Work languages/languages at work
Langues de travail / langues au travail
Études en didactique des langues journal, no.38
Revue « Études en didactique des langues », n° 38
Published on Monday, March 29, 2021
Abstract
This issue of FLLTR is devoted to the relationship between the workplace and languages. The terms “working language” and “language at work” cover different realities. The first is a language commonly used in a professional context. The second is used to carry out certain tasks such as writing a report, a technical note or an article. This raises the problem of upstream training. In higher education in particular, language learning and acquisition are key aspects of student training. There is also the problem of the predominance of English. How much emphasis should be given to other languages in training in order to stimulate reflection on the interface between companies and training?
Announcement
Argument
This issue of FLLTR is devoted to the relationship between the workplace and languages. The terms "working language" and "language at work" cover different realities. The first is a language commonly used in a professional context (for example, at Airbus, the working language is English). The second is used to carry out certain tasks such as writing a report, a technical note or an article.
These language uses are constantly evolving and vary according to the environments in the major fields of law, economics, science and technology, and medicine. Language is inextricably linked to work situations because communication is necessary to functioning as a collective, to performing the necessary organizational tasks and to creating and maintaining social links. Each community of practice thus has a specific use of languages (or of a language) and each new member joining this group will have to learn to handle the various existing codes.
This raises the problem of upstream training. In higher education in particular, language learning and acquisition are key aspects of student training: languages for specific purposes, transferable skills, work placements (in France or abroad), digital communication tools, translation/interpretation, are all research areas to be taken into consideration. Observation and critical reflection suggest that better reciprocal knowledge between training and work practices is necessary. This can be achieved through the development of language observatories or other structures related to language policy.
There is also the problem of the predominance of English. How much emphasis should be given to other languages in training, linguas francas, vehicular languages or the Less Commonly Taught and Lesser-Used Languages in order to stimulate reflection on the interface between companies and training?
Main topics
Topics may include (non-exhaustive list):
- Language training at the university in relation to the workplace
- Language use in the professional sphere, including academia
- The role of language observatories in training and business
- Impact of the use of a lingua franca in professional settings
- The place of translation
- Corporate language policies and training
- The debate between languages for specific purposes vs. general languages in prevocational training
- Linguistic and cultural diversity
Submission guidelines
Contributions can be made in French or in English, without a proposal phase. Articles (between 6,000 and 10,000 words) should address one of the aspects of the topic for issue 38 of the journal Foreign Language Learning and Teaching Research and should respect the style sheet available at http://edl-ple.simplesite.com/438385492. Plagiarism is checked by Compilatio. The articles must be sent by e-mail before
December 31, 2021
to edl@lairdil.fr. The issue will be published in June 2022.
Chief editor
Nicole Décuré (Professeure émérite - Université Toulouse 3)
Executive board
Claire Chaplier (MCF HDR - Université Toulouse 3), Elizabeth Crosnier (MCF Honoraire - Université Toulouse 3), Karine Duvignau (Professeure - Toulouse 2), Pierre Frath, Professeur émérite - Université de Reims), Laura M. Hartwell (Professeure - Université Toulouse 1), Dominique Macaire (Professeure - Université de Lorraine), Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes (Professeur émérite - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3).
Article selection process
Manuscripts for FLLTR ou PLE must be submitted to edl@lairdil.fr by the deadline indicated in the call for papers. The style sheet must be respected even at this early stage. The Editorial board acknowledges receipt of articles and, on the basis of their relevance, agrees to consider or reject them, or provides advice for improvement or guidance. These proposals for articles are submitted to two peer-reviewers with different profiles and belonging to an institution different from that of the author(s) of the article. They also receive the call for papers and an evaluation grid to assist them in their work. The evaluation period will not exceed three months. If there is a contradiction between the evaluations, a third or even a fourth opinion is requested. The evaluation reports, as well as the articles annotated by the referees, are sent to the authors who make the requested corrections or justify any refusal. When the corrected article is returned, the Editorial board verifies that the requested corrections have been made and, if necessary, solicits the experts who requested the corrections. In fine, the editorial board decides whether to accept or reject the article, notifies the authors of its decisions and, in case of refusal, justifies its decision. Additional clarifications and/or corrections may be requested from authors throughout the journal's editing process.
Warning
Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Manuscripts which have been published elsewhere cannot be submitted. In addition, manuscripts under review by FLLTR should not be submitted to other publications at the same time.
Subjects
- Language (Main category)
- Society > Sociology > Sociology of work
- Mind and language > Language > Linguistics
- Periods > Modern
- Mind and language > Education
Date(s)
- Friday, December 31, 2021
Attached files
Keywords
- language, workplace, student training, english, lingua franca
Contact(s)
- Elisabeth Crosnier
courriel : elisabeth [dot] crosnier [at] orange [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Elisabeth Crosnier
courriel : elisabeth [dot] crosnier [at] orange [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Work languages/languages at work », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Monday, March 29, 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/169o
