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Dear friends, dear colleagues,
We wish you a productive and fulfilling 2024, and we hope to see you online at our meetups and webinars, and in-person at the teacher training week in Nancy (June) or the CercleS Conference in Durham (September). Below you will find the dates of all the Leadership and Teachers's meetups until summer, and a call for presenters of a webinar on the use of AI in the classroom.
Please also note some special information about the LLHE journal, including a change in the password needed to log in to the journal via the CercleS website.
As always, see our news page with information about events and various calls for papers.
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CercleS Online Talks
The following CercleS online talks/webinars have been scheduled for the first part of the year:
Thursday 14 March: Speed dating event
An event for CercleS members interested in COIL (collaborative online international learning) to find partners for collaboration
Thursday 25 April: AI webinar
A webinar on the topic of AI in language education in HE
Thursday 30 May: LLHE webinar 16:00-18:00 CET
In conversation with the authors whose articles were published in LLHE (Oct 2023)
Zoom link
(the link is the same for all webinars and online talks, but the link is different than for meetups - online talks are recorded)
Meeting ID: 201 550 4512 | Passcode: 907877
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Call for presenters for CercleS webinar/workshop: AI language models in the classroom
One of our most-watched CercleS webinars this past year was the one about machine translation. This, within the context of the rapid development of artificial intelligence language models, and the discussion it generated about the use of AI in the classroom, made us realise that issues around machine learning in education are very relevant to our members. We would therefore like to offer a webinar or workshop on this topic in 2024.
We would like to ask members who are currently using AI, AI language models, machine learning, and other similar tools in the classroom to present or co-present a webinar or workshop on this topic. Perhaps you have examples of best practices or success stories, or cautionary tales, or you are just embarking on the journey of this kind of technology in the classroom. We would love to hear about your experiences, and we would like to create a platform where the CercleS community can learn from each other.
Please email us if you are interested in presenting a webinar or workshop on this topic on 25 April 2024.
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Meetups
Upcoming Leadership Meetup: Tuesday 16 January 17:00-18:00 CET
Topic: Supporting staff appraisal and development
Discussions aimed specifically at Language Centre managers or staff in management positions. Please note the dates and topics of the rest of the Leadership meetups until the summer:
Tuesday 20 February: Future-proofing classroom-based language teaching
Tuesday 26 March: Research in Language Centres
Tuesday 14 May: Languages, politics and social justice: the role of Language Centres
Tuesday 25 June: Income generation
Upcoming Teachers' Meetup: Tuesday 30 January 17:00-18:00 CET
Topic: Resource catalogues in language centres
Breakout rooms for teachers of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Ukrainian (and more if possible) - so that they can discuss issues related to teaching in their language.
Please note the dates of the rest of the Teachers' meetups until the summer:
Tuesday 12 March
Tuesday 16 April
Tuesday 28 May
Zoom link
(the link for all meetups is the same - meetups are not recorded)
Meeting ID: 913 9364 1300 | Passcode: 979586
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LLHE journal information
We are thrilled to announce the following news:
The CercleS Journal, Language Learning in Higher Education, has been recognised as a CLASS-A scientific Journal by the Italian Ministry for University and Research. This is a great achievement for the whole CercleS academic community, the De Gruyter and the Editors-in-Chief.
Please also note that the password needed to log in to the journal via the CercleS website has changed to cercles2024. (This password will change at the beginning of each year.) You can find instructions for accessing the journal here.
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Website NEWS posts
Please visit our NEWS page on the website regularly for frequently updated information. Current posts include:
Call for contributions related to the upcoming research panel titled “Language Learning for Social Justice: Exploring the Role of University Language Programs in Addressing Inequalities and Empowering Minoritized Communities”.
A call for those interested in the Universidad de Jaén in Spain's workshop on language test design and validation.
Call for papers for the XIII AICLU Conference entitled: “The role of Language Centres in the internationalization of universities” to be held at the University of Pavia on 20 and 21 June 2024.
Appel à communications : Colloque international « Penser, pratiquer et vivre le plurilinguisme – 3e édition » qui se tiendra les 6 et 7 juin 2024 à l’Université Masaryk à Brno.
Call for Papers from the WoS-indexed academic journal PHILOLOGIA, which is collecting contributions for issue no. 4 (2024), dedicated to Languages for Specific and Academic Purposes, under guest editors Prof. KEN HYLAND et al.
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We are looking forward to meeting you at our upcoming events,
Your Executive Committee
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