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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#585858">This is a friendly reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for Virtual PSLLT 2021
<a href="https://brocku.ca/psllt-2021/">https://brocku.ca/psllt-2021/</a> is Friday, February 12<sup>th</sup>, 2021. If you submitted an abstract for PSLLT 2020 and have not yet resubmitted it to the new submission site, we encourage you to do so. A link to
the submission site is provided at the end of the call for proposals below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#CC0000;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#585858">The 2021 Virtual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference (June 18-19, 2021) seeks proposals for presentations related to L2 pronunciation learning
and teaching, in all second languages and contexts. We hope the online nature of the conference will encourage participation from both seasoned participants as well as international L2 pronunciation colleagues who might not normally be able to attend a PSLLT
conference in person. If you submitted a proposal for the 2020 PSLLT Conference and did not withdraw the proposal when the conference was delayed, we ask that you resubmit it to the 2021 Virtual PSLLT Conference submission site so we can keep all submissions
in a single database. More information on the virtual platform to be used during the conference will be provided in the coming months.</span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#585858;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Note: The next in-person PSLLT conference is planned for 2022 in St. Catharines, Niagara, Canada. (In Ontario, an hour’s drive from
both Toronto and Buffalo, NY).</span></em><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#585858">Presentations at the 2021 Virtual PSLLT may be related to second language:</span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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fluency</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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learning and technology</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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speech learning models</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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dimensions of accent</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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relevant topics</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#585858">The Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference invites proposals for three main types of presentations: Oral presentations (20 minutes +5 minutes of questions),
posters (a dedicated 90-minute poster presentation session), and Teaching Tips (7-minute, evidence-based pedagogical techniques/activities for teaching pronunciation). Individuals may submit a maximum of one abstract as first author, whether an oral paper,
a poster or a teaching tip. An individual may appear as a co-author/co-presenter of another presentation, provided they are not first author. <strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Please keep proposal
titles to 15 words and abstracts to a maximum of 250 words.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#585858">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/psllt2021"><span style="color:#CC0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Call for
Proposals</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>closes on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Feb 12, 2021</span></u><strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">. </span></strong>Notifications
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#BE0004">Ron Thomson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#505050">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#464646">PhD</span><span style="color:black">
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