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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">"<a href="mailto:alaksecretary@gmail.com" target="_blank">alaksecretary@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:alaksecretary@gmail.com" target="_blank">alaksecretary@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Call for presentation for the 2018 ALAK International Conference</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The 2018 ALAK (Applied Linguistics Association of Korea) International Conference is now ready to accept presentation titles. Please see below for details and visit
<a href="https://alak.jams.or.kr" target="_blank">https://alak.jams.or.kr</a> for updates. We hope to see you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Presentation</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#777777">2018 ALAK International Conference<br>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#777777">Opportunities, Challenges and Directions:<br>
Celebrating 40 Years of ALAK<br>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">Sogang University, Seoul, Korea<br>
October 13, 2018</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#777777">The 2018 conference of the Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (ALAK) will be held at Sogang University, Seoul. Celebrating 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary, ALAK has created
an exciting program for the conference with three plenary speeches, invited colloquia and special presentations.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#777777">Plenary speakers</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Dr. Sungmook Choi, Kyungpook National University, Korea</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Dr. Joan Kelly Hall, Pennsylvania State University, USA</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Dr. Andrea Révész, University College London, UK</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#777777">Important dates and abstract submission instructions</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red">Feb 20, 2018</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">: Presentation title submission due</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red">Apr 30, 2018</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">: Abstract submission due</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">· </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:red">May 20, 2018</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777">: Notification of acceptance</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#777777">Submission</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="m_7631030684033835487_ANCHOR27852757"></a><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://goo.gl/cjtGTW" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/cjtGTW</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#777777">General Inquiries</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#777777;background:white">Dr. Soondo Baek, ALAK Secretary General at </span><a name="m_7631030684033835487_ANCHOR27852758"></a><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:alaksecretary@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066CC;background:white">alaksecretary@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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