Language Learning in Higher Education
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Editors-in-Chief:
Carmen Argondizzo
About this journal
About this journal
Language Learning in Higher Education (LLHE) is the Journal of CercleS, the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education. Its primary aim is both to disseminate the best results of research activities carried out at Language Centres (LCs) and Departments in Higher Education as well as to give the opportunity to share ideas and pedagogical approaches adopted in LCs among professionals involved in language studies. The Journal deals with the most relevant aspects of language learning and teaching in university contexts and on the outcomes of research on topics such as blended learning, autonomous learning, language assessment, EMI, quality assurance, university language policies, artificial intelligence. This aim carries the long-term objective to help increase the quality of language learning offered by the higher education language community throughout the European academic context and beyond.
With this perspective, LLHE serves as a forum for authors from the CercleS community and for other international contributions to increase diversity as an added value for CercleS members and as a platform for colleagues outside Europe.
The Journal includes two sections dedicated to: a) Research articles; b) Activity Reports which can be based on teaching/learning activities, reports/surveys about specific university contexts, or book reviews. As for details about the length of texts, authors can refer to the editorial submission guidelines that are mandatory for the acceptance of the paper/report submitted.
The Journal is published twice a year, in May and October. As a reference point to the past three years, Issues include a Special one 10.2 (2020) Enhancing the Role of European University Language Centre: past achievements and future perspectives, the aim of which was to celebrate the 30th anniversary of CercleS (1991-2021). A Webinar was organized in Spring 2021 for this special event. The recording of the Webinar can be found at http://www.cercles.org.
LLHE 11.1 and 11.2 (2021) include several contributions presented at the XVI CercleS Conference held at Masaryk University (Brno) in September 2020. The 2022 Issues (12.1, 12.2) include a special section on Language Education for Sustainable Development and other research articles covering topics related to language learning and activities carried out within Language Centres communities. The 2023 Issues (13.1, 13.2) comprise several contributions, arising from the XVII CercleS Conference, hosted by ReCLes.pt, the Association of Language Centres in Higher Education (Portugal), at ISCAP, the Porto Accounting and Business School (September 2022).
In 2024, the Journal Issues will, once again, continue offering articles that will give voice to worldwide experiences in language education.
CercleS organizes Webinars that offer the opportunity to discuss topics related to articles published in LLHE in the spring and autumn seasons. The Webinars feature lively interviews with the authors. Detailed information and recordings of the Webinars can be found on the CercleS website http://www.cercles.org.
Call for Papers:
CercleS Conference The European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education – CercleS – is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for contributions arising from the XVIII CercleS International Conference, that was held at the University of Durham (UK), on 12-14 September 2024. All details under the link: https://cercles.org/2024/09/24/call-for-papers-cercles-conference/
Your Benefits
- Journal of the prestigious European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education
- Dedicated to disseminating the best results of research activities carried out at language centres and higher education departments
- All articles subjected to double-blind peer review process
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Issue 2Special Issue: Enhancing the Role of European University Language Centres: past achievements and future perspectives
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Issue 1
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Issue 2
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Issue 1Special Section: Language learning for and with refugees in higher education, Editors: Fiona Dalziel and Francesca Helm
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Issue 2
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Issue 1Special Issue: Synchronous communication technologies in language and intercultural learning and teaching in higher education, Guest Editors: Breffni O’Rourke and Ursula Stickler
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Issue 2
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Issue 1Special Issue: Teaching medical discourse in higher education, Guest Editors: Maurizio Gotti and Françoise Salager-Meyer
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| 5-year Journal Impact Factor | 0.6 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| Journal Citation Indicator | 0.30 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
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| Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.701 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
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Editors-in-Chief
Carmen Argondizzo, Università della Calabria, Italy
Anne Chateau, Université de Lorraine, France
Assistant Editors
Fiona Dalziel, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Annick Rivens Mompean,Université de Lille, France
Editors’ Technical Assistants
Jean Marguerite Jimenez, Università della Calabria, Italy
Micòl Beseghi, Università di Parma, Italy
Scientific Board
Marco Cappellini, RANACLES.
Catherine Chabert, AULC
Sara Cotelli, SSH-CHES
Ana de Medeiros, AULC
Alessandra Fazio, AICLU
Jean Marguerite Jimenez, AICLU
Jaana Isohätälä, FINELC
Carmenne Kalyaniwala, RANACLES
Stephan Meyer, SSH-CHES
Simon Milligan, SSH-CHES
Martin Mikulas, CASALC CZ
Gregory Miras, RANACLES
Stefanie Neuner-Anfindsen, SSH-CHES
David Prickett, AKS
Laurent Rouveyrol, RANACLES
Kossi Seto Yibokou, RANACLES
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