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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">Language Education and Resource Network (LEARN) for AF-PAK Languages</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">Call for Proposals and Participation<BR>2010 AF-PAK LEARN Conference<BR><BR>Date: May 17-19, 2010</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></H1>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">Theme: <EM>Technological Methods for Improving Proficiency in Language Instruction at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels</EM></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></H2>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The Foreign Language Program Office (FLPO) of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the National Cryptologic School (NCS), and the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) are pleased to announce that the AF-PAK Language Education And Resource Network (LEARN) Conference will be held on May 17-19, 2010, at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The LEARN conferences provide language professionals with an interactive venue where they can discuss and explore issues related to the science and technology of foreign language education. The AF-PAK LEARN Conference provides a diverse platform for collaborating on teaching methodologies and exchanging learning experiences as well as networking with colleagues among Federal Government organizations and institutes.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">The AF-PAK LEARN Conference will cover instruction in Persian/Farsi, Urdu, Punjabi, Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, and Tajik. It is open to all instructors and course developers in these languages from any U.S.Government-affiliated institution. Additionally, the 2010 AF-PAK LEARN Conference Steering Committee invites anyone involved in instruction of these languages at a U.S. Government-affiliated institution to submit a proposal for presentation at the conference. Please feel free to forward this invitation as appropriate. Full details are available at <A href="" target=_blank>http://www.fbcinc.com/learn/</A>.</SPAN></P>
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<H1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">Proposal Submission Guidelines</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></H1>
<H2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black">GENERAL INFORMATION</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></H2>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Proposals should be related to the conference theme. Some suggested topics are listed below:</SPAN></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Technology-assisted language teaching and learning </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Pedagogy of language instruction </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Culture and language teaching </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Curriculum, syllabus, and course design </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Vocabulary instruction </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Grammar instruction </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Distance and blended learning </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Evaluation, assessment, and testing </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Language immersion </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Professional development </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Learning about learners (what works and what does not work) </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Theoretical and applied linguistics</SPAN> </LI></UL>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">All proposals for presentations, must be submitted online by midnight EST on <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">April 12, 2010</SPAN></STRONG> in the correct format. Confirmation of receipt will be emailed instantly upon successful submission. Presenters will be notified by email of the Review Committee’s decision by <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">April 19, 2010</SPAN></STRONG>.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Presentation Sessions (30 minutes)</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Presentations are strictly limited to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes Q&A. Proposals can be for individual or joint presentations. Given the full agenda, discussion will be curtailed after 30 minutes, to be continued later on participants’ own time if need be.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Further information, with a link to the proposal submission site, is available at <A href="" target=_blank>http://www.fbcinc.com/learnAFPAK/proposalguide.aspx</A>. If you need further information, please contact me via email or at the number below. Thanks very much! I look forward to receiving your proposals and meeting you at the conference.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">Mike Mullen</SPAN></P>
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