John Macalister

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

John Macalister is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, John Macalister has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Language and Linguistics, 23 papers in Linguistics and Language and 19 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in John Macalister's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (21 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (19 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (16 papers). John Macalister is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (21 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (19 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (16 papers). John Macalister collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Vietnam and Laos. John Macalister's co-authors include Paul Nation, Stuart Webb, Irina Elgort and Jonathan Newton and has published in prestigious journals such as TESOL Quarterly, System and ELT Journal.

In The Last Decade

John Macalister

46 papers receiving 897 citations

Hit Papers

Language Curriculum Design 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Language Curriculum Design
    2009 361 citations John Macalister, Paul Nation profile →

Peers

John Macalister
Paige Ware United States
Regine Hampel United Kingdom
Jonathon Reinhardt United States
Carla Meskill United States
Penny Ur Israel
Dianne Wall United Kingdom
Mahmood Reza Atai Iran
Micheline Chalhoub‐Deville United States
Marianne Nikolov Hungary
Fredricka L. Stoller United States
Paige Ware United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by John Macalister

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Macalister

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nation, Paul & John Macalister. (2025). Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing.
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Newton, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Teacher Research for Professional Development: The Tales of Two Teachers. RELC Journal. 56(3). 547–559.
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Macalister, John, et al.. (2023). Promoting young EFL learners’ oral production through storytelling: coursebook adaptation in the Vietnamese classroom. IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. 63(2). 915–945.
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Macalister, John. (2023). Language policy and national identity evolution in a new nation. 10(2). 111–135. 1 indexed citations
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Macalister, John, et al.. (2021). Online extensive reading in an EFL context: Investigating reading fluency and perceptions. Reading in a Foreign Language. 33(1). 1–29. 19 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2016). Family Language Policies in a Multilingual World. 28 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2015). Guidelines or commandments?: Reconsidering core principles in extensive reading. Reading in a Foreign Language. 27(1). 122–128. 18 indexed citations
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Macalister, John & Stuart Webb. (2013). A Response. TESOL Quarterly. 47(4). 852–855. 2 indexed citations
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Macalister, John & Paul Nation. (2013). The Blended Language Learning Course in Taiwan: Issues and Challenges of Instructional Design. 94–112. 2 indexed citations
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Macalister, John & Paul Nation. (2013). Case Studies in Language Curriculum Design. 7 indexed citations
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Webb, Stuart & John Macalister. (2012). Is Text Written for Children Useful for L2 Extensive Reading?. TESOL Quarterly. 47(2). 300–322. 47 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2012). Pre-service Teacher Cognition and Vocabulary Teaching. RELC Journal. 43(1). 99–111. 29 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2012). Language policies, language planning and linguistic landscapes in Timor-Leste. Language Problems & Language Planning. 36(1). 25–45. 15 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2010). Emerging voices or linguistic silence?: Examining a New Zealand linguistic landscape. Multilingua. 29(1). 55–75. 14 indexed citations
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Macalister, John, et al.. (2009). That 'Eureka Feeling': A Case Study of Extensive Reading in Japanese. 15(2). 41. 8 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2008). Integrating Extensive Reading into an English for Academic Purposes Program.. ˜The œreading matrix. 8(1). 23–34. 15 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2008). Tracking Changes in Familiarity with Borrowings from Te Reo Maori. 51. 75–97. 6 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2007). Implementing extensive reading in an EAP programme. ELT Journal. 62(3). 248–256. 26 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (2001). Writing Maori English: Voices in Pounamu, Pounamu. 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Macalister, John. (1999). Trends in New Zealand English: Some Observations on the Presence of Maori Words in the Lexicon. 13. 38. 9 indexed citations

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