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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Dear friends and colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The fourth international
<b>Psychology of Language Learning</b> conference (PLL4) will be held at Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia CANADA based on the theme
<i>“Currents and Waves</i>.” We welcome proposals on a wide range of topics relating to the many long-running currents of thought and new waves of research about psychology of language learning with emphasis on the development of second or foreign languages.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">We are proud to announce the following outstanding plenary speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:62.95pt;text-indent:9.05pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Richard Clément</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
University of Ottawa, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:44.85pt;text-indent:27.15pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sarah Mercer</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
University of Graz, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:44.85pt;text-indent:27.15pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Jean-Marc Dewaele</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:53.9pt;text-indent:18.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tammy Gregersen</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
American University of Sharjah, UAE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:53.9pt;text-indent:18.1pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Luke Plonsky</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
Northern Arizona, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:62.95pt;text-indent:9.05pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Diane Larsen-Freeman</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">,
University of Michigan, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">We welcome 300-word proposals from researchers and educators working in all contexts. We particularly
encourage submissions from graduate students, early career researchers and educators. PLL4, with its emphasis on forming connections among teachers and researchers around the world, will be an ideal venue for presenting research in progress and also practical
applications of theoretical concepts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">A day-long event, “Mobilizing Positive Psychology in SLA,” will feature plenary speakers,
presentations of completed projects, works-in progress and new projects as idea posters that focus on the theme of positive psychology in SLA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Submission System Opens: May 15, Deadline: September 15, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">URL for Submissions:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pll4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Notice of Acceptance: End of October 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mobilizing Positive Psychology Pre-Conference, June 24, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Main PLL4 Conference, June 25 – 27, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">For complete submission guidelines and to access the link to submit a proposal go to:
</span></b><a href="http://www.iapll.com"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">www.iapll.com</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">/pll4</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Please email queries to:
</span><a href="mailto:PLL4.conference@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">PLL4.conference@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">We look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Cape Breton Island in June 2020, come early
and stay a while! First time visitors to Cape Breton are encouraged to visit </span>
<a href="http://www.cbisland.com"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">www.cbisland.com</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
to see what this beautiful island has to offer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Peter MacIntyre, Professor Cape Breton Univ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Conference Organizer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sydney, NS, Canada (June 2020)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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