<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We hope you are
managing the new realities of this year relatively well.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are looking for
teachers of a variety of second and foreign languages to complete a survey
(with an optional interview) on their use of <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">multimedia
in language teaching. We would like to survey language teachers across the
globe. The survey takes about 20-30 minutes to complete, depending on how much
additional information participants provide. </span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">While
a large body of theoretical research exists on multimedia and language
learning, we know very little about language teachers’ day-to-day practices.
With this study, we hope to begin bridging the gap between research and
practice. If you might be interested in participating:</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">the
consent statement is </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ijgleNzlQJNdDykgnZzbaB1S9_TLQVKyZX0bk9QzJ8Y/edit?usp=sharing" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> (or click on the link below)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ijgleNzlQJNdDykgnZzbaB1S9_TLQVKyZX0bk9QzJ8Y/edit" style="color:blue">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ijgleNzlQJNdDykgnZzbaB1S9_TLQVKyZX0bk9QzJ8Y/edit</a></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none">the survey can be accessed </span></span><a href="https://portlandstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b72JPFY36x7iAvj" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">here</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none"> (or click on the link below)</span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">a longer description of the study is provided </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DMr84we-a9fblApvYrzN_8zsJW_EDVVXHP8kYLcOcgw/edit?usp=sharing" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">here</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none">(or click on the link below)</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 38.9pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DMr84we-a9fblApvYrzN_8zsJW_EDVVXHP8kYLcOcgw/edit?usp=sharing" style="color:blue">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DMr84we-a9fblApvYrzN_8zsJW_EDVVXHP8kYLcOcgw/edit?usp=sharing</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We would be also
extremely grateful if you could help us spread the word about this study.<br>
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for considering!</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Tetyana Sydorenko, Department
of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University (Portland, Oregon)<br>
Maribel Montero Perez, Department of Linguistics, Ghent University (Gent, Belgium)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>---<br><br>Tetyana Sydorenko, Ph.D.</div><div>she-her-hers</div><div><br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Applied Linguistics<br>Portland State University<br>PO Box 751<br>Portland, OR 97207-0751 USA<br>Phone: (503) 725-2386<br>Fax: (503) 725-4139<br>Web: <a href="http://web.pdx.edu/~tsydo2/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/tetyanasydorenko</a><br><br>Physical address:<br>527 SW Hall St., Suite V335, Office #325B<br>Portland, Oregon 97201</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>