Journal: Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Issue: SSLA Call for Replication Studies
Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2025

Studies in Second Language Acquisition (SSLA) recently published Replication Studies in Second Language Acquisition, a special issue of eleven high quality replication studies designed to revisit important claims and influential results in the field of Second Language Acquisition.

Given the journal’s long-standing commitment to replication, we seek to build on this milestone by soliciting replications of studies with open materials and/or data that the editorial board considers important, impactful, and worthy of replication.

Prospective authors are invited to submit a short proposal of their replication study (see below for recommended list of studies), which will be reviewed by SSLA’s editorial board. Authors with strong replication study proposals will be invited to conduct and submit their replication study to SSLA. In this way, we seek to encourage replication of important studies published in SSLA and re-affirm the journal’s commitment to replication research.

Nakata T., Suzuki Y. (2019). Effects of massing and spacing on the learning of semantically related and unrelated words. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263118000219
Feng, Y., & Webb, S. (2020). Learning vocabulary through reading, listening, and viewing: Which mode of input is most effective? https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263119000494
Lee, M., & Révész, A. (2020). Promoting grammatical development through captions and textual enhancement in multimodal input-based tasks. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263120000108
Lou, N. M., Chaffee, K. E., & Noels, K. A. (2022). Growth, fixed, and mixed mindsets: Mindset sytem profiles in foreign language learners and their role in engagement and achievement. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000401
Nagle, C. L., Trofimovich, P., O’Brien, M. G., & Kennedy, S. (2022). Beyond linguistic features: Exploring behavioral and affective correlates of comprehensible second language speech. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000073
Suzuki, S., & Kormos, J. (2023). The multidimensionality of second language oral fluency: Interfacing cognitive fluency and utterance fluency. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000899

Proposals of no more than 500 words should address the following points:
- Justification for the replication
- Type of replication study (e.g., close, approximate)
- Design of replication, including modifications, with justification
- Proposal should be emailed to the SSLA editorial office ([email protected]) by September 1st, 2025.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics