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Patents

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  1. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & AlAwdah, A. A. K. (2023). Method and apparatus to lower foreign language anxiety during listening (Saudi Arabia Patent No. SA 14549 B1). Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property. [Read here in Arabic]

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Books

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  1. McCallum, L., Tafazoli, D., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (Eds.). (2025). Research cultures in applied linguistics and TESOL. Applied Linguistics Press. [Full Book pdf; Publisher Page]

  2. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Mitchell, C., & Elyas, T. (Eds.). (2025). Language education in Saudi Arabia: Integrating technology in the classroom. Springer. [Overview; Publisher Page]

  3. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Mitchell, C., & Elyas, T. (Eds.). (2025). Language education in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and opportunities in language pedagogy and policy. Springer. [Overview; Publisher Page]

  4. Schaberg, C. (2024). Pedagogy of the depressed (A. H. Al-Hoorie & A. S. Al Shlowiy, Trans.). Arab Scientific Publishers. (Original work published 2021) [Overview; Publisher Page]

  5. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Mohsen, M. A. (2022). Al-Taʻlīm wkwfyd-19: Durūs li-mā baʻda aljāʼḥh [Education and Covid-19: Lessons for the post-pandemic era]. United Tkween Group. [Arabic Book. Overview; Publisher Page; read the full book here]

  6. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Szabo, F. (Eds.). (2022). Researching language learning motivation: A concise guide. Bloomsbury. [Book Overview]

  7. ​Hiver, P., Mercer, S., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (Eds.). (2021). Student engagement in the language classroom. Multilingual Matters. [Book Overview]

  8. Ghanizadeh, A., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Jahedizadeh, A. (2020). Higher order thinking skills in the language classroom: A concise guide. Springer. [Book Overview] 

  9. Hiver, P. & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2020). Research methods for complexity theory in applied linguistics. Multilingual Matters. [Book Overview]

  10. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & MacIntyre, P. D. (Eds.). (2020). Contemporary language motivation theory: 60 years since Gardner and Lambert (1959). Multilingual Matters. [Book Overview] [Winner of The Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award]

