CercleS – Aims and Activities


Aims

To support language centres in European establishments of higher education, for the provision of language training backed up by appropriate technological and pedagogical resources.

To promote research in foreign language learning at international level.

To encourage international and interdisciplinary cooperation between language centres in order to enable them to co-ordinate the pursuit of their objectives.

 

Activities

In order to achieve its aims CercleS organises conferences, distributes a regular printed Bulletin to all its members, runs electronic bulletin boards and publishes its conference proceedings. CercleS also facilitates:

  • staff training
  • staff exchanges between centres
  • research into language teaching and learning
  • observatories on technological developments
  • scholarly publication