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  • Comment: This journal seems notable enough, but more than half of the sources used in this draft comes from the journal itself, which is not acceptable. Please add more independent and reliable sources. NeoGaze (talk) 20:01, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: I think the journal clearly meets NJournal, but there's still some work to do. History section, complete list of editors in chief, some better references. Nobody (talk) 09:03, 11 April 2025 (UTC)


Language Learning & Technology
DisciplineLanguage Learning, Language Teaching, Language Technology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDorothy Chun, Hayo Reinders
Publication details
History1997-present
Publisher
National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
FrequencyContinuous
Yes
LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5.20 (2023 Five Year)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Lang. Learn. Technol.
NLMLang Learn Technol
Indexing
ISSN1094-3501
LCCNsn97004206
OCLC no.37137269
Links

Language Learning & Technology (LLT) is a peer-reviewed, open access academic journal of Language Learning, Language Teaching and Language Technology published online by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The journal is currently sponsored and funded by the NFLRC as well as the Center for Language & Technology (CLT) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Its focus is to provide both foreign and second language educators with research on problems related to technology and language education. LLT’s focus is not strictly restricted to technology but rather has a wide scope that encompasses all issues related to language learning and language teaching and seeks to see how those issues are affected or enhanced by the use of digital technology.[1]

History

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The journal was founded in July 1997 with Mark Warschauer as its founder and first editor, who in January 1998 was joined by Lucinda Hart-Gonzalez as co-editor.[2]

It was created as the first fully online, open-access,[3][1] peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the intersection of learning and technology, with a particular focus on how digital tools and media impact second and foreign language acquisition.[citation needed]

Reception and impact

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LLT is recognized as one of the leading journals in the field of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). A 2024 scientometric study by Mohsen et al. identified Language Learning & Technology as one of the most influential journal in the field of computer-assisted language learning, citing its over 18,000 citations, an h-index of 75, and its pioneering role as an online-only, open-access publication since 1997. The study concluded that LLT has played a central role in shaping CALL research over the past four decades.[4]

In 2016, ERIC Digest published an article titled "Leading the Way for Open Access Research", which described Language Learning & Technology (LLT) as an early example of a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal in the field of language education. The article outlined the journal’s launch in the mid-1990s and noted its role in demonstrating that scholarly standards could be maintained in an online publishing format.[5]

In a 2017 statement, the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) cited it as one of the “foremost international journals” in the field.[6]

A 2019 editorial in ReCALL noted its influence among educational technology publications.[7]

LLT also consistently ranked in the top quartile (Q1) of linguistics and education journals according to the Scimago Journal Rank.[8] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.5.[9]

Editors

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As of 2025, the current editors in chief are Dorothy Chun from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Hayo Reinders from Anaheim University.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About LLT". Language Learning and Technology. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Warschauer, Mark (July 1, 1997). "From the editor". Language Learning & Technology. 1 (1). ISSN 1094-3501.
  3. ^ Issues in Publishing an Online, Open-Access CALL Journal. https://wgy.tyut.edu.cn/__local/A/ED/DA/FFD69DDDC4DF67E1A6736304146_5720389F_538BB.pdf?e=.pdf#:~:text=cited%20more%20often,libraries%20are%20scarce%20or%20nonexistent
  4. ^ Mohsen, M.A.; Althebi, S.; Alsagour, R.; Alsalem, A.; Almudawi, A.; Alshahrani, A. (December 2023). "Forty-two years of computer-assisted language learning research: A scientometric study of hotspot research and trending issues". ReCALL. 36 (2). Cambridge University Press: 230–249. doi:10.1017/S0958344023000253. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
  5. ^ Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)-- Leading the Way for Open Access Research https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1103542
  6. ^ "Statement of Scholarship in CALL". Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium.
  7. ^ Boulton, Alex (January 18, 2019). "Editorial". ReCALL. 31 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1017/S0958344018000216 – via Cambridge University Press.
  8. ^ "Scimago Journal & Country Rank". www.scimagojr.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021.
  9. ^ "LANGUAGE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.
  10. ^ Chun, Dorothy; DaGrossa, Pamela (September 1, 2003). "From the editors". Language Learning & Technology. 7 (3). ISSN 1094-3501.
  11. ^ a b Chun, Dorothy (June 1, 2011). "Tribute to Irene Thompson". Language Learning & Technology. 15 (2). ISSN 1094-3501.
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