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Patents

Journal Articles

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  1. Knöchel, T.-D., Schweizer, K. J., Acar, O. A., Akil, A. M., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Buehler, F., Elsherif, M., M., Giannini, A., Heyselaar, E., Hosseini, M., Ilangovan, V., Kovacs, M., Lin, Z., Liu, M., Peeters, A., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Vranka, M. A., Yamada, Y., Yu-Fang Yang, Y.-F., & Aczel, B. (in press). Core principles of responsible generative AI usage in research. AI Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-025-00768-8 [pdf]
  2. Buchanan, E. M., Cuccolo, K., Heyman, T., van Berkel, N., Coles, N. A., Iyer, A., Peters, K., van ’t Veer, A. E., Montefinese, M., Maxwell, N. P., Taylor, J. E., Valentine, K. D., Arriaga, P., Barzykowski, K., Boucher, L., Collins, W. M., Vaidis, D. C., Balazs Aczel, B.,  Al-Hoorie, A. H., . . . Lewis, S. C. (in press). Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages. Nature Human Behaviour.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02254-x [pdf]
  3. Vitta, J. P., Hahn, A., Canning, D., Isbell, D. R., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Nicklin, C. (in press). Conceptualization and frequency of sampling (mal)practices in L2 inferential quantitative research: Towards a potential QRP. Journal of Second Language Studies. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.00049.vit [pdf]
  4. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., & In’nami, Y. (in press). Looking beyond the L2 Motivational Self System: Lessons from two “lost” decades. Studies in Second Language Acquisition.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263125101319 
  5. Whitehead, G. E. K., Moodie, I., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (in press). “I’m going to stay…”: Exploring factors impacting English language teachers occupational and organizational commitment. English Teaching & Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-025-00209-z [pdf]
  6. Liu, M., Sang, Y., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (in press). The Ulysses pact: An emic perspective on registered reports in applied linguistics. Journal of Second Language Studies. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.00045.liu [pdf]
  7. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (in press). Metamotivational beliefs about task rewards: Attitudes, perceived effects, and reported prevalence. The Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2025.2485942 [pdf]
  8. Al-Hoorie, A. H., McClelland, N., Resnik, P., Hiver, P., & Botes, E. (in press). The ideal L2 self versus ability beliefs: Are they really distinct? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2401103 [pdf]
  9. Zhou, S. A., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (in press). Dynamic engagement: A longitudinal dual-process, reciprocal-effects model of teacher motivational practice and L2 student engagement. Language Teaching Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688231158789 [pdf] 
  10. Soderstrom, M., Rocha-Hidalgo, J., Muñoz, L. E., Bochynska, A., Werker, J. F., Skarabela, B., Seidl, A., Ryjova, Y., Rennels, J. L., Potter, C. E., Paulus, M., Ota, M., Olesen, N. M., Nave, K. M., Mayor, J., Martin, A., Machon. L. C., Lew-Williams, C., Ko, E.-S., . . . Tsui, A. S. M. (2025). Testing the relationship between preferences for infant-directed speech and vocabulary development: A multi-lab study. Journal of Child Language, 52(5), 984–1009.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000924000254 [pdf]
  11. Alamri, M. M., Saleh, A. M., Albalawi, A. S., Albalawi, F. H., Fares, M. R., Almalki, A. M., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025). Psychological predictors of academic achievement in online English-medium medical education. SAGE Open, 15(3), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251362379 [pdf]
  12. Chuan-Peng, H., Xu, Z., Lazić, A., Bhattacharya, P., Seda, L., Hossain, S., Jeftić, A., Özdoğru, A. A., Amaral, O. B., Miljković, N., Ilchovska, Z. G., Lazarevic, L. B., Bao, H.-Q.-S., Ghodke, N., Moreau, D., Elsherif, M., Chinchu, C., Ghai, S., Clarissa F. D. Carneiro, C., F. C., . . . Azevedo, F. (2025). Open science in the developing world: A collection of practical guides for researchers in developing countries. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(3), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251357565 [pdf] [Winner of SIPS Commendation award]
  13. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Albijadi, O. (2025). The motivation of uncertainty: Gamifying vocabulary learning. RELC Journal, 56(2), 332–345.  https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241229244 [pdf]
  14. Phills, C. E., Miller, J. K., Buchanan, E. M., Williams, A., Meyers, C., Brown, E. R., Zickfeld, J., Volsa, S., Stieger, S., Oberzaucher, E., Mlakic, V., Vasilev, M., Dalgar, İ, Çoksan, S., Söylemez, S., Solak, C., Özdoğru, A. A., Çoktok, B., Kung, C.-C., . . . Kekecs, Z. (2025) Multi-region investigation of ‘man’ as default in attitudes. PLoS One, 20(6), e0323938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323938 [pdf]
  15. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2025). Causality and ability beliefs: An introduction to confounders and colliders. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 15(2), 227–249. https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.48231 [pdf]
  16. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Oga-Baldwin, W. L. Q., Hiver, P., & Vitta, J. P. (2025). Self-determination mini-theories in second language learning: A systematic review of three decades of research. Language Teaching Research, 29(4), 1603–1638.  https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688221102686 [pdf]
  17. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Murakami, A. (2025). Modeling the effects of task repetition in L2 writing: Examining inter- and intra-individual variability. Language Learning, 75(2), 493–532. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12670 [pdf]
  18. Sang, Y., Al-Shammari, A., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025). Chinese in the Kuwaiti linguistic market: Language policy and political economy. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 46(1), 26–44.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2394148 [pdf]
  19. Aoyama, T., Yamazaki. J. S., Nakamura, S., Vuogan, A., An, H., Kim, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024). Conceptualization and operationalization in L2 task engagement research: Taking stock and moving forward. Language Teaching, 57(4), 597–601.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144482400020X [pdf]
  20. Liu, M., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024). Open access in language testing and assessment: The case of two flagship journals. Language Testing, 41(4), 703–728.  https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322241261417 [pdf]
  21. Röseler, L., Kaiser, L., Doetsch, C., Klett, N., Seida, C., Schütz, A., Aczel, B., Adelina, N., Agostini, V., Alarie, S., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Aldoh, A., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Azevedo, F., Baker, B. J., Barth, C. L., Beitner, J., Brick, C., Brohmer, H., . . . Zhang, Y. (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the replicability of psychological science. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12(8), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.101 [pdf]
  22. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & AlAwdah, A. A. K. (2024). Transdisciplinary integration for applied linguistics: the case of electrophysiology. Saudi Journal of Language Studies, 4(2), 97–105. https://doi.org/10.1108/SJLS-06-2024-0028 [pdf] [Based on a patent]
  23. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024). Metamotivational beliefs about extrinsic incentives. System, 124, 103360.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103360 [pdf]
  24. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024). Metamotivation: Self-regulating task-motivation fit. Porta Linguarum, (IX), 49–67. https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.viIX.29880 [pdf]
  25. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024). The moral schizophrenia in the fight against Big Publisha. Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 13. https://doi.org/10.51751/dujal19167 [pdf]
  26. Kutbi, M., & Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Al-Shammari, A. (2024). Detecting contract cheating through linguistic fingerprint. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, 664. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03160-9 [pdf]
  27. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., & In’nami, Y. (2024). The validation crisis in the L2 motivational self system tradition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 26(2), 307–329.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263123000487 [pdf]
  28. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Cinaglia, C., Hiver, P., Huensch, A., Isbell, D. R., Leung, C., & Sudina, E. (2024). Open science: Considerations and issues for TESOL research. TESOL Quarterly, 58(1), 537–556. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3304 [pdf]
  29. Vaidis, D. C., Sleegers, W. W. A., van Leeuwen, F., DeMarree, K., G., Sætrevik, B., Ross, R. M., Schmidt, K., Protzko, J., Morvinski, C., Ghasemi, O., Roberts, A. J., Stone, J., Bran, A., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Gunsoy, C., Moussaoui, L. S., Smith, A. R., Nugier, A., Fayant, M.-P., . . .  Priolo, D. (2024). A multilab replication of the induced-compliance paradigm of cognitive dissonance. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231213375 [pdf]
  30. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Vitta, J., & Wu, J. (2024). Engagement in language learning: A systematic review of 20 years of research methods and definitions. Language Teaching Research, 28(1), 201–230.  https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211001289 [pdf]
  31. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2023). The Postprint Pledge – Toward a culture of researcher-driven initiatives: A commentary on “(Why) are open research practices the future for the study of language learning?”. Language Learning, 73(S2), 388–391. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12577 [pdf]
  32. Li, S., Prior, M., Nero, S., Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Murakami, A., Wei, L., & Ortega, L. (2023). Methodological innovation in applied linguistics research: Perspectives, strategies, and trends. Language Teaching, 56(4), 551–556. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144482300023X [pdf] 

  33. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2023). Priming motivation in a second language: A preregistered report. Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 5(1), e5115123. https://doi.org/10.52598/jpll/5/1/2 [pdf]

  34. Alkhammash, R., Asiri, Y. A., Alqarni, I. R., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023). Can language influence health decisions? The role of foreign language and grammatical structure. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 52(3), 957–974. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-022-09918-z [pdf]

  35. Vitta, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023). The flipped classroom in second language learning: A meta-analysis. Language Teaching Research, 27(5) 1268–1292.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820981403 [pdf]​

  36. Coretta, S., Casillas, J. V., Roessig, S., Franke, M., Ahn, B., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Al-Tamimi, J., Alotaibi, N. E., AlShakhori, M. K., Altmiller, R, M., Arantes, P., Athanasopoulou, A., Baese-Berk, M. M., Bailey, G., Sangma, C. B. A., Beier, E. J., Benavides, G. M., Benker, N., BensonMeyer, E. P., . . .  Roettger, T. B. (2023). Multidimensional signals and analytic flexibility: Estimating degrees of freedom in human speech analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Sciences, 6(3), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231162567 [pdf]

  37. Hiver, P., Larsen-Freeman, D., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Lowie, W. (2023). Complex dynamic systems and language education: A sampling of current research – Editorial. International Journal of Complexity in Education, 4(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.26262/ijce.v4i1.9476 [pdf]

  38. Liu, M., Chong, S. W., Marsden, E., McManus, K., Morgan-Short, K., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Plonsky, L., Bolibaugh, C., Hiver, P., Winke, P., Huensch, A., & Hui, B. (2023). Open scholarship in applied linguistics: What, why, and how. Language Teaching, 56(3), 432–437.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444822000349 [pdf]

  39. Terry, J., Ross, R. M., Nagy, T., Salgado, M., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Sarfo, J. O., Cooper, S., Buttner, A. C., Lima, T. J. S., Öztürk, İ., Akay, N., Santos, F. H., Artemenko, C., Copping, L. T., Elsherif, M. M., Milovanović, I., Cribbie, R. A., Drushlyak, M. G., Swainston, . . . Field, A. P. (2023). Data from an international multi-centre study of statistics and mathematics anxieties and related variables in university students (the SMARVUS Dataset). Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(8), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.80 [pdf]

  40. Pownall, M., Azevedo, F., König, L. M., Slack, H. R., Evans, T. R., Flack, Z., Grinschgl, S., Elsherif, M. M., Gilligan-Lee, K. A., de Oliveira, C. M. F., Gjoneska, B., Kalandadze, T., Button, K., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Terry, J., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Děchtěrenko, F., Alzahawi, S., Baker, B. J., . . . FORRT. (2023). Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: A critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), 221255. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221255 [pdf] [Winner of SIPS Commendation award]

  41. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., Larsen-Freeman, D., & Lowie, W. (2023). From replication to substantiation: A complexity theory perspective. Language Teaching, 56(2), 276–291. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444821000409 [pdf]

  42. Elayan, M. B., Albalawi, A. S., Shalan, H. M., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Shamout, M. D. (2023). Perceived manager’s emotional intelligence and happiness at work: The mediating role of job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment. Organizacija, 56(1), 18–31. https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2023-0002 [pdf]

  43. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Vitta, J. P., & Nicklin, C. (2022). Research syntheses in L2 vocabulary research: A scoping review. Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 11(2), 7–29.   https://doi.org/10.7820/vli.v11.2.al-hoorie [pdf]

  44. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2022). Zoltán Dörnyei (1960–2022). Language Learning, 72(4), 896–898.  https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12519 [pdf]

  45. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Reid, E. (2022). Complex dynamic systems theory in language learning: A scoping review of 25 years of research. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 44(4), 913–941.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000553 [pdf]

  46. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022). Language and Islam in the Asian Pacific: Introducing the special issue. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 32(2), 193–197.  https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.00079.edi [pdf] 

  47. Parsons, S., Azevedo, F., Elsherif, M. M., Guay, S., Shahim O. N., Govaart G. H., Norris E., O’Mahony A., Parker A. J., Todorovic A., Pennington C. R., Garcia-Pelegrin E., Lazić A., Robertson O., Middleton S. L., Valentini B., McCuaig J., Baker B. J., Collins E., . . .  Aczel, B. (2022). A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 312–318.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01269-4 [pdf]

  48. Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022). Transdisciplinary research methods and complexity theory in applied linguistics: Introduction to the special issue. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 60(1), 1–6.  https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2021.0020 [pdf]

  49. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Larsen-Freeman, D. (2022). Toward a transdisciplinary integration of research purposes and methods for Complex Dynamic Systems Theory: Beyond the quantitative–qualitative divide. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 60(1), 7–22.  https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2021-0022 [pdf]

  50. Al Shlowiy, A., Al-Hoorie, A., & Alharbi, M. (2021). Discrepancy between language learners’ and teachers’ concerns about emergency remote teaching. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37(6), 1528–1538.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12543 [pdf]

  51. Jahedizadeh, S., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021). Directed motivational currents: A systematic review. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 11(4), 517–541.  https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2021.11.4.3 [pdf]

  52. Albalawi, F. H., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021). From demotivation to remotivation: A mixed-methods investigation. SAGE Open, 11(3), 1–14.  https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211041101 [pdf]

  53. Vitta, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021). Measurement and sampling recommendations for L2 flipped learning experiments: A bottom-up methodological synthesis. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 18(2), 682–629.  https://doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2021.18.2.23.682 [pdf]

  54. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021). Storytelling motivation: Creating role models with inspirational stories. Journal of Research in Language & Translation, 1(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.33948/JRLT-KSU-1-1-1 [pdf]

  55. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., Kim, T.-Y., & De Costa, P. I. (2021). The identity crisis in language motivation research. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 40(1), 136–153.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X20964507 [pdf]

  56. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2020). The fundamental difference hypothesis: Expanding the conversation in language learning motivation. SAGE Open, 10(3).  https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020945702 [pdf]

  57. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Al Shlowiy, A. S. (2020). Vision theory vs. goal-setting theory: A critical analysis. Porta Linguarum, 33, 217–229. https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi33.26656 [pdf]

  58. Alharbi, M. A., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2020). Turnitin peer feedback: Controversial vs. non-controversial essays. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 17(17).  https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-020-00195-1 [pdf]

  59. ​Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2020). Reexamining the role of vision in second language motivation: A preregistered conceptual replication of You, Dörnyei, and Csizér (2016). Language Learning, 70(1), 48–102.  https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12371 [pdf] [Winner of the IRIS Replication Award]

  60. Vitta, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019). The seven sins of L2 research: A review of 30 journals’ statistical quality and their CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, JCR Impact Factors. Language Teaching Research, 23(6), 727–744.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168818767191 [pdf]

  61. Ibrahim Z., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019). Shared, sustained flow. ELT Journal, 83(1), 51–60.  https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccy025 [pdf]

  62. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019). Evolution of L2 motivation in higher education. The Scientific Journal of King Faisal University, 20(1), 249–263. [pdf]

  63. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2018). The L2 motivational self system: A meta-analysis. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 8(4), 721–754.  https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2018.8.4.2 [pdf]

  64. Yun, S., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2018). Academic buoyancy: Exploring learners’ everyday resilience in the language classroom. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 40, 805–830.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263118000037 [pdf]

  65. Vitta, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2017). Scopus- and SSCI-indexed second language journals: A list or the Asia TEFL community. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 14(4), 784–792.  https://doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2017.14.4.14.784 [pdf]

  66. Dörnyei, Z., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2017). The motivational foundation of learning languages other than Global English. The Modern Language Journal, 101(3), 455–468.  https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12408 [pdf]

  67. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2017). Sixty years of language motivation research: Looking back and looking forward. SAGE Open, 7(1).  https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017701976 [pdf]

  68. Joe, H.-K., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2017). Classroom social climate, self-determined motivation, willingness to communicate, and achievement: A study of structural relationships in instructed second language settings. Learning and Individual Differences, 53, 133–144.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.11.005 [pdf]

  69. Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016). Putting complexity theory into practice: A dynamic ensemble for second language research. The Modern Language Journal, 100(4), 741–756.  https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12347 [pdf]

  70. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016). Unconscious motivation. Part II: Implicit attitudes and L2 achievement. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 6(4), 619–649.  https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2016.6.4.4 [pdf]

  71. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016). Unconscious motivation. Part I: Implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 6(3), 423–454.  https://doi.org/10.14746/sllt.2016.6.3.4 [pdf]

Articles

Book Chapters

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  1. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Liu, M. (in press). Language learner psychology. In H. Nesi & P. Milin (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.). Elsevier. [pdf] 

  2. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Marsden, E. (in press). Open scholarship and transparency in applied linguistics research. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (2nd ed.). Wiley. [pdf]

  3. Vitta, J. P., Mehring, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (in press). Flipped language classroom. In H. Nesi & P. Milin (Eds.), International encyclopedia of language and linguistics (3rd ed.). Elsevier. [pdf]

  4. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & AlShakhori, M. (2025). ChatGPT in language learning and teaching. In A. H. Al-Hoorie, C. Mitchell, & T. Elyas (Eds.), Language education in Saudi Arabia: Integrating technology in the classroom (147–166). Springer. [pdf]

  5. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2024). Open science in applied linguistics: An introduction to metascience. In L. Plonsky (Ed.), Open science in applied linguistics (pp. 17–43). Applied Linguistics Press. [pdf]

  6. Elyas, T., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024). English-medium instruction in higher education in Saudi Arabia. In K. Bolton, W. Botha, & B. Lin (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of English-medium instruction in higher education (pp. 259–271). Routledge. [pdf]

  7. Al-Hoorie A. H. (2022). Measures of implicit attitudes. In S. Li, P. Hiver, & M. Papi (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and individual differences (pp. 466–476). Routledge. [pdf]

  8. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2022). Complexity theory: From metaphors to methodological advances. In A. H. Al-Hoorie & F. Szabo (Eds.), Researching language learning motivation: A concise guide (pp. 175–184). Bloomsbury. [pdf]

  9. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021). Unconscious motivation. In H. Mohebbi & C. Coombe (Eds.), Research questions in applied linguistics (pp. 755–759). Springer. [pdf]

  10. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Al-Shahrani, A., Al Shlowiy, A. S., & Mitchell, C. (2021). Preparation of teachers of English as an additional language in Saudi Arabia: Research, policy, curriculum, and practice. In N. Polat, L. Mahalingappa, & H. Kayi-Aydar (Eds.), Preparation of teachers of English as an additional language (EAL) around the world: Research, policy, curriculum, and practice (pp. 158–187). Multilingual Matters. [pdf]

  11. Zhou, S., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021). Measuring L2 engagement: A review of issues and applications. In P. Hiver, A. H. Al-Hoorie, & S. Mercer (Eds.), Student engagement in the language classroom (pp. 75–98). Multilingual Matters. [pdf]

  12. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019). Motivation and the unconscious. In M. Lamb, K. Csizér, A. Henry, & S. Ryan (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning (pp. 561–578). Palgrave Macmillan. [pdf]

  13. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2017). Prejudiced against your own students? Teachers’ unconscious bias. In T. Pattison (Ed.), IATEFL 2016 Birmingham Conference Selections (pp. 94–96). Kent, UK: IATEFL. [pdf]

  14. ​Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016). Unconscious attitudes toward L2 speakers. In T. Harrison, U. Lanvers, & M. Edwardes (Eds.), Breaking Theory: New Directions in Applied Linguistics. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (pp. 87–91). London, UK: Scitsiugnil Press. [pdf]

  15. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016). Can you be prejudiced against your own students: Teacher’s unconscious bias in the classroom, Proceedings of the IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning (pp. 1–3). Hawaii, USA: Naka Ward, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. [pdf]

  16. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2015). Human agency: Does the beach ball have free will? In Z. Dörnyei, P. MacIntyre, & A. Henry (Eds.), Motivational dynamics in language learning (pp. 55–72). Multilingual Matters. [pdf]

Chapters

Conference Presentations 

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  1. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025, October). AI governance in learning: Ethics, policy & public trust in a data-driven age. LEARN 2025 Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  2. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025, June). Metamotivational beliefs about task engagement and extrinsic rewards. Paper presented at the 4th Paris Conference on Education (PCE2025), Paris, France. [Slides]

  3. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025, May). Education in the age of AI: A revolution in waiting. Plenary speech given at the 7th Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference, Dubai, UAE. [Slides]

  4. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025, May). Introduction to publishing in indexed journals. Featured workshop given at the 7th Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference, Dubai, UAE.

  5. Liu, M., Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Sang, Y. (2025, March). The Ulysses pact: An emic perspective on registered reports in applied linguistics. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Denver, Colorado, USA. [Slides] 

  6. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2025, January). Self-determination metamotivation: Empowering and sustaining language teaching. Plenary speech given at ELT Futures: Empowering Minds and Embracing Sustainability and Innovation, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia. [Slides]

  7. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024, November). Metamotivation: Understanding motivation in a changing world. Plenary speech given at ELI Connects - English for a Changing World conference, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia. 

  8. Liu, M., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., & Shaahdadi, M. (2024, August). Open Applied Linguistics: Towards a culture of open scholarship in applied linguistics. Paper presented at the International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA) conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Slides & Video] 

  9. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., & Barnawi, O. (2024, August). From preprints to postprints: Toward an equitable scholarship. Paper presented at the International Association for Applied Linguistics (AILA) conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Slides & Video] 

  10. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024, May). Metamotivation: Self-regulating motivational states. Paper presented at the Psychology of Language Learning (PLL5) Conference, Mardid, Spain. [Slides]

  11. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024, March). Conceptualization and operationalization in L2 task engagement research: Taking stock and moving forward. Colloquium discussant at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Houston, Texas, USA.

  12. Hiver, P., Murakami, A., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024, March). Location-scale regression modeling in L2 research: An applied case study using lexical sophistication. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Houston, Texas, USA. [Slides]

  13. Oga-Baldwin, W. L. Q., Vitta, J., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2024, March). Updating the self-determination minitheories in second language learning: Systematic Review and Future Directions. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Houston, Texas, USA. [Slides]

  14. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2024, March). Academic publication: Process, evaluation, and traps. Invited workshop given in Arabic at the 6th Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference and Exhibition, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE. 

  15. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, November). Enhancing writing assessment with ChatGPT. Keynote speech given at the TEFL Kuwait Symposium, Kuwait. [Slides & Video]

  16. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, November). ChatGPT and corrective feedback: Reshaping language learning. Keynote speech given at the 3rd Teaching English Writing in Higher Education Forum, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. [Slides & Video]

  17. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, September). Innovation in education. Keynote speech given at the virtual School Leaders Conference, EDLAB. [Slides & Video, full conference here]

  18. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, September). Becoming a published author: Academic publishing essentials for TEFL educators. Keynote speech given at the TEFL Kuwait Fall Conference, Kuwait. 

  19. Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, March). The foundations of the experience sampling method. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Portland, Orgon, USA. [Slides]

  20. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Murakami, A. (2023, March). Methodological innovations in studying complex systems in applied linguistics. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Portland, Orgon, USA. [Slides]

  21. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2023, March). The Postprint Pledge: An applied linguistics initiative. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Portland, Orgon, USA. [Slides]

  22. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2023, March). Open science in applied linguistics. Colloquium organized at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Portland, Orgon, USA. [Slides & Video]

  23. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, March). Open access in applied linguistics: Toward equitable scholarship. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Portland, Orgon, USA. [Slides] 

  24. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2023, March). The classrooms of tomorrow. Plenary speech given at the 27th International TESOL Arabia Conference & Exhibition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

  25. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022, November). Gamifying language learning. Plenary speech given at the 3rd International Symposium on Applied Linguistics Research, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia. [Slides & Video]

  26. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Vitta, J. P., Nicklin, C. (2022, October). Research syntheses in L2 vocabulary research: A scoping review. JALT Vocabulary SIG's 2022 Symposium on Vocabulary & Learning, Tokyo International University – Kawagoe, Japan. [Slides]

  27. Paradowski, M. B., Jeliński, M., Sudina, E., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022, September). Coping with the transition to emergency language teaching and learning: What predictors emerge from multifactorial analyses of 6,000+ questionnaires? Paper presented at the European Educational Research Association (EERA) conference, Yerevan, Armenia. [Slides] 

  28. Paradowski, M. B., Jeliński, M., Sudina, E., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022, August). Coping with the transition to emergency language teaching and learning: What predictors emerge from multifactorial analyses of 6,000+ questionnaires? Paper presented at the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA) conference, Fribourg, Switzerland. [Slides] 

  29. Paradowski, M. B., Jeliński, M., Sudina, E., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022, June). Coping with the transition to emergency language teaching and learning: What predictors emerge from multifactorial analyses of 6,000+ questionnaires? Paper presented at the Psychology of Language Learning (PLL4) conference, Cape Breton, Canada. [Slides] 

  30. Hiver, P., Mercer, S., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2022, June). Engagement in the second language classroom. Symposium organized at the Psychology of Language Learning (PLL4) conference, Cape Breton, Canada. [Video Playlist] 

  31. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Yamazaki, J. S. (2022, June). Engagement in language learning: A systematic review of 20 years of research methods and definitions. Paper presented at the Psychology of Language Learning (PLL4) conference, Cape Breton, Canada. [Slides & Video] 

  32. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Szabó, F. (2022, June). Language learning motivation: A special symposium in honor of Zoltán Dörnyei. Symposium organized at the Psychology of Language Learning (PLL4) conference, Cape Breton, Canada. [Slides & Video] 

  33. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., & Nosek, B. (2022, June). Open science initiatives: The Postprint Pledge. Paper presented at the Open Scholarship in Applied Linguistics symposium. Cambridge, UK. [Slides & Video]

  34. Bjekić, J., Paunović, D., Konstantinović, U., Stanković, M., Manojlović, M., Biondi, L., Coelho, L., Grave, J., Silva, A., Jurkovičová, L., Brázdil, M., Konrad, B., Dresler, M., Elsherif, M., Živanović, M., Vulić, K., Filipović, S., Gula, B., Graichen, L., . . . Wong, H. K. (2022, May). Towards cross-linguistic assessment of associative memory: Large-scale collaboration study. Poster presented at International Conference of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), Helsinki, Finland. [Link]

  35. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., Larsen-Freeman D., & Lowie, W. (2022, March). From replication to substantiation in applied linguistics: A complexity theory perspective. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. [Slides]

  36. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021, November). Peer reviewers: Evaluating the evaluators. Webinar presented at 1st International Symposium on Educational Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [Slides & Video]

  37. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021, August). Young learners teaching strategies. Keynote presented at the Excellence in Teaching English to Young Learners conference organized by the Ministry of Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [Slides; official announcement in Arabic & a photo here]

  38. Al-Hoorie, A. H., Hiver, P., & Murakami, A. (2021, August). Modeling nonlinearity and systematic variability in second language complexity. Paper presented at the AILA 2021 World Congress of Applied Linguistics, The Netherland. [Slides & Video]

  39. Al-Hoorie, A. H., (2021, July). Why is publication hard? Keynote presented at the 10th International COTEFL. [Slides] 

  40. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021, June). Expanding the global reach of scholarship: A case study of the open scholarship knowledge base. Unconference panelist at 6th annual meeting of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). [See OSF for session leaders & other panelists] 

  41. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2021, June). Fake engagement. Plenary speech at TUELC 4th Symposium, Taif, Saudi Arabia. [Slides]

  42. Hiver, P., Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Evans, R. (2021, March). Complex dynamic systems theory in language learning: A systematic review of 25 years of research. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Virtual Conference. [Slides, Video, & Full Symposium Video]

  43. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2021, March). The role of task engagement and persistence in learner's written task performance. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Virtual Conference. [Slides]

  44. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2020, November). Impact of research on teaching. STEEM 2020: JUC 4th Science Symposium, Jubail University College, Saudi Arabia. [Slides]

  45. Vitta, J., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2020, June). Methodological and technological considerations in flipped language learning interventions: A systematic review. JALTCALL ONLINE 2020. [Slides]

