production
Language Learning·2024· 23 citedOpen Access
Flipped Language Classroom
Elsevier eBooks·2024Open Access
Initial Development of a Second Language Discussion Task-Specific Self-Efficacy Instrument: An Illustration for Frontline Researchers
RELC Journal·2023· 6 cited
‘The wisdom of crowds’: When teacher judgments outperform word-frequency as a predictor of students’ vocabulary knowledge
Language Teaching Research·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
The contribution of affixes to productive English vocabulary knowledge for Chinese, German and Spanish learners: A comparison
System·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Academic word difficulty and multidimensional lexical sophistication: An English‐for‐academic‐purposes‐focused conceptual replication of Hashimoto and Egbert (2019)
Modern Language Journal·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Rater judgments and word difficulty: Conceptualizing the substantive validity of the VST
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Research syntheses in L2 vocabulary research: A scoping review
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Self-determination mini-theories in second language learning: A systematic review of three decades of research
Language Teaching Research·2022· 77 citedOpen Access
Self-Determination Mini-Theories in Second Language Learning: A Systematic Review of Three Decades of Research
2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Assessing Rasch measurement estimation methods across R packages with yes/no vocabulary test data
Language Testing·2022· 15 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Christopher Nicklin(17), Stuart McLean(12), Ali H. Al‐Hoorie(10), Phil Hiver(4), Paul Leeming(3), Jeffrey Stewart(3), Derek Canning(3), W. L. Quint Oga-Baldwin(2), Brandon Kramer(2), Pablo Robles‐García(2), Young Ae Kim(2), Janice Wu(1), Dillon Hicks(1), Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck(1), Simon W. Albright(1), Dayna Jost(1), Alexis Pusina(1), Liang Ye Tan(1), Andrew Woollock(1), Daniel Bailey(1)