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Badri, A., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Zhang, P. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984 (2025) Bridging barriers: aural cues, codeswitching, and proficiency in vocabulary learning for visually impaired learners. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. ISSN 1470-1545 (In Press)

Mansouri, K. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2025) Self-regulation in L2 listening: the role of teacher and learner self-efficacy and the mediating influence of metacognition. System, 129. 103598. ISSN 0346-251X doi: 10.1016/j.system.2025.103598

Krüsemann, H. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2024) “Learning German is like…”: how learner representations, motivational beliefs, and perceptions of public views relate to motivation for continuing German study. Language Learning Journal. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571736.2024.2388116

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Zhang, P. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984 (2024) Learning vocabulary through listening: the role of strategy use and linguistic proficiency. AILA Review, 37 (2). pp. 241-265. ISSN 1570-5595 doi: 10.1075/aila.24019.gra

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Zhang, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984, Hofweber, J., Fisher, L. and Krüsemann, H. (2024) Literature and second language vocabulary learning: the role of text-type and teaching approach. Modern Language Journal, 108 (3). pp. 579-600. ISSN 1540-4781 doi: 10.1111/modl.12946

Lanvers, U. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2022) Can we design language education policy and curricula for a motivated learner? Self Determination Theory and the UK language crisis. Language Learning Journal, 50 (2). pp. 223-237. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571736.2022.2046353

Porter, A., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Myles, F. and Holmes, B. (2022) Creativity, challenge and culture in the languages classroom: a response to the Ofsted Curriculum Research Review. Language Learning Journal, 50 (2). pp. 208-217. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571736.2022.2046358

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2022) Self-efficacy and language learning – what it is and what it isn’t. Language Learning Journal, 50 (2). pp. 186-207. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571736.2022.2045679

Zhang, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984 and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2020) Learning vocabulary through listening: the role of vocabulary knowledge and listening proficiency. Language Learning, 70 (4). pp. 1017-1053. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: 10.1111/lang.12411

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Woore, R., Porter, A., Courtney, L. and Savory, C. (2020) Navigating the challenges of L2 reading: self-efficacy, self-regulatory reading strategies and learner profiles. Modern Language Journal, 104 (4). pp. 693-714. ISSN 1540-4781 doi: 10.1111/modl.12670

Zhang, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984 and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2020) Vocabulary learning through listening: comparing L2 explanations, teacher codeswitching, contrastive focus-on form and incidental learning. Language Teaching Research, 24 (6). pp. 765-784. ISSN 1477-0954 doi: 10.1177/1362168819829022

Courtney, L. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2019) ‘It’s like having a test but in a fun way’: young learners’ perceptions of a digital game-based assessment of early language learning. Language Teaching for Young Learners, 1 (2). pp. 161-186. ISSN 2589-207X doi: 10.1075/ltyl.18009.cou

Harris, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8606-5515 and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2019) Engaging with curriculum reform: insights from English history teachers’ willingness to support curriculum change. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 51 (1). pp. 43-61. ISSN 1366-5839 doi: 10.1080/00220272.2018.1513570

Hofweber, J. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2018) Linguistic creativity in language learning: investigating the impact of creative text materials and teaching approaches in the second language classroom. Scottish Languages Review, 33. pp. 19-28. ISSN 1756-039X doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5925100

Courtney, L., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Tonkyn, A. and Marinis, T. (2017) Individual differences in early language learning: a study of English learners of French. Applied Linguistics, 38 (6). pp. 824-847. ISSN 1477-450X doi: 10.1093/applin/amv071

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Courtney, L., Marinis, T. and Tonkyn, A. (2017) Early language learning: the impact of teaching and teacher factors. Language Learning, 67 (4). pp. 922-958. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: 10.1111/lang.12251

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2017) Research into practice: listening strategies in an instructed classroom setting. Language Teaching, 50 (1). pp. 107-119. ISSN 1475-3049 doi: 10.1017/S0261444816000306

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Courtney, L., Tonkyn, A. and Marinis, T. (2016) Motivational trajectories for early language learning across the primary-secondary school transition. British Educational Research Journal, 42 (4). pp. 682-702. ISSN 1469-3518 doi: 10.1002/berj.3230

De Silva, R. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2015) The effects of strategy instruction on writing strategy use for students of different proficiency levels. System, 53. pp. 47-59. ISSN 0346-251X doi: 10.1016/j.system.2015.06.009

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Santos, D. (2015) Language learning in the public eye: an analysis of newspapers and official documents in England. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 9 (1). pp. 72-85. ISSN 1750-1229 doi: 10.1080/17501229.2014.995766

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Santos, D. and Francis-Brophy, E. (2014) Teacher beliefs about listening in a foreign language. Teaching and Teacher Education, 40. pp. 44-60. ISSN 0742-051X doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2014.01.007

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Santos, D. (2013) Selective listening in L2 learners of French. Language Awareness, 22 (1). pp. 56-75. ISSN 1747-7565 doi: 10.1080/09658416.2011.652634

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, MacFadyen, T. and Richards, B. (2012) Learners’ perceptions of being identified as very able: insights from Modern Foreign Languages and Physical Education. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 44 (3). pp. 323-348. ISSN 1366-5839 doi: 10.1080/00220272.2012.662525

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2011) Self-efficacy and academic listening. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 10 (2). pp. 113-117. ISSN 1475-1585 doi: 10.1016/j.jeap.2011.04.001

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Santos, D. and Vanderplank, R. (2011) Exploring the relationship between listening development and strategy use. Language Teaching Research, 15 (4). pp. 435-456. ISSN 1477-0954 doi: 10.1177/1362168811412026

Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Santos, D. and Vanderplank, R. (2010) Strategy clusters and sources of knowledge in French L2 listening comprehension. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 4 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1750-1229 doi: 10.1080/17501220802385866

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2009) French applied linguistics. Journal of French Language Studies, 19 (3). pp. 409-410. ISSN 0959-2695 doi: 10.1017/s0959269509990263

Marsden, E. and Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2009) Review of doctoral research in second-language teaching and learning in England (2006). Language Teaching, 42 (3). pp. 369-396. ISSN 0261-4448 doi: 10.1017/s0261444809005783

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Santos, D. and Vanderplank, R. (2008) Listening comprehension and strategy use: a longitudinal exploration. System, 36 (1). pp. 52-68. ISSN 0346-251X doi: 10.1016/j.system.2007.11.001

Roberts, J. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2008) Agency and conformity in school-based teacher training. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24 (6). pp. 1401-1412. ISSN 0742-051X doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.01.003

Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Richards, B. J. and Malvern, D. D. (2008) Progress in learning French vocabulary in a one-year advanced course at school. Journal of French Language Studies, 18 (3). pp. 349-364. ISSN 0959-2695 doi: 10.1017/S0959269508003499

Santos, D., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Vanderplank, R. (2008) Second language listening strategy research: methodological challenges and perspectives. Evaluation and Research in Education, 21 (2). pp. 111-133. ISSN 1747-7514 doi: 10.1080/09500790802152183

Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Macaro, E. (2008) Strategy instruction in listening for lower-intermediate learners of French. Language Learning, 58 (4). pp. 747-783. ISSN 0023-8333 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00478.x

Richards, B. J., Malvern, D. D. and Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2008) Word frequency and trends in the development of French vocabulary in lower intermediate students during Year 12 in English schools. Language Learning Journal, 36 (2). pp. 199-213. ISSN 0957-1736 doi: 10.1080/09571730802390098

Macaro, E. and Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2008) The development of the passé composé in lower-intermediate learners of French as a second language. Language Learning Journal, 36 (1). pp. 5-19. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571730801988454

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Macaro, E. (2007) Designing Year 12 strategy training in listening and writing: from theory to practice. Language Learning Journal, 35 (2). pp. 153-173. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571730701599203

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2007) Learner strategies and self-efficacy: making the connection. Language Learning Journal, 35 (1). pp. 81-93. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571730701315832

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Roberts, J. (2007) Student-teachers' perspectives on positive and negative social processes in schools. Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, 13 (4). pp. 399-410. ISSN 1354-0602 doi: 10.1080/13540600701391952

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2006) Listening comprehension: the learners' perspective. System, 34 (2). pp. 165-182. ISSN 0346-251X doi: 10.1016/j.system.2005.11.001

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2006) A study of students' metacognitive beliefs about foreign language study and their impact on learning. Foreign Language Annals, 39 (2). pp. 296-309. ISSN 0015-718X doi: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2006.tb02267.x

Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2004) Giving up on modern foreign languages? Students' perceptions of learning French. Modern Language Journal, 88 (2). pp. 171-191. ISSN 0026-7902 doi: 10.1111/j.0026-7902.2004.00224.x

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2003) Learner strategies and advanced level listening comprehension. Language Learning Journal, 28 (1). pp. 64-69. ISSN 0957-1736 doi: 10.1080/09571730385200221

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2003) Learners' metacognitive beliefs: a Modern Foreign Languages case study. Research in Education, 70 (2). pp. 11-29. ISSN 0034 5237

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2002) Experiences of learning French: a snapshot at Years 11, 12 and 13. Language Learning Journal, 25 (1). pp. 15-20. ISSN 1753-2167 doi: 10.1080/09571730285200051

Book or Report Section

Mansouri, K., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Flynn, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-9910 (2024) An exploratory study on teachers’ and learners’ self-efficacy beliefs in foreign language listening in Algeria. In: Wyatt, M. and Faez, F. (eds.) Building the self-efficacy beliefs of English language learners and teachers: New perspectives for research, teaching and learning. Routledge, New York. doi: 10.4324/9781003379300

Zhang, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984 and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2022) Vocabulary learning through listening: which words are easier or more difficult to learn and why? In: Clenton, J. and Paul, B. (eds.) Vocabulary and the four skills. Routledge. ISBN 9780367503284 doi: 10.4324/9780429285400

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2022) Aptitude or motivation: which is the better predictor of successful language learning? In: Macaro, E. and Woore, R. (eds.) Debates in Second Language Education. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 106-121. ISBN 9780367442132 doi: 10.4324/9781003008361

Porter, A. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2022) Research in primary languages: contribution to teacher professional development. In: McManus, K. and Schmid, M. S. (eds.) How special are early birds? Foreign language teaching and learning. EuroSLA studies (6). Language Science Press, Berlin, pp. 57-88. ISBN 9783985540471

Graham, S. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Zhang, P. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-4984 (2021) Vocabulary and listening: current research, tools and practices. In: Clenton, J. and Booth, P. (eds.) Vocabulary and the four skills: pedagogy, practice, and implications for teaching vocabulary. Routledge. ISBN 9780367503284 doi: 10.4324/9780429285400

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Santos, D. (2020) Listening and good language teachers. In: Griffiths, C. and Tajeddin, Z. (eds.) Lessons from Good Language Teachers. Cambridge University Press, pp. 246-259. doi: 10.1017/9781108774390

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Fisher, L., Hofweber, J. and Krüsemann, H. (2020) Getting creative in the languages classroom. In: Kohl, K., Dudrah, R., Gosler, A., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Maiden, M., Ouyang, W.-c. and Reynolds, M. (eds.) Creative Multilingualism: A Manifesto. Open Book Publisher, pp. 151-176. ISBN 9781783749294 doi: 10.11647/obp.0206.07

Santos, D. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2018) What teachers say about listening and its pedagogy: a comparison between two countries. In: Burns, A. and Siegal, J. (eds.) International perspectives on teaching the four skills in ELT: Listening, speaking, reading, writing. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 21-35. ISBN 9783319634432

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2018) Teaching listening strategies. In: TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0611

Burrell, D., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Medley, D., Richards, B. and Roberts, J. (2011) The development and application of a diagnostic test for trainee foreign language teachers. In: O'Sullivan, B. (ed.) Language testing: theory and practice. Palgrave, Oxford, pp. 208-227. ISBN 9780230230620

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Macaro, E. and Vanderplank, R. (2007) A review of listening strategies: focus on sources of knowledge and on success. In: Cohen, A.D. and Macaro, E. (eds.) Language Learner Strategies: 30 Years of Research and Practice. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 165-185. ISBN 9780194422543

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2006) Developing Speaking Skills in the Modern Foreign Language. In: Pachler, N. and Redondo, A. (eds.) A practical guide to teaching modern foreign languages in the secondary school. Routledge, London, pp. 58-66. ISBN 978-0415393287

Macaro, E., Vanderplank, R. and Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 (2005) A systematic review of the role of prior knowledge in unidirectional listening comprehension. In: Research Evidence in Education Library. EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London.

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McCrum, E., Glaister, P., Charlton-Perez, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6220, Marston, S., Foley, C., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Reed Johnson, J. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-4555, Joseph, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-4628, Dimitriadi, Y., Harris, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8606-5515, Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Trakulphadetkrai, N. V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0706-7991, Berkley, R., Purser, L., Tissot, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-0903, Flynn, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-9910, Cottrell, P., Fuller, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-5068, Dobraszczyk, D., Chapman, A. and Ford, L., (2024) Curriculum and assessment review November 2024: call for evidence. University of Reading collective submission. Report. University of Reading pp43.

Floyd, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2008-7831, Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Fuller, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-5068 and Krüsemann, H., (2023) The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce LSIPs employer engagement research. Project Report. University of Reading, Reading.

Woore, R., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Porter, A., Courtney, L. and Savory, C., (2018) Foreign language education: unlocking reading (FLEUR) a study into the teaching of reading to beginner learners of French in secondary school. Project Report. Oxford University, Oxford.

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Courtney, L., Marinis, T. and Tonkyn, A., (2014) Primary Modern Languages: the impact of teaching approaches on attainment and preparedness for secondary school language learning. Project Report. University of Reading (Unpublished)

Book

Macaro, E., Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Woore, R. (2015) Improving foreign language teaching: towards a research-based curriculum and pedagogy. Routledge, Abingdon, pp216. ISBN 9781138779495

Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977 and Santos, D. (2015) Strategies for second language listening: current scenarios and improved pedagogy. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp208. ISBN 9781137410511 doi: 10.1057/9781137410528