  46. ​Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2020, January). Statistical issues that will get your manuscript rejected. ELT Saudi 2020 Conference & Expo, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [Slides]

  47. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019, August). The motivation of uncertainty. Keynote speech at the Annual English Language Institute Convention, Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. [Slides, Video, & Panel Discussion]

  48. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019, June). Publication in language and linguistics: Opportunities and challenges. Keynote speech at the 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Culture (ICLEC), Istanbul, Turkey. [Slides]

  49. Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2019, March). Research methods for complexity in applied linguistics. Symposium organized at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [Summary]

  50. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2019, March). Beyond the quantitative–qualitative divide: Toward a transdisciplinary integration of research purposes and methods for CDST. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [Slides]

  51. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & MacIntyre P. D. (2018, June). Contemporary language motivation theory: 60 years since Gardner and Lambert (1959). Symposium organized at the International Conference on Language & Social Psychology 16 (ICLASP16), University of Alberta, Canada. [Summary]

  52. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2018, June). Evolution of L2 motivation: Looking back and looking forward. Paper presented at the Psychology of Language Learning 3 (PLL3) conference, Tokyo, Japan. [Slides]

  53. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & MacIntyre P. D. (2018, June). Contemporary language motivation theory: 60 years since Gardner and Lambert (1959). Symposium organized at the Psychology of Language Learning 3 (PLL3) conference, Tokyo, Japan. [Summary]

  54. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2018, May). Motivational stages within the lesson: Practical applications. ELI End-of-Year PD Convention. Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

  55. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & MacIntyre P. D. (2018, March). Contemporary L2 motivation at 60: Extending the legacy of Robert C. Gardner. Symposium organized at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chicago, Illinois, USA. [Summary]

  56. Al-Hoorie, A. H., & Hiver, P. (2017, March). Interrogating the nexus between contextual and individual factors: A study of L2 WTC and L2 achievement. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, Oregon, USA. [Summary]

  57. Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2017, March). Learner buoyancy: Exploring resilience in everyday L2 learning in instructed settings. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Portland, Oregon, USA. [Summary]

  58. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, October). From conscious to unconscious motivation. Paper presented at the conference Focus in the learner: Contributions of individual differences to second language learning and teaching, Konin, Poland. [Summary]

  59. Yun, S., Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, August). L2 buoyancy: Exploring learners’ everyday resilience in the language classroom. Paper presented at the international conference Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2, Jyväskylä, Finland. [Slides]

  60. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, August). Prejudiced against your own students? Teacher’s implicit bias. Paper presented at the international conference Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2, Jyvaskyla, Finland.

  61. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, August). Implicit attitudes in language learning. Paper presented at the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA) conference, Jyvaskyla, Finland.

  62. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, June). Implicit attitudes and L2 achievement. Paper presented at the international conference the Fifth Implicit Learning Seminar, Lancaster, UK.

  63. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, April). Prejudiced against your own students? Teacher’s unconscious bias. Paper presented at the International IATEFL Conference, Birmingham, UK. [Summary]

  64. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, April). Dual-process models of the mind: Implicit attitudes in language learning. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Orlando, Florida, USA. [Summary]

  65. Hiver, P., & Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, April). Putting complexity theory into practice: A ‘dynamic ensemble’ for second language research. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Orlando, Florida, USA. [Summary]

  66. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, February). Unconscious motivation in the classroom. Paper presented at the 9th Saudi Student Conference (SSC9), Birmingham, UK. [Summary]

  67. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2016, January). Can you be prejudiced against your own students: Teacher’s unconscious bias in the classroom. Paper presented at the IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning, Hawaii, USA. [Summary]

  68. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2015, September). Unconscious attitudes toward L2 native speakers. Paper presented at the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), Birmingham, UK. [Summary]

  69. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2015, June). Implicit attitudes toward L2 speakers. Paper presented at the New Directions in Implicit and Explicit Language Learning conference, Lancaster, UK. [Summary]

  70. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2015, January). Generalizability of integrative motivation to Saudi students. Poster presented at the 8th Saudi Student Conference (SSC8), London, UK. [Link]

  71. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2014, August). Implicit attitudes in language learning. Poster presented at the International Conference on Motivational Dynamics and Second Language Acquisition, Nottingham, UK.

  72. Al-Hoorie, A. H. (2014, March). Individual- vs. group-based research: Bridging the gap. Paper presented at the University of Birmingham English Language Postgraduate Conference (BELP), Birmingham, UK. [Summary] 

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