New journal!
Language Learning in Higher Education
Journal of the European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (CercleS)
Editor-in-Chief: Mansfield, Gillian / Little, David
2 Issues per year
- Overview
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- Submission of Manuscripts
- Abstracting & Indexing
- Editorial Information
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- Comments (1)
- Newly founded 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
Aims and Scope
Language Learning in Higher Education deals with the most relevant aspects of language acquisition at university. The CercleS journal presents the outcomes of research on language teaching, blended learning and autonomous learning, language assessment as well as aspects of professional development, quality assurance and university language policy. Its aim is to increase the quality of language teaching and learning programmes offered by university language centers and other providers in higher education by presenting new models and by disseminating the best results of research activities carried out at language centers and in other higher education departments.
- DE GRUYTER MOUTON
- Language:
- English
- Type of Publication:
- Journal
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Planning
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Teaching
- Linguistics, Communications > Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics > Language Acquisition
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Planning
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Teaching
- Linguistics, Communications > Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics > Language Acquisition
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Planning
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Teaching
- Linguistics, Communications > Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics > Language Acquisition
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Planning
- Linguistics, Communications > Applied Linguistics > Language Teaching
- Linguistics, Communications > Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics > Language Acquisition
Instructions for Authors
Typescripts may be submitted at any time, preferably as e-mail attachments, to the editors-in-chief, Gillian Mansfield and David Little .
All submissions that the editors-in-chief judge worthy of serious consideration will be peer-reviewed.
Articles should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words, including references but excluding tables, figures and appendices. They should be presented as follows:
1. Name of author(s)
2. Title of article
3. Abstract (200-250 words)
4. Key words (between 5 and 7)
5. Name of author(s) followed by institutional affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es)
6. Text of article
7. Notes (if any)
8. References
9. Appendices
Please observe the following conventions:
- Margins: 2.5 cm
- Font: Times New Roman 12pt
- Paragraph spacing: 1.5 lines
- No space after paragraphs
- Except for the first paragraph in a section, indent the first line of each paragraph by pressing the tab key once
- Tables and figures should be inserted in sequence at the end of your text file. - Indicate roughly where each table/figure should occur by inserting in your text: [Please insert Table/Figure X here]
- Notes should be used sparingly
- Figures, screenshots, etc. should be submitted as high-resolution images
- References, both in the running text and in the list at the end of the article, should be presented strictly according to the De Gruyter Mouton style sheet.
Submissions that fail to observe these conventions will not be considered for publication.
Language Learning in Higher Education is covered by the following services:
- Celdes
- CNPIEC
- EBSCO Discovery Service
- Google Scholar
- J-Gate
- Microsoft Academic Search
- Naviga (Softweco)
- Primo Central (ExLibris)
- Summon (Serials Solutions/ProQuest)
- WorldCat (OCLC)
Editors-in-Chief
Gillian Mansfield
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
e-mail: gillian.mansfield@unipr.it
David Little
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
e-mail: dlittle@tcd.ie
Assistant Editors
Nicole Chenik
Université Paris Dauphine, France
Fiona Dalziel
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Kevin Haines
University of Groningen, the Netherlands



















It's wonderful to find a journal of such kind! Language learning in higher education has its own specificity and I'm glad to have the opportunity to share ideas and experience with colleagues in this respect. Thank you!
posted by: Nadezhda Todorova on 2012-10-07 02:13 PM (Europe/Berlin)